ZGameEditor Visualizer + Reckoner Drums Recreation
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Radiohead's Reckoner is an awesome song, one of the best on In Rainbows. It has a really interesting drum pattern, with main drumbeat panned to the right and percussive elements panned to the left. I really, REALLY love this drumbeat, so I decided to recreate it. I'm lucky, because Radiohead have actually released Reckoner's multitrack for a remix competition promoting In Rainbows, so I could listen closely to the drum pattern without the other instruments getting in my way. I noticed there were a lot of little changes and improvisations throughout, but I decided not to bother with them.
For the main drumbeat (right ear) I looked up a drum tab, and used it to place the midi, while making some small adjustments. I used IK Multimedia's MODO Drums plugin to get the sounds, because it sounds really good (not sponsored btw).
For the percussion, I used samples that came with FL Studio. Samples "Egg 1" and "Egg 2" were used for the 16th notes, and sample "Metal Hit" was used for accents (1st one is normal pitch, 3 later ones are a little bit higher in pitch).
I think it sounds fairly close, though there definitely is a room for improvement. Maybe I find better samples for the next version, if I get around to making it. It definitely was a fun excercise though, because I can't stop moving to this beat, and I hope I can make you move as well ;)
This also is me trying out ZGameEditor Visualizer in FL Studio, and WOW, I didn't expect there to be such a powerful visualizer inside of my DAW! I quickly threw together some cool effects to see how it turns out, and I have to say, it's pretty good. Definitely will use it in the future!
Listen to Radiohead's Reckoner (and to In Rainbows, it's fantastic): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lvqkQRb8iVo2obChPXi9XFRLoIyaxbTj8
(Btw, Reckoner's music video is SO great, I love it, it's just the best!)
Cheers!
Video made with FL Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
Fractal Flythrough - Shane (converted by Youlean & StevenM) Adapted from: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/4s3SRN
Linear - StevenM,Dubswitcher,Youlean
ReactiveFlow - Jph Wacheski http://jph_wacheski.itch.io/
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