Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

[R Flynn]

Anyone here used some kind of tape to dim bright LEDs on their gear? If so, what did you use? (Be specific.) I've heard nail polish too but which nail polish and how would I get it off later if I wanted to remove it without damaging the module?

I'm dealing with some post-concussion symptoms that include light sensitivity. I'm doing screens in 15 minute doses throughout the day, so you're not totally rid of me, but I'm scaling back for awhile (and greyscaling all my screens).

Ive had success with these. Their website looks dreadful, but the product works well. They reduce but don’t completely stop the light.

The LIGHTDIMS Store

 

[JES]

Tomorrow night will be my first (and hopefully only) gig while concussed. We are part of an art installation and it’s at 6pm, gotta love the reasonable hour. I am happy that at least my knee is healed enough that I can properly operate my pedalboard.
In term of controlling synths while playing bass, I don’t do it, but you could envelope followers, foot pedals, theremins, there are lots of options.

 

[monsterthompson]

Muscling in on Teenage Engineering and Critter & Guitari. Check the visualizer (timestamp).

 

[JES]

Just Friends first experiment as a harmonic oscillator.

 

[monsterthompson]

Just Friends first experiment as a harmonic oscillator.

I keep waiting to hear "another world, another time, in the age of wonder..."

 

[monsterthompson]

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

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Hainbach!!!!
(Cough cough…)

 

[monsterthompson]

Heinbach!!!!
(Cough cough…)

Hind-Bach

 

[hieronymous]

This is either meant to amuse or torture you - actually, I really like it! (Having listened to this album many times, especially in high school)



(From the "Alex Lifeson is underrated" thread)

 

[Spectrum]

This is either meant to amuse or torture you - actually, I really like it! (Having listened to this album many times, especially in high school)



(From the "Alex Lifeson is underrated" thread)

Kind of reminds me of all those Mario Pain Composer covers that have been on the internet since before youtube. Fun as a novelty, but generally not listenable.

 

[monsterthompson]

This is either meant to amuse or torture you - actually, I really like it! (Having listened to this album many times, especially in high school)



(From the "Alex Lifeson is underrated" thread)

Most listenable Rush content I’ve ever heard.

 

[Starthief]

Reminds me of Kind of Bloop and Pretty Eight Machine

 

[Spectrum]

Reminds me of Kind of Bloop and Pretty Eight Machine

I can imagine, late in life when he got weird, Miles Davis not totally hating that, and maybe even teaming back up with Herbie Hancock to do something creative with electronic jazz.

 

[monsterthompson]

I almost thought Erica was trolling or it was April already.

 

[JES]

Tomorrow night will be my first (and hopefully only) gig while concussed. We are part of an art installation and it’s at 6pm, gotta love the reasonable hour. I am happy that at least my knee is healed enough that I can properly operate my pedalboard.

Gig went great and was fun. Probably sounded like crap because it was in a wooden box they'd constructed inside the usual white cube for these things. Every time my drummer laid into his snare the sound bounced off the wall. Cool but wrong. Amps were provided. The guitarist's went out in the middle of a song and he seamlessly unplugged his pedalboard from it and plugged into the other guitar amp next to him and kept playing. Real ninja stuff. I was in full prophylaxis: gloves, sunglasses, earplugs. I should get a full suit of armour. We only played 4 songs because new material is lllloooong but it was very fun.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

Gig went great and was fun. Probably sounded like crap because it was in a wooden box they'd constructed inside the usual white cube for these things. Every time my drummer laid into his snare the sound bounced off the wall. Cool but wrong. Amps were provided. The guitarist's went out in the middle of a song and he seamlessly unplugged his pedalboard from it and plugged into the other guitar amp next to him and kept playing. Real ninja stuff. I was in full prophylaxis: gloves, sunglasses, earplugs. I should get a full suit of armour. We only played 4 songs because new material is lllloooong but it was very fun.

Played in a wooden box???
Wait what??

 

[monsterthompson]

Played in a wooden box???
Wait what??

 

[steubig]

in a wooden box they'd constructed inside the usual white cube for these things… I was in full prophylaxis: gloves, sunglasses, earplugs..

cool. sounds like a william gibson book come to life

 

[steubig]

I almost thought Erica was trolling or it was April already.
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don't you already have that?

 

[Starthief]

I almost thought Erica was trolling or it was April already.
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And here I thought my 4-row case was a little rough on ergonomics when sitting down.