Honestly I haven't listened to them very closely yet. What I have heard was enough to pique my interest and get me to cough up the dough, but I'll have to give them closer listens later. I'm a model consumer!
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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread
- Thread starter ttasselm
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- Mar 8, 2011
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That was really well done. I’m hit and miss with that dude, but it was well presented. Couple dopey things like “99.9% of modular music is accidental.” And 86.7% of statistics are made up on the spot
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Thanks for sharing those! I enjoyed Fractalyst and that piece for 4 gongs quite a bit
Here's what I grabbed this morning:
I used to have that Autechre album on CD, but I think it may have migrated to the west coast in the wrong case with one of my former roommates.
- Mar 8, 2011
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Someone tipped me to this recently. I’ve been buying a few things from Thomann USA lately, even though it all still gets shipped from Germany. Shipping is reasonably fast and cheap. In the US Waldorf is distributed by Korg. The price difference for Waldorf here or from Thomann in Germany is pretty huge.
Thomanns price
here’s the prices at Sweetwater
Thomanns price
here’s the prices at Sweetwater
Back when the aus dollar compared to us it was similar that I used to order from us more…even with overseas shipping was usually cheaper.
but now the aus dollar it’s horrible doesn’t matter where I order from it’s all way more expensive
Whoa. I've saved a bit here and there buying stuff from Thomann or Juno or Schneidersladen instead of US dealers even with the slightly higher shipping, but that's crazy.
I really haven't been making much music at all the past few months - combination of being busy and uninspired. But fulfilled GAS to the rescue! One of my local stores - Bananas at Large - was selling the Chase Bliss Dark World dual reverb, so I grabbed it. I know that I recently poo-poo'd the idea of intentional warble due to my experiences with a cheap car tape deck, but I'm having fun with it here, and it's only one of the possible crazy-reverbs. It was fun running the Sirin Taurus bass thru my Space Echo too.
Glad to be up and running again - hopefully can incorporate some bass guitar too.
Glad to be up and running again - hopefully can incorporate some bass guitar too.
Cool sounds.
That Subharmonicon and DFAM combo is pretty sweet. If I had room for more Mother gear I'd go for it, but my rig is full at the moment.
I've been feeling the pull of some Moog bass lately...you're not helping me avoid the GAS!
Thanks! I actually had the DFAM ready to go, but didn't start it on this take. I wish it was easier/possible to have it play odd times, that would make it much more enjoyable for me...
I'm so glad I grabbed a Sirin when they were readily available - love having the Taurus-style bass with the upper octaves available, though I still haven't set things up with an easy way to change octaves - sounds like there's an easy solution with the Roland bass pedals but they take up WAY more space than the McMillen 12 Step. This time around it wasn't as finicky, but I think it's due to the sparseness of the notes I was triggering.
Of all the Moog stuff I have been the most tempted by Sirin and Grandmother.
Clever way of mounting the patch cable holder -- it makes me feel like mine is backwards. It's zip-tied to the front of a set of wire shelves next to my rig, so the cables are like a curtain in front of the shelves.
Clever way of mounting the patch cable holder -- it makes me feel like mine is backwards. It's zip-tied to the front of a set of wire shelves next to my rig, so the cables are like a curtain in front of the shelves.
I ended up with a different song than I originally planned, but oh well. Here's my (sloppy and lame) CCR drone:
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No Fogertys were harmed in the making of this.
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It's well past 3 AM. I just finished unloading my truck after a synth gig in which we pulled out all the stops, synths, bass guitar, amplifiers, even a video synth and projector. Played at a space-themed brewery, whose owner really liked it the last time I played and asked me back, saying I can play there whenever I feel like. Some of the patrons really liked it, as did the bartender, who told me she was a fan of Gary Numan and Tangerine Dream. My girlfriend brought her theremin for the second time, so as far as I'm concerned she is an official member of Helium Road now.
I just showered and am eating a ham and cheese sandwich, since I haven't eaten since lunch, unless you count beer. I mean, I was playing at a brewery, owned by a gigantic Pink Floyd fan, so yeah, lots of beer. And after our set and the official closing time, we all got together on the spotify/youtube device and started playing various obscure bands and things. I put on Tangerine Dream's Rubycon Part 2 in response to someone asking me who my influences are, and now I believe there are a couple more TD fans in the world. Electronic music and beer. Sometimes life is good.
I just showered and am eating a ham and cheese sandwich, since I haven't eaten since lunch, unless you count beer. I mean, I was playing at a brewery, owned by a gigantic Pink Floyd fan, so yeah, lots of beer. And after our set and the official closing time, we all got together on the spotify/youtube device and started playing various obscure bands and things. I put on Tangerine Dream's Rubycon Part 2 in response to someone asking me who my influences are, and now I believe there are a couple more TD fans in the world. Electronic music and beer. Sometimes life is good.
Had coffee. Got out the “simple” rig. I haven’t played the Nyx in ages. Got a simple drum pattern going on the Circuit and also used it to sequence the Nyx.
The Nyx was my first hardware synth and I had really had no idea what I was doing when I started using it. Now I’m seeing the various routing, filtering, and modulation parameters in ways I couldn’t before. I figured out a few stunts with the dual filters that I couldn’t have intentionally pulled off in my early days.
The Nyx was my first hardware synth and I had really had no idea what I was doing when I started using it. Now I’m seeing the various routing, filtering, and modulation parameters in ways I couldn’t before. I figured out a few stunts with the dual filters that I couldn’t have intentionally pulled off in my early days.
my "hommage" to ccr, droney, but elements of the song. h/t to @monsterthompson for the title
