Imaginando's video: How to make five sounds from Yazoo Don t Go with DRC

00:00 Intro 00:26 Bass 03:05 Lead 07:01 Lead 2 09:45 Arpeggio 11:21 Swell 13:35 Music 14:33 Outro This week Lucas teaches you how to recreate ‘Don’t Go’, by the synth-pop duo Yazoo. You only need five patches to cover the sounds made by Vince Clarke; synth genius and former member of Depeche Mode. Download the Ableton project from this video: https://www.imaginando.pt/uploads/goodies/tutorials/yazoo-dont-go-project.zip Yazoo - Don't Go: Vince Clarke is a synthesizer superstar. It’s fair to say we are big fans, as is evidenced by Lucas referring to Clarke as a “genius” right at the very start of today’s video! Before becoming one half of synth-pop legends Erasure, he was part of the almighty Depeche Mode, back when their sound was more electropop heavy, with the band’s iconic hit ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ just one of the tracks he wrote for the group’s ‘Speak and Spell’ album. In between leaving Depeche Mode and forming Erasure, Clarke struck up a partnership with singer Alison Moyet, for another successful synthpop project - ‘Yazoo’. The duo were only active for a couple of years, producing just two albums together, but they weren’t short of hits however. Clarke’s natural ear for a melody, orchestrated with the exciting and futuristic new sound of synthesizers, combined with Moyet’s rich, soulful vocals, produced two memorable classic synthpop hits of the 80’s; ‘Only You’ and today’s featured track ‘Don’t Go’. After less than two years together, Clarke and Moyet went their separate ways, an amicable split between the pair, the duo have since reunited for various performances together, including a tour to celebrate a box-set re-release of their two albums, 25 years later. In today’s DRC Sound Design Tutorial, Lucas flexes his fine skills by recreating five sounds from ‘Don’t Go’; The bass, two leads, arpeggio and the swell transition/build sound. DRC - Polyphonic Synthesizer: DRC on App Store - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drc-pol... DRC on Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... DRC for Desktop - https://www.imaginando.pt/products/dr... DRC Product Page - https://www.imaginando.pt/products/drc FRMS - Granular Synthesizer: FRMS on App Store - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/frms-gr... FRMS on Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... FRMS for Desktop - https://www.imaginando.pt/products/fr... FRMS Product Page - https://www.imaginando.pt/products/frms K7D - Tape Delay K7D on App Store - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/k7d-tap... K7D for Desktop - https://www.imaginando.pt/products/k7... K7D Product Page - https://www.imaginando.pt/products/k7d DLYM - Delay Modulator: DLYM on App Store - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dlym-de... DLYM for Desktop - https://www.imaginando.pt/products/dl... DLYM Product Page - https://www.imaginando.pt/products/dlym Connect with us: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/imaginando.net Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/imaginando_pt Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/imaginando_pt Soundcloud - https://www.soundcloud.com/imaginando Our creative hardware projects: Laser harp - https://www.imaginando.pt/projects/ha... Turning Vintage furniture into a cranked synthesizer - https://www.imaginando.pt/projects/di... Get in touch: Contact us - https://www.imaginando.pt/contact-us