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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

#3,842
More like Stryper
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Playing bass through eurorack...really enjoy that stuff a lot. I didn’t notice how hard I drove a filter on a channel I split out, so there’s a fair amount of hiss, but it sure was fun...for me, I don’t envy my sweet girlfriend having to listen to this crap!
 
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#3,851
theunknowndude said:
Forgive me if I’m wrong, but isn’t it just a different picture representation of normal synth with shapes... like aren’t those same “sounds” able to be reproduced by lots of other synths that do the same thing? Or am I completely wrong..
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It seems to have something to do with phasing between left and right channels or something, not sure I understood it.
 
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theunknowndude said:
Forgive me if I’m wrong, but isn’t it just a different picture representation of normal synth with shapes... like aren’t those same “sounds” able to be reproduced by lots of other synths that do the same thing? Or am I completely wrong..
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Well, I’m the summary Loopop says there are some unique sounds in it, and he got lost in making drones. I think that with all the various subtractive, FM, wave folding, and wave table sounds we’ve heard before, it’s tough to build anything that’ll seem groundbreaking. I think the method for morphing between shapes may be a big part of the uniqueness. The way it transitions and the “between” sounds might be the selling point here. It is a $600 monophonic module that eats up a bunch of rack space. If it isn’t anything special, then they’ve got a good layer of snake oil on it.
 
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#3,853
monsterthompson said:
Well, I’m the summary Loopop says there are some unique sounds in it, and he got lost in making drones. I think that with all the various subtractive, FM, wave folding, and wave table sounds we’ve heard before, it’s tough to build anything that’ll seem groundbreaking. I think the method for morphing between shapes may be a big part of the uniqueness. The way it transitions and the “between” sounds might be the selling point here. It is a $600 monophonic module that eats up a bunch of rack space. If it isn’t anything special, then they’ve got a good layer of snake oil on it.
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Seems like a very interesting VCO to me. Of course there’s the caveat that Loopop, great as he is, is not really ‘reviewing’ many products these days. He gets paid to show off what they can do. Same with DivKid, BoBeats, Cuckoo, etc. I like most of them, but it pays to be a tad cynical when they post stuff. I’m still gonna keep an eye out on this module though!
 
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#3,856
ugly_bassplayer said:
How’s the tracking on it?
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That's a loaded question, as I've found myself rather attracted to the sounds and artifacts it generates when it mistracks.
That being said, it's fairly easily controllable, definitely not "bad" per se. I think this section from the Owner's Manual sums it up succinctly:

"Here are some suggestions for getting the best tracking:
• Turn the tone or treble knob on your instrument down, and use the neck pickup rather than the bridge.
• Pluck the strings cleanly close to the neck, with fingers rather than a pick or slapping.
• Place the FMeron at or near the beginning of your effects chain, and avoid placing it after anything that adds harmonics, like distortion.
Try doing the exact opposite of everything above to intentionally introduce glitches and octave-shifting into your playing." (emphasis added)
 
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Bob_Ross said:
That's a loaded question, as I've found myself rather attracted to the sounds and artifacts it generates when it mistracks.
That being said, it's fairly easily controllable, definitely not "bad" per se. I think this section from the Owner's Manual sums it up succinctly:

"Here are some suggestions for getting the best tracking:
• Turn the tone or treble knob on your instrument down, and use the neck pickup rather than the bridge.
• Pluck the strings cleanly close to the neck, with fingers rather than a pick or slapping.
• Place the FMeron at or near the beginning of your effects chain, and avoid placing it after anything that adds harmonics, like distortion.
Try doing the exact opposite of everything above to intentionally introduce glitches and octave-shifting into your playing." (emphasis added)
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Excellent reply thank you. I like glitching up pedals also tk create artifatcs as you mention. One of my favs is doing 2 note "chords" on the oc2 with oc2 at noon oc1 at full and dry at zero...running into an envelope filter. Add modulation such as verb to add depth.....


Very cool sounds and glitching right there. Just thought id share.

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dukeorock said:
Seems like a very interesting VCO to me. Of course there’s the caveat that Loopop, great as he is, is not really ‘reviewing’ many products these days. He gets paid to show off what they can do. Same with DivKid, BoBeats, Cuckoo, etc. I like most of them, but it pays to be a tad cynical when they post stuff. I’m still gonna keep an eye out on this module though!
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I don't remember the last time I watched a bad review from any of those people.
 
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#3,860
Bob_Ross said:
One of the things I was hoping to achieve when I got the Iron Ether FMeron was to have a viable substitute for a ring modulator in my rig.

Close enough:

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sounded really cool! When that pedal came out I wanted one, then kinda forgot :/

lordradish said:
I don't remember the last time I watched a bad review from any of those people.
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Don’t hold your breath! Sometimes they’ll just say “This video is sponsored by...” whoever they’re ‘reviewing.’ I still love Loopop and DivKid, but you kinda need to just look at the thing they’re demoing and decide for yourself whether it’s the right thing for you
 
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