Feedback Wanted (effects used)

Snakeman1066 · #1 02-14-2010, 08:51 PM

I wrote this song recently....a little off the beat and path for me style wise

I'm using a very slight bit of chorus for the main line considering using a small hit of phase or flange as well (yes? no?)

(I realize the recording sucks as it is just us at practice...we are mic'ed up but no editing or polishing done to the track) but i curious what you guys think of my distorted tones on the rest of the track, does it sound too much like a guitar? using a tad of OD and some Fuzz (we are a three piece and i cover a lot of sonic holes on bass)

opinions?

don't critique the music (as this is still a rough)..lol just the bass tone

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7803638

well?

Will006 · #2 02-14-2010, 09:59 PM

@ 30 seconds....thats a bass guitar making that sound?

Snakeman1066 · #3 02-14-2010, 10:44 PM

about the only time you will hear a six string guitar in the song other than the odd swell here and there is at about the 2:30 to 3:04 mark (aside from the stupid harmonic at the end of the song..lol)

i run two seperate rigs one dirty one clean....i try to emulate a guitar using an octave up which along with the Fuzz and OD are being run through a 4x10 cab....the clean signal is running through a 1x15...the chorus is mixed into both at various points of the song

so i guess thats means it was somewhat convincing?

Will006 · #4 02-14-2010, 11:22 PM

to the untrained ear that definitely sounds like a guitar haha

Snakeman1066 · #5 02-15-2010, 07:42 AM

yea or nay on a slight phase or flange on the main riff? or as is with slight chorus?

cheapbasslovin · #6 02-15-2010, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Snakeman1066

yea or nay on a slight phase or flange on the main riff? or as is with slight chorus?

I loves me some phaser, but I thought it sounded all right with chorus. I'm wondering if there is a way that you might EQ that when you hit that lowest note it rings out a little deeper to give the tune some bass

, but as a lead bass part I thought it sounded good.

Full disclosure I would have probably thought it sounded fine with any modulation unless it overwhelmed the part you played. (i.e. too damned much feedback on your flanger or something).

Snakeman1066 · #7 02-15-2010, 08:12 AM

I'm sure that once we refine the tune and actually get it in to the studio....that can be taken care of...keep in mind this was a live ambinet recording straight into the computer at practice...

so no phase or flange?...i think i may try it anyway just to see the difference

anybody else?

cheapbasslovin · #8 02-15-2010, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Snakeman1066

I'm sure that once we refine the tune and actually get it in to the studio....that can be taken care of...keep in mind this was a live ambinet recording straight into the computer at practice...

so no phase or flange?...i think i may try it anyway just to see the difference

anybody else?

Actually, why don't you try mixing it up? Add certain emphases to each part. Light dirt once, phase sweep a part, and a real thick flanger sweep leading into a chorus or something like that? Hell, chorus could be your clean 'base.'

Snakeman1066 · #9 02-15-2010, 04:33 PM

i would prefer to keep the main riff consistent throughout the whole song...

Gonna try phase at practice tonight and see how it goes...

thanks for all the replies so far! keep them inbound...

Snakeman1066 · #10 02-21-2010, 08:35 PM

live version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUqsAeCL3gw

Kromwarp · #11 02-21-2010, 10:07 PM

http://www.bossarea.com/loadpage.asp?file=boxes/df2.xml

Snakeman1066 · #12 02-21-2010, 10:29 PM

are you suggesting i use this pedal in some capacity?

cheapbasslovin · #13 02-22-2010, 12:14 AM

With the live clip I want a thick ol' phaser. Flanger would work too, but I'm really hearing the whoosh of something. Even a blended wah set just so would be cool.

jmercer91 · #14 02-22-2010, 12:17 AM

sounds like you're trying to be slint.

Snakeman1066 · #15 02-22-2010, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by cheapbasslovin

With the live clip I want a thick ol' phaser. Flanger would work too, but I'm really hearing the whoosh of something. Even a blended wah set just so would be cool.

i tried it with a phaser in practice and it sounded good until...i kicked in the distortion.....if i could find a way to kick the phaser off and on when i hit the distortion it may be do-able live....

cheapbasslovin · #16 02-22-2010, 12:43 AM

LS-2 will get her done.

Edit: LS-2 will get her done if you don't mind having one in parallel with the other.

Snakeman1066 · #17 02-22-2010, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by jmercer91

sounds like you're trying to be slint.

never heard of them till you posted this reply....Math Rock isn't really my scene.....as i said earlier this tune is off the normal beat and path for me....i usually write stuff in the Stoner/Doom/Sludge genre, but the guys i'm currently jammin with are a bit more laid back

For the record i had been listening to a lot of Tool and A Perfect Circle when i wrote this

**DosiYanarchy** · #18 02-22-2010, 12:00 PM

i think a bit of *subtle* flanging could sound really cool on that line... and im not really one for flangers at the best of times.

also, maybe a little bit of tap tempo'd delay in the verse- i reccommend analog/analog sounding for more of a reverby/soft delay with a low repeat rate that'd just make the bassline sound a little bigger imo. Although then you risk getting into tool/isis fanboy territory

Kromwarp · #19 02-22-2010, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Snakeman1066

are you suggesting i use this pedal in some capacity?

sorry, I misunderstood, I thought you wanted a feedback effect, when really you just wanted opinions, my mistake

Snakeman1066 · #20 02-22-2010, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DosiYanarchy

i think a bit of *subtle* flanging could sound really cool on that line... and im not really one for flangers at the best of times.

also, maybe a little bit of tap tempo'd delay in the verse- i reccommend analog/analog sounding for more of a reverby/soft delay with a low repeat rate that'd just make the bassline sound a little bigger imo. Although then you risk getting into tool/isis fanboy territory

you read my mind....lol trying this in practice this weekend