Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

[dukeorock]

and if you go down the alternate sakamoto thing:

I remember hearing Yellow Magic Orchestra in the early 80’s and almost really liking it. Saw the film Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence when it came out and immediately bought the soundtrack. Been following Sakamoto off and on ever since

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

interesting. i kind of like that.

I guess its more about the freq of the glitches.....they literally make my ears distort regardless of volume I listen to.

Many of their collabs have those...too bad for me.i guess.....his piano work remains remarkable regardless.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

I remember hearing Yellow Magic Orchestra in the early 80’s and almost really liking it. Saw the film Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence when it came out and immediately bought the soundtrack. Been following Sakamoto off and on ever since

Yellow magic orchestra....the sound of waiting on the phone to talk to your car insurance vibe.

 

[steubig]

I remember hearing Yellow Magic Orchestra in the early 80’s and almost really liking it. Saw the film Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence when it came out and immediately bought the soundtrack. Been following Sakamoto off and on ever since

yeah. ymo was very cool. his collaboration with d sylvian, bamboo houses, was a big fave and he did some really remarkable orchestrations on some sylvian albs.

I guess its more about the freq of the glitches.....they literally make my ears distort regardless of volume I listen to.

Many of their collabs have those...too bad for me.i guess.....his piano work remains remarkable regardless.

funny. i had some really high stuff in something i was working on that did the whole high partial rub. i really dig that.

first time i really heard that was a friend has a flute quartet. they did a concert in this big marble room. he had a piece for four piccolos playing really close intervals. i could hear all the little bones in my ear crinkling; the frequency of the crinkling changed when i slightly moved my head. i can’t tell you how much i loved that.

that being said, there is recording i have where that sort of happens that makes me physically ill.

 

[steubig]

Yellow magic orchestra....the sound of waiting on the phone to talk to your car insurance vibe.

. yeah. some of their stuff. not all.

 

[Spectrum]

Speaking of firmware, Moog now has a firmware update for the Mother 32. Unfortunately, you need a cable I don't have and download some software I don't trust. I'll get around to it eventually, though, adds some cool features to the sequencer and clock divider functions.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

yeah. ymo was very cool. his collaboration with d sylvian, bamboo houses, was a big fave and he did some really remarkable orchestrations on some sylvian albs.



funny. i had some really high stuff in something i was working on that did the whole high partial rub. i really dig that.

first time i really heard that was a friend has a flute quartet. they did a concert in this big marble room. he had a piece for four piccolos playing really close intervals. i could hear all the little bones in my ear crinkling; the frequency of the crinkling changed when i slightly moved my head. i can’t tell you how much i loved that.

that being said, there is recording i have where that sort of happens that makes me physically ill.

Exactly, I feel all my inside ear bones crackling and popping. Even seems as the inside air pressure is being fluctuated like a pump.

I have no problem with close rubbing intervals though. Even when listening to micro tonal stuff.

 

[dukeorock]

Yellow magic orchestra....the sound of waiting on the phone to talk to your car insurance vibe.

They had some moments, as well as what you’re describing

This isn’t related, but reminds me. Sometimes historical context plays into how we perceive music, I think. I have a friend I work with who is ten years younger than me. He, unsurprisingly likes mostly rock stuff from the 90’s, but has went back from there to enjoy other things. We once talked about Kraftwerk. He hates them with a passion. These days, I can take em or leave em, but when I was 14 they seemed kinda revolutionary to my limited understanding of the world. So historically I would say they were ‘important,’ whether you like em or not. My friend refuses to concede anything about them. They just suck. My thinking is this guy just carefully crafted an aesthetic that is too narrow to allow for anything outside of that aesthetic. And I think that’s a shame

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

They had some moments, as well as what you’re describing

This isn’t related, but reminds me. Sometimes historical context plays into how we perceive music, I think. I have a friend I work with who is ten years younger than me. He, unsurprisingly likes mostly rock stuff from the 90’s, but has went back from there to enjoy other things. We once talked about Kraftwerk. He hates them with a passion. These days, I can take em or leave em, but when I was 14 they seemed kinda revolutionary to my limited understanding of the world. So historically I would say they were ‘important,’ whether you like em or not. My friend refuses to concede anything about them. They just suck. My thinking is this guy just carefully crafted an aesthetic that is too narrow to allow for anything outside of that aesthetic. And I think that’s a shame

I was more along the lines of us in music school having fun with the "muzak" type jazz fusion. We had one teacher that had an almost creepy serial killer fixation on Tribal Tech. So we would tease him about it, and what made it even more fun is that he did not like it AT All!!!! Made him mad as heck.....which in turn made it exponentially more funny.

Musician jokes.

