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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread
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Thanks! I have more experimentation to do - can I get similar tone with both pickups into the MP40/YYZ SansAmp? Or is just the bridge pickup a fundamental part of the sound? This counts as sound design within the context of this ambient thread right?
Oh my god I love that Ric tone.
The 208c has got a few things going for it. They separated MIDI note on messages from pitch messages through a rather ingenious kludge, which makes it possible to use MIDI more like CV. I quite like it, as I often want MIDI to behave more like CV. Also you can stack MIDI commands from multiple channels plus CV for more extensive pitch modulations.
Really enjoying the spring reverb, and I can't wait to get it home to my matrix mixer for feedback patches and such. Todd Barton (a longtime Easel player) says the easel "turns on a dime" but that also involves the operator and I've got to learn the colour coding etc for more rapid repatching.
Other fun facts: the 208c is very tolerant of misbehaviour with patch cables: stacking two outputs to an input (which shorts the outputs together) can lead to all sorts of chaos. The high end can get strident but if I actually use the full range of the sliders rather than crank stuff it's got a lot of interesting options for high pitched percussive sounds. Also, although people talk about the low pass gates, the Easel also has perfectly serviceable VCAs and (non-resonant unless you feed them back) low pass filters.
Here's a mess around with the Easel Command, Oxi One, and a pitch shifter and delay in AUM. Very little of what I just discussed is in evidence because I'm not fully in control of the instrument after one day. Give me some time to practice.
The 208c has got a few things going for it. They separated MIDI note on messages from pitch messages through a rather ingenious kludge, which makes it possible to use MIDI more like CV. I quite like it, as I often want MIDI to behave more like CV. Also you can stack MIDI commands from multiple channels plus CV for more extensive pitch modulations.
Really enjoying the spring reverb, and I can't wait to get it home to my matrix mixer for feedback patches and such. Todd Barton (a longtime Easel player) says the easel "turns on a dime" but that also involves the operator and I've got to learn the colour coding etc for more rapid repatching.
Other fun facts: the 208c is very tolerant of misbehaviour with patch cables: stacking two outputs to an input (which shorts the outputs together) can lead to all sorts of chaos. The high end can get strident but if I actually use the full range of the sliders rather than crank stuff it's got a lot of interesting options for high pitched percussive sounds. Also, although people talk about the low pass gates, the Easel also has perfectly serviceable VCAs and (non-resonant unless you feed them back) low pass filters.
Here's a mess around with the Easel Command, Oxi One, and a pitch shifter and delay in AUM. Very little of what I just discussed is in evidence because I'm not fully in control of the instrument after one day. Give me some time to practice.
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Boy, y'all sure know how tho press the right buttons to get me to listen to a clip
And yeah @hieronymous very cool sounding. Love the accompaniment; I commend you for having the good taste and discipline not to post a six-hour version, 'cuz I'm not sure I would ever stop jamming over that!
got a notification that my use of "¢" instead on "c" in a word meant that i got a warning (or something). [as my mom used to say, "a perfectly good anglo-saxon word."]
sorry to offend.
sorry to offend.
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Must be a slow day in “mod ville”
:/
Lack of action in the “post your tort loaf”
Perhaps??
Boy, y'all sure know how tho press the right buttons to get me to listen to a clip
And yeah @hieronymous very cool sounding. Love the accompaniment; I commend you for having the good taste and discipline not to post a six-hour version, 'cuz I'm not sure I would ever stop jamming over that!
Ahaha, don't give me any ideas! Actually, I recorded a new backing track and I think it was even shorter.
Was it "ripping ri¢ tone"?
So is the 208c a Buchla synth? I first heard about those when I read Analog Days by Pinch & Trocco but have never played one. I like the track you posted!
they decided to put in “$¢r€w” (er, “screw”) instead. of course, that’s funny because it means the exact same thing.
(i used to crack up when people used “frig” instead of the word that shall not be mentioned—first time i ever saw “frig” was in a softcore porn paperback a friend’s older brother had—used instead of the word that shall not be mentioned,
)@JES has no idea the 208c was the buchla. apparently i forgot or missed that you had one!
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Wow, really slow day in “Mod town”
they decided to put in “$¢r€w” (er, “screw”) instead. of course, that’s funny because it means the exact same thing.
(i used to crack up when people used “frig” instead of the word that shall not be mentioned—first time i ever saw “frig” was in a softcore porn paperback a friend’s older brother had—used instead of the word that shall not be mentioned,
@JES has no idea the 208c was the buchla. apparently i forgot or missed that you had one!
$h!zzl3 must be on your case waiting for you to slip up
So I was looking at the bass station 2 vs monologue thing for ages… gush prices came down on the bs2 and I was very tempted to save up to it.
lo and behold, the mini nova came down in a end of June sale even cheaper so I snagged it.. as well as complimenting the bass aids of things, as it’s pretty much a vst ins box can do so much more than the bs2. Even if I rarely use it for band stuff it will be a lot better for either recording as is, or using as a proper midi controller for all the other vst stuff I have on my PC like pigments etc. could never really use them cos the little midi controller I got was never really that good so hoping this will help there too!
lo and behold, the mini nova came down in a end of June sale even cheaper so I snagged it.. as well as complimenting the bass aids of things, as it’s pretty much a vst ins box can do so much more than the bs2. Even if I rarely use it for band stuff it will be a lot better for either recording as is, or using as a proper midi controller for all the other vst stuff I have on my PC like pigments etc. could never really use them cos the little midi controller I got was never really that good so hoping this will help there too!
Yes, thanks. I devoured Analog Days when it came out. And later, Trevor was a friend, though not in 2002 (I think we met in 2006).
Sorry, coy doesn't work on a thread with this number of people and this many simultaneous gear conversations.
Here's a proper photo. I ordered it in a July 4th sale after making offers to a couple people for 2/3 of new price and being rebuffed as "I just can't go that low" which is frankly ridiculous. I figured 90% of new price with no tax and free shipping, with warrantee is better than 80-85% of new price plus taxes and shipping (which, when you add it up is the same or more dollars out of my pocket). A lesson to me as a seller, too. When I do the module and synth de-accession later this summer, prices will be good for buyers.
More time with it: I think the secret sauce here for playability is all the normalling and switches. The faders are nice for seeing where I'm at as well.
Diderot effect is in effect as well. I ordered a couple cards for it, and more patch cables, and a bag of nylon washers to see if I could reduce pot wobble a bit (same pots as Make Noise as far as I can tell).
Edited to add link to obit for Trevor.
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My wife is a classical pianist, she has been playing for over 35 years and is looking for a new weighted electric 88 keyboard?
Any recommendations??
The more like a real piano the better.
Any recommendations??
The more like a real piano the better.
Just keys
No midi, as close to an real piano as possible.
One good piano sound
She has an piano at her mom’s place but our house to too small to accommodate.
I'm no expert on this but the last time I was in a Guitar_Center (long time ago now, granted) I was surprised at the Casio electronic piano they had on display. I always thought Casio was cheap toy stuff but that particular model was nice, with weighted keys and all. That said, there are quite a few nice ones out there. My cousin is a classical pianist and he has one he carries to gigs in a case and plays through PAs. Don't know which model, but it's over ten years old at this point.
Thanks for the input.
She only plays classical music
She’s working on a crazy hard Brahms piece, she’s the one with the talent in the house. She has freaking ears just short on perfect pitch to add to the package
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