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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

#26,301
JES said:
Questions so far:

OMG there are so many presets. Do I just delete them all?

Is there a way to manually scrub through a custom step-LFO? That way I could use macros to "snap to" certain settings in a preset rather than just morphing through them.

I need to learn how to more quickly assign macros, and a few other basic quality of life things. I guess I'll suck it up and watch parts of a couple tutorials.

If you folks have things you do with every patch, or system settings you like or use to prevent screwing up, I'd love to hear about them. I'm just waiting to hit the wrong button or knob and lose a patch I'm working on.
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I kept the presets because there's still plenty of room for custom save slots and I like some of the presets. An easy way to do this is to start your custom patches in an empty bank (I use E for whatever that's worth) and then you just click "Browse," then scroll to bank E with button/wheel #5.

I don't know the answer to you LFO question.

Definitely make sure you're up-to-date with firmware.

Something to be aware of is that you can send audio into the Mod 1 and 2 inputs. This can make for some interesting possibilities with ring mod and the like.

Make sure to explore the "Voice" menu. Things like analog feel, random phase, and warm mode can really change the overall character of a patch.

It is worth watching some tutorial videos, and what worked best for me was to watch videos about specific features and kind of go one group of things at a time. For example, the macros didn't immediately click with me but after watching a video specifically about macros I have a good handle on them now.
 
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i turn the mod wheel for vibrato default off (in the voice menu, iirc) for every patch because i use that controller for different mod destinations. can also do for the pitch bend (i’ll often use that for panning. these are probably more important on the keys version or when using with a keyboard controller.

but, this might be the answer to your scrub the stepped lfo question; assign either mod or pitch wheel control to that parameter in the mod matrix. macro knob might be good, as you say.

also in the voice menu, there are options to make things “more analog” (ish). makes things a bit “warmer” or “fatter.”

and, of course, the different (*per voice*) tuning systems are also in that menu.

i never use the presets. i just use the last two banks (which used to be all empty, but maybe not now). there’s also a way to assign what your boot-up patch is.
 
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JES said:
Casting no aspersions on anyone else’s taste, I always hated Bob Segar. But once, after a particularly unsettling pizza delivery involving one of the most bizarre domestic arguments I have ever witnessed—to this very day— I got back into the car, and I was never so happy to hear his voice. Would have been about 1988.
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Not as much as I despise CCR.
:)
 
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lucas303 said:
I kept the presets because there's still plenty of room for custom save slots and I like some of the presets. An easy way to do this is to start your custom patches in an empty bank (I use E for whatever that's worth) and then you just click "Browse," then scroll to bank E with button/wheel #5.

I don't know the answer to you LFO question.

Definitely make sure you're up-to-date with firmware.

Something to be aware of is that you can send audio into the Mod 1 and 2 inputs. This can make for some interesting possibilities with ring mod and the like.

Make sure to explore the "Voice" menu. Things like analog feel, random phase, and warm mode can really change the overall character of a patch.

It is worth watching some tutorial videos, and what worked best for me was to watch videos about specific features and kind of go one group of things at a time. For example, the macros didn't immediately click with me but after watching a video specifically about macros I have a good handle on them now.
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btw, i mentioned this to jes, but it might interest you as well:

one hack i came up with:

when you’re in the mod matrix, you can press a button to assign the source for a slot. you’ll note that there is not a button for the aftertouches and unipolar lfos. to get to those, hit lfo 5 and then use the knob to dial up to pat, etc. this really beats using the knob to dial it up from the blank slot (ASSIGN).
 
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Starthief said:
Y'all are making me want to take a closer look at the Hydrasynth. I played with a couple of presets really briefly when it was first announced at Knobcon a few years ago but haven't really looked since then.

(OTOH... I really should stick to the modular/DAW)
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imo, the presets are really sort of “gee whiz look what we can do” things that are not really musically useful (for me). the magic (if there is any) is in the ability to program a lot of interesting stuff on your own. (that being said, the presets that glen did show a deep understanding of the synth.)
 
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Starthief said:
Y'all are making me want to take a closer look at the Hydrasynth. I played with a couple of presets really briefly when it was first announced at Knobcon a few years ago but haven't really looked since then.

(OTOH... I really should stick to the modular/DAW)
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FWIW I think any of the Hydrasynths with CV inputs (which I'm pretty sure means anything but the Explorer) are a great compliment to a modular.
 
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My wife and I went to the album launch for Bobby Previte’s solo drum album tonight. Pathways for Drum Set, by Bobby Previte

It was basically an hour long drum solo, including lots of cool performance tricks, extended techniques, and there were 6 different drum and percussion setups in the room. It was virtuosic as one would expect.

But the thing that blew me away was his internal sense of time. Even when he was running from one setup to another, he’d arrive and bam it would be right on the beat. There was always a pulse even when there was silence.

I can’t ever imagine getting to that point myself, so it was really something to experience.

Ironically, she’s the drummer and I liked the show better than her. She wanted more sustained grooves.
 
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JES said:
My wife and I went to the album launch for Bobby Previte’s solo drum album tonight. Pathways for Drum Set, by Bobby Previte

It was basically an hour long drum solo, including lots of cool performance tricks, extended techniques, and there were 6 different drum and percussion setups in the room. It was virtuosic as one would expect.

But the thing that blew me away was his internal sense of time. Even when he was running from one setup to another, he’d arrive and bam it would be right on the beat. There was always a pulse even when there was silence.

I can’t ever imagine getting to that point myself, so it was really something to experience.

Ironically, she’s the drummer and I liked the show better than her. She wanted more sustained grooves.
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200$ on vinyl……no digital.
As if solo drum records weren’t niche enough?

Would have been cool to listen and sample for sure.

I
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