The notorious repost
I knew it was familiar and had probably been posted. Pretty impressive coordination.
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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread
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The notorious repost
I knew it was familiar and had probably been posted. Pretty impressive coordination.
This is about analog video, but I feel that the spirit of it applies to working with analog and vintage music gear as well. Made me laugh, and then made me contemplate the pile of gear I have...
A buddy of mine in LA who worked in video editing bought some video synthesizer stuff for fun (basically a lot of the stuff from this video) and within a few years had so much demand for his work within mostly lo-fi music scenes that he stays booked pretty much constantly at this point.
Here's a video he did for my old band soon after he first started (I think one of his first (low!) paid gigs):
And a few more recent examples:
Interesting recording module for the euro modular people. A record cv trigger would’ve been nice.
You need to have a way to affix it to the bass.
I suggest using a Fender-Jazz style bass and remove the "ash-tray" bridge cover and the pickup cover, and use those two items' screw-holes for the fabricated mount that holds/stabilises the hurdy-gurdy tone-wheel.
For a Fender-Precision (or Jazz again) same deal but the pickup-cover mounting points could be swapped out for removing a few of the pickguard screws...
This would be an interesting project.
I wonder what tuning makes sense for this drone machine.
I'm thinking adjustable-along-a-track idea and then a wing-nut to lock it into place over only two strings.
Kind of like the Gibson Grabber pickups or Westone Rail, but of course moving the tone-wheel crank perpendicular to the string direction.
So three positions: EA / AD / DG
Strings tuned however you like, though.
Hmm I've been thinker-tinkering only 4-string bass, but a 5er or 6y — I'd still want only two strings droning at a time, personally.
Ooohhh...
Now, start adding octave courses... an 8-string or 10-string or 12-string... still only want two adjacent courses at a time.
HOWZABOUT...
FULL-CUSTOM... "2-string" bass, but two courses of THREE (3) for the Hurdy-Gurdy tone-wheel to hit...
...but that's limiting, who wants to have to swap basses between sets or worse — in the middle of a tune?
So it must be a DOUBLE-NECK with a regular bass neck on top and the Hurdy-Gurdy bass on the bottom... but...
FRETLESS, so it needs to be a TRIPLE-NECK!
Alas, what good is this Hurdy-Gurdy thing if you can't go micro-tonal?
QUADRUPLE-NECK ! ! ! !
TOP TO BOTTOM:- FIVE/SIX-STRING FRETTED
- FOUR-STRING FRETLESS
- FRETLESS HURDY-GURDY 6-string (2x courses of 3)
- FRETTED HURDY-GURDY 6-string (2x courses of 3)
BUT WEIGHT! THERE's MORE! "¡¡QUINTUPLE NECK!!!
A 5th NECK, ie that of the hired LIVE-IN PERSONAL-TRAINER, TO HELP YOU DEVELOP YOUR CORE AND BACK-MUSCLES TO HANDLE THE WEIGHT...
Great listen
www.20k.org
Super Mario Bros: Koji Kondo’s 8-Bit Masterpiece — Twenty Thousand Hertz - The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.
From the springy jump sound to the iconic Overworld Theme, the sound of Super Mario Bros. is instantly recognizable. With just five lo-fi audio channels and 40 kilobytes of space, composer Koji Kondo created a soundscape full of unforgettable melodies. In this episode, we explore how Kondo’s playful
www.20k.org
Why not...
THREE HURDY-GURDY TONE-WHEEL CRANKS?
One for each pair of strings...
EA AD DG
The National Portrait Gallery in DC used to have a huge video art section in the upstairs "modern art" gallery, which involved a lot of early video synthesis artists from the 1970s, including the late great Nam June Paik. His "Megatron Matrix" was one of the most impressive things I've seen in terms of scale, it took up a whole room and the crt tubes must use as much power in an hour as my home does in a month lol.
That is cool! I suspect my buddy might be somewhat resentful that bands mostly want his work that makes them look like intentionally lo-fi corny late-80s VHS stuff rather than allowing him to get more wild and creative with the work, but I guess it isn’t a bad way to make some $$$$ all things considered!
