Well, actually, having a virtual minimoog is not enough to make a Rick Wakeman synth part but I had a lot of fun testing the amazing sounds of the Minimonsta
I started soloing with the synth on a C major Locrian scale and my Broomstick Bass
I used an Ableton scale, instead of Scaler, because I wanted just auditing the Minimonsta sounds, and I ended to select a mix of vocals and flutes called Voices Pad - With Wind
The first problem was that BB includes just 4 prog riffs and no one enticing, so I had to select a rocky preset to jam on
I also tried to add a prog guitar (driven by Scaler), but I realized that my AAS Strum-GS 2 doesnโt have prog patterns, so I used a mix of rock presets to build the part
After a while a nice riff came out from the Minimonsta, so I developed the mock a bit adding EZbass and EZdrummer (that have both many prog patterns )
Now, this lack of prog MIDIs in the plugins I usually use to jam will likely drive me to change the workflow, and Iโll show it in the Part 2, but now let me show the first test
The routing for jamming is easy: one track with Minimonsta and one for BB
To drive AAS Strum-GS 2 I used one Scaler and I found by ear a scale different from the Minimonsta one, but able to produce a nice rhythm
To have the guitar variation I used the 2-tracks trick, that is putting a MIDI track with Scaler chords and send them to the guitar with the routing below, while on the AAS Strum-GS 2 track you audit and select suitable loops by ear
Here you see the Scaler chords in the MIDI tracks, and a series of AAS Strum-GS 2 patterns pasted by ear
Here is Scaler for the guitar
Scaler for guitar.xml (11.6 KB)
here is the MIDIs for the bass the drums and the guitar
bass.mid (7.1 KB)
EZDrums.mid (16.9 KB)
Guitar.mid (7.6 KB)
I also tried to make bassline and drumsline more variable, as they usually are in the prog tunes
And here is the result Moogy Voice