Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

[dukeorock]

On the off chance anyone’s interested, I did my first patch on the Waldorf Largo. The software is like 10 years old, but they’ve been doing lots of updates along the way. Gets crazy fast if you want. This is a single patch played into Logic live, then tweaked a bit

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[ugly_bassplayer]

He does a bit of workflow stuff at the end and it really doesn’t strike me as a live performance machine. It’s much more of a program and play. Maybe he just didn’t demo it well, but the video was not igniting my GAS for either device.

The best demo was with the guy from polyend.
He was ninja steez on that thing.

 

[dukeorock]

He does a bit of workflow stuff at the end and it really doesn’t strike me as a live performance machine. It’s much more of a program and play. Maybe he just didn’t demo it well, but the video was not igniting my GAS for either device.

Same here, I suppose
Kinda thinking of checking out a Squarp Pyramid

 

[steubig]

the pyramid caught my interest, but for what i’d want to do it’s way too expensive, as i’d use 5% of its capabilities.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

I admire all you guy’s patience towards patch editing on synths.
Awesome work.
Again there is the perfect expression in Quebec French for that:

“La patience d’un moine”

I don’t have that for patch editing but I can spend hours looking for the “perfect” 3 secs sample. (The worst I think is finding clean HH hits....)

 

[steubig]

huh. i can spend a lot of time programming a synth sound.

the sampling thing is something i need to get back into.

 

[dukeorock]

I’m just starting to get into synth programming. Always been more into sampling...kinda still am, but I’d like to learn synthesis better. With an incoming 6 operator FM synth, I may have bitten off more than I can chew, but I’m gonna try

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

I’m just starting to get into synth programming. Always been more into sampling...kinda still am, but I’d like to learn synthesis better. With an incoming 6 operator FM synth, I may have bitten off more than I can chew, but I’m gonna try

 

[steubig]

I’m just starting to get into synth programming. Always been more into sampling...kinda still am, but I’d like to learn synthesis better. With an incoming 6 operator FM synth, I may have bitten off more than I can chew, but I’m gonna try

yeah. and that thing has a lot of polyphony.

for me (and i haven’t looked at how your new thing is set up), a lot of the magic is the number of oscillators and how many mod slots you have. having different oscillators panned differently with different envelopes and lfo speeds can create a lot of interesting movement.

the iridium looks to be interesting from that standpoint as you can have some radically different sounds for each oscillator and you have a 40-slot mod matrix.

fm is kind of a different beast. do you have any experience with it?

 

[steubig]

i just looked at the specs. looks insane. a stylus might be in order for the touchscreen? depends on how big your fingers are.

my take is that it looks very deep and like there’s gonna be a fair anount of menu-diving.

not super-intuitive for me, but i think you’re more technically oriented than me.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

I just got the koala sampler for my Android phone. Very intuitive. Tons of potential since you can sample anything on the go.

Literally made drum a beat in 2 mins with only my voice as a sample. Zero prior knowledge of the app but very SP like.

 

[steubig]

I just got the koala sampler for my Android phone. Very intuitive. Tons of potential since you can sample anything on the go.

Literally made drum a beat in 2 mins with only my voice as a sample. Zero prior knowledge of the app but very SP like.

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looks like it sounds great.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

looks like it sounds great.

Got it Android since you can literally drag and drop any sample folder into your phone and import into the app.
2secs flat, no extra apps needed or cloud stuff or even an internet connection.

HUGE plus.....at least for me.

USB cable to computer.....boom ....done!!!!

 

[steubig]

apparently you didn’t like me attempt at humor.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

apparently you didn’t like me attempt at humor.

I did.
Didn’t think the screen shot was gonna be huge.
Just wanted to show to some people here that have never seen the app.

Looks are always #1......just read my online name......

 

[cosmicevan]

I decided to liquidate some goodies from an old hobby and raised half of an ASM Hydrasynth!!!! Gotta move some more of that to cross the border, but I'm already starting to browse what's in range...I REALLY want a moffenzeef stargazer and also just caught wind of this thing!!!!!

 

[monsterthompson]

I decided to liquidate some goodies from an old hobby and raised half of an ASM Hydrasynth!!!! Gotta move some more of that to cross the border, but I'm already starting to browse what's in range...I REALLY want a moffenzeef stargazer and also just caught wind of this thing!!!!!

That looks like fun

 

[Spectrum]

I decided to liquidate some goodies from an old hobby and raised half of an ASM Hydrasynth!!!! Gotta move some more of that to cross the border, but I'm already starting to browse what's in range...I REALLY want a moffenzeef stargazer and also just caught wind of this thing!!!!!

Pretty cool. Reminds me a bit of the Folktek Resonant Garden.

I've had one of these on my GAS list since I got to play with one and meet the builder last spring at Moog Fest.

 

[monsterthompson]

DIY HPF/LPF loop pedal.
OMNILOOPER – Schalltechnik_04

 

[dukeorock]

yeah. and that thing has a lot of polyphony.

for me (and i haven’t looked at how your new thing is set up), a lot of the magic is the number of oscillators and how many mod slots you have. having different oscillators panned differently with different envelopes and lfo speeds can create a lot of interesting movement.

the iridium looks to be interesting from that standpoint as you can have some radically different sounds for each oscillator and you have a 40-slot mod matrix.

fm is kind of a different beast. do you have any experience with it?

A little here and there over the years. It’s could likely be a nightmare, but I’m looking forward to the challenge.

i just looked at the specs. looks insane. a stylus might be in order for the touchscreen? depends on how big your fingers are.

my take is that it looks very deep and like there’s gonna be a fair anount of menu-diving.

not super-intuitive for me, but i think you’re more technically oriented than me.

Im not that technically minded. I just like funny sounding noises