Well, I haven't gotten tired of lo-fi 80s corny stuff yet, so I hope he feels appreciated. 
I certainly appreciate the stuff he made for our band (he did a couple different videos for us)- we mostly just gave some general suggestions about the sort of material to work from (the one I linked used Zardoz and some other similar footage) and he blended it with some synced live show material of ours (that we recorded to a click that matched the studio record). I feel like some of the recent bands that are using his work are going for something more formulaic in contrast. Still fun to watch, I just know him well enough to know that he has more to offer!Well, I haven't gotten tired of lo-fi 80s corny stuff yet, so I hope he feels appreciated.
It's like anything else, photographers would love to do artsy stuff but cheesy wedding photography is what sells. Bands love to make original music but playing cover songs they hate (often at weddings, lol) is what sells.
It's always hard to figure out how to get paid for doing something that is mainly just fun for yourself. If I could get a wealthy patron to pay me to noodle some nonsense on a bass and synth rig every day, I'd have it all figured out I guess
You may remember that I adopted a cat last year - well, today is her 1st year adoptaversary! With the help of Moog (as well as Roland) I am going to post somewhat on-topic pictures! Here she is the day we brought her home, sitting on the box for the Moog Grandmother I got December the previous year:
She was emaciated - we first encountered her a week previous, wish we had been able to get her sooner. But she did great! She got spayed, had to go to (an excellent) cat-sitter for a few weeks because we (my wife and I) had a previously-planned trip to Japan, but that's where she put on weight! Maybe a little too much, but she is happy and healthy, and often visits me in my music room:
She has turned out to be a pretty amazing cat (if I do say so myself) - we think she was around 8 months old when we got her - if so, then she is going to be 2 years old in a few months. She definitely has some adolescent cat energy, but at the same time, she is pretty laid-back - in fact, maybe she's an Aquarius or Pisces - she does have somewhat contradictory aspects, being very clingy at times but other times able to just be in her own space (as long as one of us is around). I'm a Libra - maybe that's why we get along? (My wife is Aquarius, I don't think she'd be happy with me posting this picture - don't tell her!) Maybe that should be my next project - fire up the synth gear and come up with something for Mysti?
She was emaciated - we first encountered her a week previous, wish we had been able to get her sooner. But she did great! She got spayed, had to go to (an excellent) cat-sitter for a few weeks because we (my wife and I) had a previously-planned trip to Japan, but that's where she put on weight! Maybe a little too much, but she is happy and healthy, and often visits me in my music room:
She has turned out to be a pretty amazing cat (if I do say so myself) - we think she was around 8 months old when we got her - if so, then she is going to be 2 years old in a few months. She definitely has some adolescent cat energy, but at the same time, she is pretty laid-back - in fact, maybe she's an Aquarius or Pisces - she does have somewhat contradictory aspects, being very clingy at times but other times able to just be in her own space (as long as one of us is around). I'm a Libra - maybe that's why we get along? (My wife is Aquarius, I don't think she'd be happy with me posting this picture - don't tell her!) Maybe that should be my next project - fire up the synth gear and come up with something for Mysti?
Apologies if someone posted this here before.
I'm fascinated trying to figure out what exactly they're doing...less so by the music they're making, but if the mechanics are anything like what I'm imagining they are, I suspect some more engaging (and appropriately Ambient Post-Rock Textural) stuff might result.
I'm fascinated trying to figure out what exactly they're doing...less so by the music they're making, but if the mechanics are anything like what I'm imagining they are, I suspect some more engaging (and appropriately Ambient Post-Rock Textural) stuff might result.
A friend forwarded this to me- it seems like the tape machines are controlling or acting as a filter on the keyboards. I have no idea how they are doing it, but it looks cool!
Interesting DAW related content. It is beyond my pay grade, so I might need to watch it again. Seems like something the regulars here might appreciate.
Yeah that was all technobabble for me
I didn’t get any of that
Caveman is where I’m at
