According to news on Tuesday, "Grammy Award–winning producer and DJ David Guetta adds the Rhodes MK8 MIDI piano to his Ibiza studio as a source of inspiration and a central controller within his setup. Drawing on its expressive sound and feel, he uses the instrument to explore how soul and musicality can exist beyond traditional genre boundaries within his in-the-box workflow."
“The first word I think of when it comes to Rhodes would be soul. I grew up listening to funk, from Michael Jackson to Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye. It’s a sound that is very present in my life,” he explains.
In discussing how the Rhodes sound has shaped his songwriting over the years, Guetta shared, “When we wrote that record for Ariana Grande, it was together with Savan Kotecha. We started from a Rhodes melody with thirds, and it gave the song that warmth. I don’t think we would have gone there if we hadn’t started from that Rhodes sound.”
According to a statement, "The Rhodes MK8 functions as a central controller in modern studio environments. With polyphonic aftertouch MIDI and assignable controls, the instrument allows producers to shape dynamics, modulation, and expression on a per-note basis when triggering virtual instruments within a DAW. The MK8’s onboard knobs can be mapped to parameters in virtual instruments and effects, or routed to external hardware synthesizers."
See the full interview on YouTube.
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