Michael Vancosso
SOMETHING ABOUT ME
Production year: 1974, made in Berlin/Germany, keyboardist and composer for commercials, tv/cinema, media and in-game music.
"If it doesn't sounds good on the piano -
it doesn't sounds good at all."
I came from synthesizers and electronic sound generators but one of my alltime favorite sound is the piano, especially a 1962 STEINWAY D.
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Some things in electronic music can`t fit with the piano but a piano is the most honest instrument and if it doesn`t sounds good on the piano it doesn`t sounds good at all.
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I use piano plug-in`s with the CA7 from KAWAI because of the very good keys and piano feeling.
UNDER MY FINGERS
The first pro board under my fingers was the ROLAND JUNO-106 of my oldest brother Alan in 1985.
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It was a very exciting thing to play sounds I never heard before but I had not intention to become a musician.
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It changed abruptly in 1988 when there was an E-MU EMAX in my brothers home studio... and it was pure magic.
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Over the years I had many keys under my fingers and collected.
One of the most impressive thing was the YAMAHA QY-20, a pocket DAW... hardly bigger than a smart phone.
THE STUDIO
The right mood is essential for me to make music and color lights help me to get that mood, especially at night when the daylight studio turns into a lounge-room.
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It`s funny but since 1988 when I using an ATARi ST with C-LAB NOTATOR/CREATOR and hard disc recording via the E-MU EMAX (HDSE) has not changed much today.
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Today I use many plug-in`s for recording in STEINBERG NUENDO/CUBASE on a high end pc but the workflow is still the same.
Influences
MUSIC WAS AT HOME ALL DAY
I grew up in a musical home.
Grandfather was a classical musician and jazz drummer in a GI jazz band and my mom listened to music all day long.
My older brother Alan was on the way to become a rock&electro-musician and so I was surrounded by a lot of different music who became my favorite musicians, too.
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I grew up with music from Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, Django Reinhardt, Maria Callas, The Beatles, KISS, Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, Michael Jackson, The Cure, Grandmaster Flash and George Michael.
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However, film music impressed me the most since I saw SUPERMAN, STAR WARS and JAMES BOND for the very first time on video cassette recorder in 1980.
John Williams and John Barry had the most influence on me.
MY TOOLS
DAW & Mastering
Steinberg Cubase/Nuendo
FL Studio
Waves Abbey Road Studio 3
Steinberg WaveLab
Sony/Magix SoundForge
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Recording
Behringer Eurorack 2642
Behringer Composer Pro-XL
Alesis Quadraverb
Zoom H1
Shure SM58
Shure 55SH
Audio Technica AT 2050
AKG P220
Superlux E205
T-Bone SC 440 USB
Beyerdynamic DT770
AKG K272 HD
Keys & Sounds
Yamaha Motif
Kawai CA7
E-mu Emax
E-Mu E64
Roland Juno-106
Korg M1
Korg Wavestation
Behringer UMX
Acorn Masterkey
Stylophone GEN X-1
Yamaha TG-300
Quasimidi Quasar TRE
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GUITARS
Vester Modell 700 HA
Yamaha RGX
ESP Concert
Harley Benton Western
VST Instruments
EWQL Symphonic Orchestra
EWQL Symphonic Choirs
EW FabFour
EW Hollywood Backup Singers
PS Complete Orchestral Collection
ET Cantus
ET Desert Winds
ET Epic World
Chris Hein Horns
WI WIVI Band
NI Session Strings
NI Abbey Road 60s Drummer
NI Alicias Keys
NI Reaktor
VIR2 MOJO
VIR2 VI.One
VIR2 Q
Arturia Synclavier V
Arturia CMI V
Waves Codex
AIR Hybrid 3
AIR Loom Classic
AIR Vacuum Pro
AIR Velvet 2
Arturia Solina V2
Arturia DX7 V
Arturia CZ V
Arturia Matrix 12 V2
Arturia B3 V2
Waves Grand Rhapsody
ML Real Guitar
ML Real Strat
AS Guitar M
AS Bass P
Steinberg HALion
Steinberg Groove Agent
IKM SampleTank
Aria
Vocaloid 2
Vocaloid 3
H.G.Fortune Synths
VST Effects
AR TG Mastering Chain
Waves Abbey Road REDD
Waves Abbey Road J37
Waves Abbey Road Reel ADT
Waves Abbey Road Reverb Plates
Waves Abbey Road Chambers
Waves WLM+
Waves True Verb
Waves IR/L
Waves S1
Waves Supertap
Waves Q10
Waves L1
Waves C1
Waves Doubler
Waves DeEsser
Waves Renaissance
Waves Tune
NI Guitar Rig
IKM AmpliTube
BS Halls Of Fame
Celemony Melodyne