How to make the sounds from Giorgio Moroder’s ‘Chase’ with DRC

The godfather of disco and the grandfather of dance music are two terms that Italian synthesiser legend Giorgio Moroder is not particularly fond of. Yet these two titles are nothing if not deserved. Take the unforgettable bassline of Donna Summer’s ‘I feel Love’ – now try getting that iconic little masterpiece out of your head for the rest of the day!

Moroder, the seventies synthesizer superstar, has also lent his hands to a few movie scores in his time, and we’re not afraid to use that word ‘iconic’ again, as we nod and doth our cap to THE standout track from Top Gun, Berlin’s ‘Take My Breath Away – yep you guessed it, Moroder is credited as co-writer.

Today’s featured track is from another film score of Giorgio’s, written for the 1978 movie ‘Midnight Express ’ today’s DRC Sound Design Tutorial is for Giorgio Moroder – ‘Chase’.

It’s a super packed 22 minutes of sound design, featuring 6 sounds from the track, making use of DRC, plus K7D and DLYM to sculpt the sounds to perfection! In the video Lucas covers two basses, (left and right panned), a flanger pad, the lead, a wind sound, and finally high keys.

Download the Ableton project from this video:
https://www.imaginando.pt/uploads/goodies/tutorials/giorgio-moroder-chase-project.zip

00:00 Intro
00:36 Bass L
03:13 Bass R
05:56 Flanged Pad
10:17 Lead
12:37 Wind Lead
16:15 High Keys
20:02 Music
22:01 Outro

DRC – Polyphonic Synthesizer:
DRC on App Store – https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drc-polyphonic-synthesizer/id973055710
DRC on Google Play – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imaginando.drc
DRC for Desktop – https://www.imaginando.pt/products/drc/downloads
DRC Product Page – https://www.imaginando.pt/products/drc

VS – Visual Synthesizer:
VS on App Store – https://apps.apple.com/app/id1560330289
VS for Desktop – https://www.imaginando.pt/products/vs-visual-synthesizer
VS Product Page – https://www.imaginando.pt/products/vs-visual-synthesizer

FRMS – Granular Synthesizer:
FRMS on App Store – https://apps.apple.com/us/app/frms-granular-synthesizer/id1381392223
FRMS on Google Play – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imaginando.frms
FRMS for Desktop – https://www.imaginando.pt/products/frms/downloads
FRMS Product Page – https://www.imaginando.pt/products/frms

K7D – Tape Delay
K7D on App Store – https://apps.apple.com/us/app/k7d-tape-delay/id1460245991
K7D for Desktop – https://www.imaginando.pt/products/k7d/downloads
K7D Product Page – https://www.imaginando.pt/products/k7d

DLYM – Delay Modulator:
DLYM on App Store – https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dlym-delay-modulator/id1381246923
DLYM for Desktop – https://www.imaginando.pt/products/dlym/downloads
DLYM Product Page – https://www.imaginando.pt/products/dlym

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