Tuba!

azureblue · #1 03-01-2013, 10:40 AM

I need asap, an FX box that will make a reasonable sound of a tuba. Any ideas?

giacomini · #2 03-01-2013, 10:47 AM

Synth with a tuba preset? Don't know if a bass/guitar FX will get close, maybe a POG or a HOG for the overtones but you'll need something else because those make basses/guitars sound like an organ.

Now about the real tuba, I was looking around to get one but they're too expensive... in fact, everyhing that is bass-something (bass clarinet, bass trombone, etc) cost more than the tenor/alto counterparts...

HereIGoAgain · #3 03-01-2013, 10:47 AM

Just eat a bunch of buffalo wings, bean burritos, Mexican lasagna, and drink a 6-pack of your favorite soda prior to the gig and you'll sound like a tuba all night long.

In all seriousness, a tuba would have more sustain and much less attack than a bass. I'd research synths, compressor/sustainers, and maybe an ebow plus playing with the volume knob will get there. Also, I'm not as familiar with these types of effects as I am with others, so there's a chance I could be off in left field here. Hopefully someone who's done this before will jump in.

Joebone · #4 03-01-2013, 10:53 AM

In a hotel-based club, Gary Indiana, circa 1981, heard an electric bassist in a trombone-fronted quartet who had the most incredible tuba emulation going. No effects! IIRC, playing a fender jazz through a polytone amp. I'm guessing he was favoring the neck pickup, the tone was dialed back, and he had a sticky left hand - lots of legato connections between the notes. Wild that I remember it so well, from so long ago.

MrPierre · #5 03-01-2013, 10:56 AM

You know what really nails those tuba sounds? A tuba.

Biggbass · #6 03-01-2013, 10:57 AM

Korg Triton does it

azureblue · #7 03-01-2013, 11:00 AM

But I'd prefer to try to do it on the bass, rather than the synth.

HolmeBass · #8 03-01-2013, 11:01 AM

I would love to get back in to tuba. They are expensive. And actually, I'd want a Sousaphone. I couldn't see taking an upright to the beach, or even to a campfire, but an ABG, sure, but they're too quite. A brass Sousaphone would be perfect!

HereIGoAgain · #9 03-01-2013, 11:06 AM

Are you sure you want a tuba sound?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw72yKOYt5g

Horsepower vs. Bodacious Basses in a tuba line showdown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj8UbQFYn4g

MSUsousaphone · #10 03-01-2013, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HolmeBass

I want a Sousaphone.

The feelings are more than reciprocated.