Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

[monsterthompson]

files on the computer. But why another patchbay if the one you have is ok?

I have no good reason. It’s just cute as a button and I sold off other gear so I have funds

Actually, I have a few routing ideas that I think can be handled by the Terminal, and it would be a smaller footprint. I’m thinking I’ll do a bit more direct recording this year, and the half-normal signal routing would be useful for making dry copies of certain signals.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

I have no good reason. It’s just cute as a button and I sold off other gear so I have funds

Actually, I have a few routing ideas that I think can be handled by the Terminal, and it would be a smaller footprint. I’m thinking I’ll do a bit more direct recording this year, and the half-normal signal routing would be useful for making dry copies of certain signals.

I should go clean the mess of patch cables I made with the crazy sigal chains I did this week with the no input mixer......looks like someone threw everything in the air and kicked it around to get an even spread of the mess.

 

[monsterthompson]

I should go clean the mess of patch cables I made with the crazy sigal chains I did this week with the no input mixer......looks like someone threw everything in the air and kicked it around to get an even spread of the mess.

Free your mind to make a new mess.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

Free your mind to make a new mess.

Wise words.

 

[monsterthompson]

I’m just dealing with being sick this weekend, and trying to find ways to help my creativity and productivity that don’t require making any critical judgements until my head is clearer.

...so buying new gear is on my to do list

 

[steubig]

i’ve been away. all this talk of 3-string basses made me go saw all my necks down the middle. now i can sell a bunch of half necks.

what did i miss?

 

[steubig]

I’m just dealing with being sick this weekend, and trying to find ways to help my creativity and productivity that don’t require making any critical judgements until my head is clearer.

...so buying new gear is on my to do list

ruh uh

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

i’ve been away. all this talk of 3-string basses made me go saw all my necks down the middle. now i can sell a bunch of half necks.

what did i miss?

Nothing insane....monsterthompson just needs a little nudge to get pushed over the edge for some gear.....go kick him over
So he'll invest wisely. And im contemplating quitting my day job to become a soundcloud "artist" (said with bad snob french accent)

 

[steubig]

artiste

s’il vous plâit.

 

[monsterthompson]

And im contemplating quitting my day job to become a soundcloud "artist" (said with bad snob french accent)

Have you set up a go fund me to start your face tattoo collection?

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

Have you set up a go fund me to start your face tattoo collection?

Pffff ....fo sho.....namsayin

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

Is it just me or Akai is totally missing the point of “hardware” samplers with the new MPC.
It’s basically a laptop that has the mpc OS with controller pad........again.....

Plus everyone hates the OG akai system and always go JJ.OS with the 1000 and 2500.

 

[dukeorock]

Is it just me or Akai is totally missing the point of “hardware” samplers with the new MPC.
It’s basically a laptop that has the mpc OS with controller pad........again.....

Plus everyone hates the OG akai system and always go JJ.OS with the 1000 and 2500.

It’s not just you

 

[dukeorock]

Sold a bunch of stuff recently. Nothing wrong with any of it, but I wasn’t using it and it didn’t make sense to keep it sitting around. Now I’ve noticed some pedals that may have to go. Want to put my pedalboard back together but I’m just not into the pedals I have at the moment. The Specular Tempus and Volt Thrower will likely stay, but that’s likely it. The CT5 May stay, but not on the board. Sometimes I get lucky with it and sometimes I don’t.
Not sure why, but I’ve never been over the moon about any pedal I’ve ever owned. Always get bored of em fast

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

It’s not just you

I’m not the kinda guy that goes and checks out what every artist uses, but it seems to me that , for beat making......akai is on a steady decline for the past few years. Get a laptop with Ableton and murder the new akai machine for less that 1/3 of the price.

Only the classic ones remain in use like the 2000XL, 1000, 2500...maybe the 3000 but they are rediculous expensive now, not to mention huge and heavy.

Grab and SP and throw in your backpack for a session or a gig, nuff said. But like always, use whatever works best for you.....if music comes out....all the better.

 

[Bob_Ross]

The CT5 May stay, but not on the board. Sometimes I get lucky with it and sometimes I don’t.

One of the things I've been trying to do w/ the CT5 is spend enough time with it -- and it alone -- so that I find settings that yield musically useful results* and that I can remember and dial up repeatedly. I've had mine for 3 or 4 months and I think so far I've managed to find two or three settings that qualify But those two or three settings are so cool!

