Crumb is an American psychedelic rock band of Brooklyn-based musicians.Their music is described as psychedelic slacker-romeld of "60s psych, loose jazz, and freeform indie rock into a soothing pop amalgamation. Others described them as psychedelic jazzy lo-fi dream pop.

I have already done a previous remake of the song "Locket" by Crumb in this website, one of their most famous singles.

This time, i am doing a full cover with all instruments and vocals of the song 'Genie' from their last album 'AMAMA'. Watch my performance video and then read the step by step production tutorial below!

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CRUMB 'GENIE' SYNTHS PRODUCTION

The song starts with a synth arpeggio with an ABAB structure that repeats throughout the song.

I recreated it using two simultaneous sounds. In this remake I wanted to use only the Arturia Minifreak VST, to test its versatility. First, I used the following preset, with a more filtered sound that adds texture, listen to it below.

Crumb Genie - Keys 1

Afterwards, I added this other layer with a wider and softer sound with delay, listen to it alone, and then the two sounds together.

Crumb Genie - Keys 2

Crumb Genie - Both Keys 1 - 2

In the bridge, later in the song, I automated the following “bubbly” effect with an autofilter in Guitar rig 5.

Crumb Genie - Keys 1 Bubbly effect

At some points in the song a very high-pitched string sound appears, which I recreated with the following MiniFreak preset with a pitch oscillation for that lofi touch.

Crumb Genie - Strings

After the bridge, an organ/pad appears making two chords with the following preset, listen to it below!

Crumb Genie - Organ 1

In the final part we find two more organ sounds, the first one is quite standard, softer, listen to it here.

Crumb Genie - Organ 2

The second one is more aggressive and sharp, and this time I recreated it with the Arturia B-3 with the following preset.
Listen to it here, and then both at the same time.

Crumb Genie - Organ 3

‍Crumb Genie - Both Organs 2 - 3

Finally, there is a lead making a melody. I recreated it with the following preset, and I added Guitar Rig 5 with the following distortion/filter effect that gives it much more presence and aggressiveness, like in the original song. Listen to the difference between the clean sound and with Guitar Rig.

Crumb Genie - Lead

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CRUMB DRUM KIT SOUND

To recreate the drums I used Addictive Drums 2, looking for snare and kick sounds until I found similar ones with the following kit. I used the RC-20 retro color to give it a bit of saturation and a more lofi touch. Listen to the final result below.

Crumb Genie - Drum kit sound

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CRUMB 'GENIE' BASS SOUND

The bass of the song has a standard sound that I have recreated using the JJP-bass from Waves with the following configuration. Listen to it here.

Crumb Genie - Bass sound

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CRUMB VOCAL PRODUCTION

Finally for the vocals, crumb singer Lila Ramani uses quite a lot of effects on her voice, leaving the voice in the background blending with the instrumental.

I have recorded two vocal tracks, one normal and one an octave higher.

In this case I have used the Waves ReelADT plugin to give that “drunk” effect to the voice, listen to the verse below. I have also put sends to reverb and delay.

Crumb Genie - Vocal sound

In the chorus part, after the break, I have used the Goodhertz tremolo, listen to it without and with effects. Can you hear it in stereo?

Crumb Genie - Vocals without tremolo

Crumb Genie - Vocals with tremolo

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