Narfsounds

30/12/2025

When It's Love VH

29/12/2025

Pink Pony Club Chapell Roan Prophet-5 Oberheim OBX8 Moog Model-D

29/12/2025

Oberheim OBX8 + Minimoog

28/12/2025

“You should really sell single sounds if you want more people to buy your packs. Good luck!”

I hear versions of this fairly often, and it usually comes from the assumption that if a business does not bend to individual pricing or song requests, it must be struggling or dependent on every sale. That has never been how this works.

What I build is not meant to be a pick and choose menu of individual songs. These packs are designed as complete collections for working players who value time saved, consistency on stage, and the confidence that comes from sitting down and having things just work in a real band setting.

If you enjoy programming everything yourself, that is great and nothing I offer prevents you from doing that. If a song is not in your set, there is no reason to force it. And if the cost does not make sense for where you are at, listening to your gut is always the right call.

I am okay with some people deciding it is not for them.

To those who do see the value in my work and have decided that it is for them, thank you. You are the reason I keep doing what I love doing, and you are all the good luck I will ever need. Wishing you a fantastic New Year!

28/12/2025

Love Walks In on the Oberheim OB-X8 and Montage M

27/12/2025

26/12/2025

Quick heads up for anyone shopping around for Narfsounds packs.

There are a number of third party websites out there listing “exclusive” Narfsounds coupon codes. They look legitimate, show big discounts, and often rank well in Google searches, but they are not affiliated with me in any way.

Those codes are not issued by Narfsounds and they will not work. I don’t provide secret or hidden discounts through outside sites, and I don’t authorise anyone else to do so on my behalf. In many cases, these sites exist purely to harvest email addresses or personal details.

When discount codes are available, they are typically sent directly to existing Narfsounds customers via email or clearly listed on the Narfsounds site itself. Bundle pricing is already the best way to save when buying multiple packs.

Just wanted to put that out there so nobody wastes time or gets frustrated trying codes that were never real to begin with.
-Narf

21/12/2025

The full arp creation tutorial is on my YouTube.

Arp Creation Tutorial Montage M MODX M w/Real Examples From Classic Songs Master the 3 Convert Types

https://youtu.be/ah15VOZWpFc.

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20/12/2025

I try to cover all the keyboard parts when I play live, but some songs have lines that simply can’t be played at the same time. Some parts require a level of hand independence that just isn’t realistic on stage. Sometimes I need to focus on the melody or solo lines and the chord progressions need to be automated. Other songs were built around arpeggiators in the original production, and some fast or intricate runs are almost impossible to play cleanly by hand.

That’s where arps help.
The Montage M and MODX M have a powerful arp engine that handles these situations musically and reliably.

In this tutorial, I show how to create your own arps using Normal, Org Notes and Fixed convert types, and when each one works best for real songs.

Arp Creation Tutorial Montage M MODX M w/Real Examples From Classic Songs Master the 3 Convert Types

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19/12/2025

Currently working on a tutorial video and rewatched my walkthrough for It’s A Sin by Petshop Boys. Didn’t realize how much goes on in this song especially with arpeggios, samples and key zones. Check it out!

Performance Notes for It's A Sin Performance in the Favorite Covers Set 100:00 Performance Demo1:57 Walkthrough

17/12/2025

I’ve been playing these songs for many years, long before I ever sat down to program sounds for them. They’re the ones that keep showing up on set lists, across different bands.

I wanted sounds that feel immediately usable because the parts are already in your hands. No relearning, no rebuilding things you’ve already played a hundred times.

The song list covers the usual suspects
Hot Stuff
Superstition
Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough
Rock With You
Nutbush City Limits
YMCA
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Celebration
Lets Groove
Play That Funky Music
Give It Up
Disco Inferno
Signed Sealed Delivered
What A Feeling
Dancing Queen
Maniac

The sounds are built from my own samples taken from a Minimoog, Oberheim and Prophet 5, plus additional custom samples created specifically for this set. The focus was always on how they sit in a band mix and how they respond under the fingers.

On the Nord Stage 4, the features are used in a practical way. Custom arpeggios, morph assignments that make sense live, Layer Scene II for quick changes, and superb effects of the NS4.

I also included two utility performances I rely on constantly Narf 70s Brass for stabs, swells and falls and Narf 70s Strings for octave lines and classic disco string falls

Those two alone cover far more material than what’s listed here, which is usually the reality of cover band gigs.

Built around songs I already know, for those of you who already play them on your Nord Stage 4.

Narf Sounds Nord Stage 4 Cover Sounds 4-PACK BUNDLE https://www.narfsounds.com/product-page/nord-stage-4-cover-sounds-4-pack-bundleNS4 70s & 80s Disco / Funk...

14/12/2025

Over the past couple of years, while developing cover sounds for modern keyboards and Gig Performer, I started spending more time with the original instruments behind the songs.

As part of improving my own craft, I invested in the instruments themselves. Certain songs naturally came to mind along the way. A Prophet 5 for Tears For Fears and The Cars. An Oberheim OBX8 for Don’t You Forget About Me and the synth driven Van Halen songs. Juno 6 and Juno 106 for A-ha. A Jupiter 8 for Duran Duran and Journey. A D-50 for Simply The Best. A DX7 for many mid eighties tracks. And a Moog Model D for classic basses and leads from the 70s through the early 80s.

In some cases I sampled these instruments directly. In others, I programmed with a clear understanding of what the real instruments can and cannot do.

That experience carries through into the sounds I create for Kronos, Montage, Fantom, Nord Stage 4, and Gig Performer. The sounds reflect how those songs actually felt at the time, whether you grew up with them or were already playing gigs in the 80s.