Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

[Callused Finger]

I do some yoga gigs and after a while I switched to guitar and do the old triple delays with a deep plate and volume pedal.
Then I just work on backing tracks.
At some point I’d like to combine bass and guitar using a jam man that I haven’t become ver proficient with.

 

[monsterthompson]

Fretless Spector into my Dreadbox Nyx. The Nyx is self oscillating, and has an audio-in jack so I can utilize the onboard reverb, which is from Crazy Tube Circuits.

 

[dukeorock]

Fretless Spector into my Dreadbox Nyx. The Nyx is self oscillating, and has an audio-in jack so I can utilize the onboard reverb, which is from Crazy Tube Circuits.

Dude!!! That’s terrific!

 

[monsterthompson]

Dude!!! That’s terrific!

Thanks
I’m trying to figure the best way to midi control the pitch with my Novation Circuit as a controller. The synth is paraphonic, so I should be able to have a root drone and a melodic accent from the synth, and play along with the fretless.

 

[dukeorock]

Thanks
I’m trying to figure the best way to midi control the pitch with my Novation Circuit as a controller. The synth is paraphonic, so I should be able to have a root drone and a melodic accent from the synth, and play along with the fretless.

Solid plan! Looking for a similar thing myself. Just not sure how I want to get there

 

[BayingRidge]

Fretless Spector into my Dreadbox Nyx. The Nyx is self oscillating, and has an audio-in jack so I can utilize the onboard reverb, which is from Crazy Tube Circuits.

Very cool! That sounds awesome!

 

[BayingRidge]

I like Soundscaper a lot! Haven’t used it on a recording yet, but plan to. I use Tardigrain a lot lately, as well as a few others

Just got Tardigrain last night and started messing around with it. Great app and will definitely be doing some recording with it soon. Thanks for the rec!

 

[dukeorock]

Just got Tardigrain last night and started messing around with it. Great app and will definitely be doing some recording with it soon. Thanks for the rec!

My pleasure!

 

[monsterthompson]

Just got Tardigrain last night and started messing around with it. Great app and will definitely be doing some recording with it soon. Thanks for the rec!

Man. Just looked at that app. Might be a good excuse to upgrade my iPad

 

[dukeorock]

Man. Just looked at that app. Might be a good excuse to upgrade my iPad

Seriously considering an iPad Pro. So many great apps to mangle sound for not much dough

 

[dukeorock]

Ok, this jam is far from finished, but...
A friend loaned me an Elektron Digitakt to see if I’d want one for my live thing. To test it out, I sampled one single bass note and mangled it until I got this...hope to have this piece done in a week or two, but here’s the work in progress
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[BayingRidge]

Ok, this jam is far from finished, but...
A friend loaned me an Elektron Digitakt to see if I’d want one for my live thing. To test it out, I sampled one single bass note and mangled it until I got this...hope to have this piece done in a week or two, but here’s the work in progress
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Sweet!!

 

[dukeorock]

Last night I started playing around with an iOS app called BeatMaker 3. Sampled one note on bass and mangled it (again) til I thought I had something. Did final editing and mix in Logic Pro
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[HotelX]

Got myself a moog granny yesterday.

 

[monsterthompson]

Last night I started playing around with an iOS app called BeatMaker 3. Sampled one note on bass and mangled it (again) til I thought I had something. Did final editing and mix in Logic Pro
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You are killing it.

 

[dukeorock]

Got myself a moog granny yesterday.

Those are so rad! Good score!

You are killing it.

Thanks! Having a blast trying to figure out what I want to do with this solo bass stuff

 

[BigBeatNut]

FWIW you may all be interesting in Looping Club . A bit dormant now but I found useful content there. Maybe it will get revived.

 

[dukeorock]

Finally decided on a sampler for now. Went with the Elektron Digitakt. Super small and powerful. Great for writing on the road. Sampled in two different bass parts, mangled away and came up with this in a hotel room in Memphis last weekend. Added a live bass part and mixed in Logic when I got home yesterday
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[monsterthompson]

Finally decided on a sampler for now. Went with the Elektron Digitakt. Super small and powerful. Great for writing on the road. Sampled in two different bass parts, mangled away and came up with this in a hotel room in Memphis last weekend. Added a live bass part and mixed in Logic when I got home yesterday
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Nice. Don't tempt me to buy more gear
I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on a Make Noise 0-Coast and a new laptop. I'm getting a high powered 15" MacBook Pro with a 2.8GHz i7 CPU, on the 2015 hardware format (old USB ports > USB C). I hope this will allow me to process live audio faster, with minimal latency, and still run MIDI instruments. I'm not sure how well this will work, but I can't really use my current i5 13" laptop to do that in a live setting without killing the processor and glitching out.

 

[dukeorock]

Nice. Don't tempt me to buy more gear
I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on a Make Noise 0-Coast and a new laptop. I'm getting a high powered 15" MacBook Pro with a 2.8GHz i7 CPU, on the 2015 hardware format (old USB ports > USB C). I hope this will allow me to process live audio faster, with minimal latency, and still run MIDI instruments. I'm not sure how well this will work, but I can't really use my current i5 13" laptop to do that in a live setting without killing the processor and glitching out.

I would think that laptop should work great. An O=Coast has been on my short list for awhile now. One day I’ll break into the modular thing!