I find it helps to not think of it as an open-ended crazy random "granular delay/micro-looper" or whatever the elevator pitch description of the CT5 is supposed to be, but rather think of it in terms of what those favorite settings yield...so, for example, in one of my favorite (Mode 1) settings it's simply [sic] a reverse delay 8va. And in another (Mode 3) it's just (ha!) a looping delay, but with access to two "hidden" semi-cloned layers.

If I can spend more practice time with it I fully expect to come up with two or three more favorites...and if I only ever wind up with less than a half dozen favorites, well, it's already been worth it, so definitely a keeper.


*"Musically useful" as defined fairly liberally/abstractly, of course. Not sure I would ever bring the CT5 to a cover band gig.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

One of the things I've been trying to do w/ the CT5 is spend enough time with it -- and it alone -- so that I find settings that yield musically useful results* and that I can remember and dial up repeatedly. I've had mine for 3 or 4 months and I think so far I've managed to find two or three settings that qualify But those two or three settings are so cool!

I find it helps to not think of it as an open-ended crazy random "granular delay/micro-looper" or whatever the elevator pitch description of the CT5 is supposed to be, but rather think of it in terms of what those favorite settings yield...so, for example, in one of my favorite (Mode 1) settings it's simply [sic] a reverse delay 8va. And in another (Mode 3) it's just (ha!) a looping delay, but with access to two "hidden" semi-cloned layers.

If I can spend more practice time with it I fully expect to come up with two or three more favorites...and if I only ever wind up with less than a half dozen favorites, well, it's already been worth it, so definitely a keeper.


*"Musically useful" as defined fairly liberally/abstractly, of course. Not sure I would ever bring the CT5 to a cover band gig.

Definitely on my "wanna try" list.

 

[dukeorock]

I’m not the kinda guy that goes and checks out what every artist uses, but it seems to me that , for beat making......akai is on a steady decline for the past few years. Get a laptop with Ableton and murder the new akai machine for less that 1/3 of the price.

Only the classic ones remain in use like the 2000XL, 1000, 2500...maybe the 3000 but they are rediculous expensive now, not to mention huge and heavy.

Grab and SP and throw in your backpack for a session or a gig, nuff said. But like always, use whatever works best for you.....if music comes out....all the better.

When the MPC X first came out, I checked it out for a long time. Seemed like a great ‘command center’ type machine and in some hands it probably is. In the end it just seemed too much like a computer and I already have a computer. I’m happy having an Octatrack and modular setup because I would have little idea how to do what they do in a computer, if I even wanted to

One of the things I've been trying to do w/ the CT5 is spend enough time with it -- and it alone -- so that I find settings that yield musically useful results* and that I can remember and dial up repeatedly. I've had mine for 3 or 4 months and I think so far I've managed to find two or three settings that qualify But those two or three settings are so cool!

I find it helps to not think of it as an open-ended crazy random "granular delay/micro-looper" or whatever the elevator pitch description of the CT5 is supposed to be, but rather think of it in terms of what those favorite settings yield...so, for example, in one of my favorite (Mode 1) settings it's simply [sic] a reverse delay 8va. And in another (Mode 3) it's just (ha!) a looping delay, but with access to two "hidden" semi-cloned layers.

If I can spend more practice time with it I fully expect to come up with two or three more favorites...and if I only ever wind up with less than a half dozen favorites, well, it's already been worth it, so definitely a keeper.


*"Musically useful" as defined fairly liberally/abstractly, of course. Not sure I would ever bring the CT5 to a cover band gig.

Ha! I rarely use any pedals live with the bands I work with. I’ll be spending some time watching tutorials on the Ct5 and Enzo before I decide. The Enzo is occasionally amazing, but every time I power it back on I feel like I have to learn it all over again. That ain’t fun

 

[steubig]

ct5: i basically use it as a micro looper that goes before manglers (and then my main looper). with option 2 and 3 in transcendence mode, you can do some fun things by toggling back and forth. the dealt asphalt has never been od much interest to me.

 

[dukeorock]

ct5: i basically use it as a micro looper that goes before manglers (and then my main looper). with option 2 and 3 in transcendence mode, you can do some fun things by toggling back and forth. the dealt asphalt has never been od much interest to me.

I’ve found my most usable results with the Ct5 are with the blend quite low as a little goes a long way with that thing