Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

[steubig]

I was unaware. Looks like I need to explore. Thanks!

earmeal did some pretty good stuff (i even got to do one).

 

[monsterthompson]

Digging in with the Infinity looper from Pigtronix. Finally started to RTFM. Man, so many features on that box. Trying to get comfortable with fading overdubs. Just discovered the Click Kill function. I need to try that on/off and feel out the difference. I’m trying to get comfortable building droning loops that don’t have obvious loop starts/stops.

 

[dukeorock]

Digging in with the Infinity looper from Pigtronix. Finally started to RTFM. Man, so many features on that box. Trying to get comfortable with fading overdubs. Just discovered the Click Kill function. I need to try that on/off and feel out the difference. I’m trying to get comfortable building droning loops that don’t have obvious loop starts/stops.

I’m not unhappy with my EHX 95000 looper, but that Infinity looks really nice!
Something I’ve been doing for drones (aside from looping) is using an EHX Superego+ to freeze, then going to a filter pedal and out its expression pedal to an 8 Step Program sequencer. You can get random, evolving modulations that way

 

[monsterthompson]

I’m not unhappy with my EHX 95000 looper, but that Infinity looks really nice!
Something I’ve been doing for drones (aside from looping) is using an EHX Superego+ to freeze, then going to a filter pedal and out its expression pedal to an 8 Step Program sequencer. You can get random, evolving modulations that way

Yeah. That Superego freeze function is tempting.

 

[Basshappi]

This is one of the first ideas I came up with for solo bass with no additional instruments. New challenge is trying to do it live, in real time, using loopers
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Very cool Duke, well done!

 

[dukeorock]

Very cool Duke, well done!

Thanks!

 

[MTN.bass72]

I’m not unhappy with my EHX 95000 looper, but that Infinity looks really nice!
Something I’ve been doing for drones (aside from looping) is using an EHX Superego+ to freeze, then going to a filter pedal and out its expression pedal to an 8 Step Program sequencer. You can get random, evolving modulations that way

I'm wanting to get into looping.. was checking out the EHX 22500 earlier today. Do you like the EHX pretty eell, easy learning curve

 

[dukeorock]

I'm wanting to get into looping.. was checking out the EHX 22500 earlier today. Do you like the EHX pretty eell, easy learning curve

Every looper I’ve seen has some pros and cons, but the 95000 sounds good and was pretty easy to get up and running on. Hope that helps!

 

[MTN.bass72]

Every looper I’ve seen has some pros and cons, but the 95000 sounds good and was pretty easy to get up and running on. Hope that helps!

Yes it does, thanks Mark . I appreciate it

 

[monsterthompson]

If Reggie Watts is using EHX, then I’d say it’s worth considering their gear. Though, he’s a freak of nature.

 

[dukeorock]

If Reggie Watts is using EHX, then I’d say it’s worth considering their gear. Though, he’s a freak of nature.

Yeah, all you really learn from Reggie Watts’ EHX YouTube clips is that Reggie Watts is amazing
Fortunately, the manual is pretty good

 

[dukeorock]

Not exactly ambient, but I’ve been getting a little better with the looper. Did a bunch of live jamming using just my Gibson T Bird, then transferred the loops into Logic for mixing/editing. No other instruments were used but the bass and a ton of effects
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[monsterthompson]

Not exactly ambient, but I’ve been getting a little better with the looper. Did a bunch of live jamming using just my Gibson T Bird, then transferred the loops into Logic for mixing/editing. No other instruments were used but the bass and a ton of effects
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This is all bass and effects? Dang.

 

[dukeorock]

This is all bass and effects? Dang.

A TON of effects, but yeah

 

[monsterthompson]

A TON of effects, but yeah

Bravo.

 

[omie]

by the way, this might be of interest. everything is done live, including panning. just released r the second one.

02, by toques

How did you record this?

 

[steubig]

live (no overdubs) in a warehouse in north san diego county.

stereo ipads di
stereo bass di
stereo miced amp of ipad/bass

a bunch of drum mics
iphones and radios triggered by pads di
iphones and radio triggered by pads miced amp

 

[monsterthompson]

live (no overdubs) in a warehouse in north san diego county.

stereo ipads di
stereo bass di
stereo miced amp of ipad/bass

a bunch of drum mics
iphones and radios triggered by pads di
iphones and radio triggered by pads miced amp

Interesting. You might dig my friend’s iPhone app. DaisyChain Recorder. It lets you form a mini network of up to 4 iPhones, and uses each one’s mic to record a track. All 4 tracks bounce to a master phone which can then mix them. It was meant to be a simple multi track scratch pad recorder, but it’s no slouch. The idea was that band members always had their phones with them, so it would be a convenient way to multi track ideas, as a writing tool.

Also, if you’re in San Diego (or near it), I should let you know when I head down. A friend has a few different monthly events, kinda like open jams. I usually bring my synth gear. Maybe we could collaborate and improvise something.

 

[steubig]

thanks.

i’m in l.a. nathan is in san diego.

 

[monsterthompson]

thanks.

i’m in l.a. nathan is in san diego.

Even better. I’m in LA, and might be looking for a guest musician for my project’s live events. My collaborator and I like to rotate guest musicians through. It would be good to stretch outside of our usual circle.

If you play out, let me know. It’d be nice to hear what others, like you, are doing live.