I get the context thing. To me....its all in good fun. If you can't laugh a yourself life is gonnna be a long @ss boring time. Hahah

 

[Spectrum]

Back around 2005/2006 I knew a guy in his mid 20s who was a huge fan of 90s Rush and wasn't familiar with their 70s stuff. I thought that was odd; Rush's heyday was the late 70s / early 80s as far we older fans were concerned. As we became friends we eventually opened up to each others' stuff but yeah, definitely a context thing.

 

[steubig]

He, unsurprisingly likes mostly rock stuff from the 90’s, but has went back from there to enjoy other things. We once talked about Kraftwerk. He hates them with a passion. These days, I can take em or leave em, but when I was 14 they seemed kinda revolutionary to my limited understanding of the world. So historically I would say they were ‘important,’ whether you like em or not.

homey is tripping.

like em or not, a lot of hip hop would be different without them. industrial bands like skinny puppy . . . then there's all the warp records artists . . . yeah, kraftwerk is a *little bit important* . . . (fwiw, i really, really dislike the dead, but no way can i say they weren't important)

dude sounds like he's a guitar rock guy. that's cool, but no need to be narrow about it.

 

[steubig]

I was more along the lines of us in music school having fun with the "muzak" type jazz fusion. We had one teacher that had an almost creepy serial killer fixation on Tribal Tech. So we would tease him about it, and what made it even more fun is that he did not like it AT All!!!! Made him mad as heck.....which in turn made it exponentially more funny.

Musician jokes.

I get the context thing. To me....its all in good fun. If you can't laugh a yourself life is gonnna be a long @ss boring time. Hahah

never thought i'd see tribal tech and ymo in the same breath . . .

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

never thought i'd see tribal tech and ymo in the same breath . . .

Now you've seen everything.

 

[Bob_Ross]

i was searching for the ct5 firmware. everything i found was old. do you have a link?

Nightly

and instructions for using a Mac here: Count to 5 firmware update

 

[steubig]

Nightly

and instructions for using a Mac here: Count to 5 firmware update

thanks. i did a search for this at least three different ways. why this didn’t come up i have no idea.

 

[cosmicevan]

Nightly

and instructions for using a Mac here: Count to 5 firmware update

It's literally a different pedal. Are you going to do the update? I'm real curious, but I FINALLY get the Count to 5 in a way where it does what I think it will do. If I hadn't just gone hog wild with new non-sense (and they weren't sold out from the webshop), I'd get a 2nd one. Scott did make mention that the next batch that he's releasing will be some sort of 5th anniversary edition and I think this firmware was intended for that? Perhaps I'll wait and try my luck at that? Maybe by the time it releases, there will be a bit more clarity around the the life on pause situation.

Here's a one-sheeter guide someone posted on ILF for the new firmware. Each mode is different.

 

[Bob_Ross]

It's literally a different pedal. Are you going to do the update?

I don't know, man, like you said:

I FINALLY get the Count to 5 in a way where it does what I think it will do.

and the whole notion of having to go through another learning curve isn't nearly so appealing if it's going to supersede what I already know.


...which is why it's way more appealing to get a second Ct5 to load this new firmware on.


But no, I doubt I'll do that either. Probably just download the Nightly firmware and save it on my computer for another decade.

Thanks for the cheatsheet!

 

[cosmicevan]

I don't know, man, like you said:

and the whole notion of having to go through another learning curve isn't nearly so appealing if it's going to supersede what I already know.


...which is why it's way more appealing to get a second Ct5 to load this new firmware on.


But no, I doubt I'll do that either. Probably just download the Nightly firmware and save it on my computer for another decade.

Thanks for the cheatsheet!

Hahahaha, that's the exact plan I have. I think I may test it out after I get confirmation that someone loads it and is able to successfully bring it back. I used to do that kind of stuff for a living so it shouldn't be a big deal, but it's been years and I'm clumsy with little wires/connectors (but would love to learn to build effects). I'd want to try it or hear a bit more before committing to getting another Ct5, although 2 Ct5s....hmmm...

If I didn't have a Blooper coming this week I'd give it a go. So cool to be able to have SO much in a single pedal. I'm such a montreal assembly fan boy.

 

[monsterthompson]

This synth has my attention

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

I have a question in regards to the Digitakt sequencer.
Is it strictly a step sequencer or can you go more in depth for song arrangement?
Does it have an internal “mixer” to adjust volumes etc of individual tracks?

I’m looking for a compliment sampler for my DAW’less set up and MPC1000s have shot up to crazy high hipster prices. So I’m looking Elektron stuff. Not really looking at the model:samples since it can’t sample in real time.

Thank for your input, it is very much appreciated.

MAybe a used Digitakt could “maybe” fit in towards a futur purchase......as usual my budget is limited.

I end up making things work regardless of this “limit”. Keeps me looking for work arounds and cheats to make things work. In any event I can still rely on good ole Ableton to save the day as usual.