Boards of Canada - ROYGBIV (Ableton Recreation + Walkthrough)

I've already done a live recreation of ROYGBIV, but after coming across the "Lake!" sample from Sesame Street, I thought i'd take a stab at making a recreation that was more accurate. After hearing the Sesame Street episode that the "Lake!" sample came from, I had a hunch that the little melodic trill used in ROYGBIV was taken from the same episode. After tons of sample searching, playing around and tweaking, I think I found and recreated the exact little melodic "trill" sample used in ROYGBIV as well. This time I decided to do something a little different and share the Ableton project instead of me playing the parts live. I solo all the individual tracks first, show how I recreated the "melodic trill" from the Sesame Street sample, and then play the entire project. Nothing from the original BOC track was sampled or reused, only the original sesame street samples that they themselves used. Hope you enjoy!


0:00 Bassline
0:29 Drums
1:12 Sesame Street Samples
3:09 Lead Synths
3:44 Piano
4:03 Atmospheric Lead
4:57 Entire Song


Link to the live looping version:
   • Boards of Canada - Roygbiv (Live Cove...  

Sesame Street Episode with Samples:
   • Sesame Street - Episode 2852