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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread
- Thread starter ttasselm
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Sounds like they roped Batman into doing the voiceover
Sounds like Sterling Archer using his take on the Batman voice to do a spoof of a Moog ad.
Nail-polish is my preferred method. Tape always seems to fall off.
For the nail polish, it's really up to you what colour. I've used an opaque-looking beige in the past that still leaked a LOT of light, but dimmed the on-axis beam of the LED enough to be tolerable.
I only put a "hat" on the LED poking up through the enclosure; the sides of the LED are still acting like a lighthouse beacon, so you may need to cover more than I do.
APPLICATION:
Q-tip! Don't use the brush of the nail-polish unless you have a good eye and a steady hand. I just dip the Q-tip, and dab onto the top of the LED.
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REMOVAL:
Q-tip! When experimenting with different Nail-Polish hues, I just use the other end of the Q-tip from the side used to apply the nail-polish. Dampen the clean tip in Isopropyl or nail-polish remover, squeeze out any excess before wiping away as you don't want seepage down into the effect/synth/whatever enclosure. Some polish is harder to remove, just keep at it with the remover-solution & Q-tip — get a clean Q-tip, repeat.
I've also had dollar-store cheapo nail polish that just flaked off with a little thumb-nail pressure. Vacuum on stand-by for the flakey stuff.
If you're so inclined, get an assortment of LEDs and a coin-battery and experiment before trying it on vintage or coveted gear — I'd hate my recommendations to cause any ire or damage.
LEDs that have a bezel, take extra care not to flood the thing with polish or remover.
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
New pedal. I needed another compact digital delay for my synth rig and this one looked cool. Works fine, too.
I put together a Grandmother/DFAM track:
I overdubbed the "bass pedal" part (also Grandmother), mixed in Reaper. This is basically a sketch - I might try and play bass over it but haven't yet. I am really enjoying the Grandmother - I've been having fun with the sequencer and should really go back to working with that instead of just the short repeating phrase here.
I overdubbed the "bass pedal" part (also Grandmother), mixed in Reaper. This is basically a sketch - I might try and play bass over it but haven't yet. I am really enjoying the Grandmother - I've been having fun with the sequencer and should really go back to working with that instead of just the short repeating phrase here.
Blend is dry/wet, while mix is how much reverb you want as opposed to just delay. The pedal does both delay and reverb and both sound pretty good.
Working on some sound design ideas for a project.
Also stumbled across this. Scratching via tape instead of records. About a minute in is when the sound starts.
Also stumbled across this. Scratching via tape instead of records. About a minute in is when the sound starts.
So last night, as I do on every Saturday night, I fell asleep listening to the Philadelphia radio show Star's End, which is all space music, mostly electronic. Normally I zonk out and don't wake up until the show has been over for like an hour. But around 4 AM this really creepy track came on and I woke up, unable to get back to sleep until I switched it off. Sometimes listening to the wrong things while sleeping gives me nightmares or at least causes me discomfort.
I just now looked it up on the radio station's playlist. It seems it was made by a woman named Helen Thorington, who was an electronic artist who died last spring in her 90s. I found the track on Internet Archive and thought I'd share the creepiness with y'all.
The name of the track is "Trying to Think" and was recorded in 1974.
Helen Thorington : Jo-Anne Green : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
I just now looked it up on the radio station's playlist. It seems it was made by a woman named Helen Thorington, who was an electronic artist who died last spring in her 90s. I found the track on Internet Archive and thought I'd share the creepiness with y'all.
The name of the track is "Trying to Think" and was recorded in 1974.
Helen Thorington : Jo-Anne Green : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
That's definitely a disquieting vibe for the wee hours of the morning! Interesting music though. Looking forward to listening to some of her other work. Thanks for the introduction
- Mar 8, 2011
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I got asked to do a Tuesday residency playing solo ‘ambient’ music, which I don’t do a ton of. I was asked the day of the first show last week and didn’t have time to prepare, so I loaded some old recordings into my M8 and ‘pressed play.’ Kinda embarrassing, but I got a great response to my music. Since then I’ve written 7 new tunes that I have to ‘perform’ on the Syntakt and Octatrack. I’ll be doing all the changes, fx and whatnot on the fly so I’ve been rehearsing. The club doesn’t want anything “too out there.” This is one of the tunes I came up with and the general vibe
That is awesome that you played that gig like that - did you turn knobs and make it look like you were adjusting things? Like bring a mixer and be twisting knobs and messing with faders - but it's not plugged into anything! That could be fun actually... The gig itself sounds like an interesting opportunity.
If you're gonna do that, may as well just pre-record the track and Bluetooth it to the PA from your phone while twisting knobs on gear lol.
Been jamming with my Grandmother and DFAM - trying to come up with something to play bass along with - I've been listening to "Berlin School" stuff for over 20 years, maybe I'm finally figuring out how to attempt it on my own? A mixture of random/computerised/repetitive and some level of "human" involvement? Playing bass over it will be the icing on the cake (for me anyway), but for now here's the track:
Also interesting to realize that I've got some "tricks" - whether the infinite feedback delay, or switching glide on and off, or LFO controlling filter frequency - one I forgot to do here was to randomize the sequencer - I really like that! I'm glad I have Reaper to mess around with things, like EQ, compression, reverb, etc. Valhalla reverb is amazing!
Also interesting to realize that I've got some "tricks" - whether the infinite feedback delay, or switching glide on and off, or LFO controlling filter frequency - one I forgot to do here was to randomize the sequencer - I really like that! I'm glad I have Reaper to mess around with things, like EQ, compression, reverb, etc. Valhalla reverb is amazing!
I played this and a YouTube video on another tab started rolling. I thought you had layered it in on purpose. The material was edgy and I thought you made a bold choice. Of course when the music stopped the comedian kept going, so I figured out my mistake
Xenochronous Comedy!I played this and a YouTube video on another tab started rolling. I thought you had layered it in on purpose. The material was edgy and I thought you made a bold choice. Of course when the music stopped the comedian kept going, so I figured out my mistake
I love playing bass along to my sequenced synths, but I wish I could control the synths with my feet so I can change things up without talking my hands off my bass. Maybe some foot switches to switch sequences or at least an expression pedal to roll the filter cutoff.
Yeah, being able to do it live would be really cool. Remember the old Moog CV pedal? I think around 2010? That might have been cool to be able to switch between different parameters. But it’s hard enough doing it with two hands - foot and bass adds layers of complexity…
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