Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

[theunknowndude]

Well I got my focusrite solo and bias fx working into reaper... awesomeness playing with effects! Just need to navigate Soundcloud and I can finally record things!

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

they aren’t all a once.

thanks

Not all at once.... 4 basses per limb....
Drumsticks up the nose for percussion effect on one bass????
Amateur!!!


Half way through....i dig the textures and reverse type "thingy"........
Ebow drone???

Nice job.

Edit:
After one listen;
Really dig the 9:07 till end vibe
Kinda of a come back of the "theme from 3:00 to 3:30." Nice fat "swells". Dark mood.

 

[JES]

I need to try that one eventually.

It took me awhile to get used to the editor and the pedal interface (you CAN make quick changes on the pedal too), but it has spoiled me for other effects. As my indecision on this thread attests.

 

[steubig]

Not all at once.... 4 basses per limb....
Drumsticks up the nose for percussion effect on one bass????
Amateur!!!


Half way through....i dig the textures and reverse type "thingy"........
Ebow drone???

Nice job.

Edit:
After one listen;
Really dig the 9:07 till end vibe
Kinda of a come back of the "theme from 3:00 to 3:30." Nice fat "swells". Dark mood.

thanks for listening.

4 *tracks* per limb.
no ebow action.
one gimmick i use is to record a pass of something (here a 12-string pattern, some 12-string harmonics and also a hydra thing) and have it panned hard in one direction and have its reverse panned in other direction. texture . . .

swells = bass through elements with low eq plus volume pedal swells. sometimes doubled with a reverse of low notes decaying.

i use form. here it's basically (with a few transition bits borrow from other sections):
a-b-c-b'-a'-d-e-d'-c-b''-a''-c' (coda)

screen grab of the bass parts:

tmi . . .

oh yeah, no drumstick up the nose.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

thanks for listening.

4 *tracks* per limb.
no ebow action.
one gimmick i use is to record a pass of something (here a 12-string pattern, some 12-string harmonics and also a hydra thing) and have it panned hard in one direction and have its reverse panned in other direction. texture . . .

swells = bass through elements with low eq plus volume pedal swells. sometimes doubled with a reverse of low notes decaying.

i use form. here it's basically (with a few transition bits borrow from other sections):
a-b-c-b'-a'-d-e-d'-c-b''-a''-c' (coda)

screen grab of the bass parts:

View attachment 3888199


tmi . . .

oh yeah, no drumstick up the nose.

I'll have to try that hard pan reverse thing.
Very cool.
Any phase issues using that??

 

[steubig]

I'll have to try that hard pan reverse thing.
Very cool.
Any phase issues using that??

maybe? i like the sound and it's usually texture/background, not the star. . .

what happens though is that the notes don't really align all the time, as the rests get flip-flopped

0-0-000-0--
reversed is
--0-000-0-0

so against each
0-0-000-0--
--0-000-0-0

i think even drones with motion against each other zig and zag differently.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

maybe? i like the sound and it's usually texture/background, not the star. . .

what happens though is that the notes don't really align all the time, as the rests get flip-flopped

0-0-000-0--
reversed is
--0-000-0-0

so against each
0-0-000-0--
--0-000-0-0

i think even drones with motion against each other zig and zag differently.

Dope!!!!
I love the idea of 2 drones rubbing against each other.....

 

[cosmicevan]

That was the fastest shipping turn-around ever! Was supposed to be here Friday, but I'll take! The end of the workday can't come soon enough...

HERE:
ASM Hydrasynth

Gorgeous in person, little heavier than I expected. SUPER PSYCHED!!!

 

[cosmicevan]

Dope!!!!
I love the idea of 2 drones rubbing against each other.....

Love this little guy:

 

[steubig]

That was the fastest shipping turn-around ever! Was supposed to be here Friday, but I'll take! The end of the workday can't come soon enough...

HERE:
ASM Hydrasynth
View attachment 3888298

View attachment 3888299

Gorgeous in person, little heavier than I expected. SUPER PSYCHED!!!

hell yeah!

it is heavier.

i would go to the systems page and recalibrate the wheels and ribbon before you start. also do a factory refresh (or whatever it’s called).

tip: if want to use the mod and pitch wheels as modulation sources in the matrix, you can turn their normal functions off in the voice section.

congrats. hope it works for you.


p.s. i think it’s one of the best synth manuals i’ve read (so rtfm )

 

[steubig]

Dope!!!!
I love the idea of 2 drones rubbing against each other.....

yeah. low-end drones rubbing can be a lot of fun.

 

[cosmicevan]

hell yeah!

it is heavier.

i would go to the systems page and recalibrate the wheels and ribbon before you start. also do a factory refresh (or whatever it’s called).

tip: if want to use the mod and pitch wheels as modulation sources in the matrix, you can turn their normal functions off in the voice section.

congrats. hope it works for you.


p.s. i think it’s one of the best synth manuals i’ve read (so rtfm )

I'm a RTFM kinda guy so I'll def be flipping through it as soon as 5pm hits. Will probably fire up some of those massive demos on it and turn it on and try to figure it out. Damn real world responsibilities always getting in my way.

 

[cosmicevan]

this is what i've been working on for a while (somewhat concurrently with that all-hydrasynth thing i did).

went from liking it to hating it to working out some of the things i disliked—we'll see how i feel tomorrow. it is a bit long . . . maybe listen to it when you're washing dishes! (headphones could be cool.)

16 tracks of 12-string basses (8 each fretted/fretless); 14 tracks of hydrasynth.

90% of the effects are live, either from the boss 500 pedals or my dr. scientist the elements; the hydra has its own effects. the non-live stuff is an ableton reverb and delay, and a few tracks that are put into reverse. tmi?

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it's kind of odd?

I liked this, very cinematic

 

[monsterthompson]

this is what i've been working on for a while (somewhat concurrently with that all-hydrasynth thing i did).

went from liking it to hating it to working out some of the things i disliked—we'll see how i feel tomorrow. it is a bit long . . . maybe listen to it when you're washing dishes! (headphones could be cool.)

16 tracks of 12-string basses (8 each fretted/fretless); 14 tracks of hydrasynth.

90% of the effects are live, either from the boss 500 pedals or my dr. scientist the elements; the hydra has its own effects. the non-live stuff is an ableton reverb and delay, and a few tracks that are put into reverse. tmi?

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it's kind of odd?

That change around 4:55 is short but sweet.

 

[steubig]

That change around 4:55 is short but sweet.

thanks.

fake stravinsky cut and paste kinda thang.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

thanks.

fake stravinsky cut and paste kinda thang.

I'm still waiting for the lawsuits for copyright infringement from John Cage and Toru Takemitsu.

I lifted samples from them in my practice beats.

Shhhhhh....(secret...)

They're crappy anyways....

 

[lordradish]

This one's for all of you with your wimpy little 2 or 3 oscillator synths...

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

This one's for all of you with your wimpy little 2 or 3 oscillator synths...

His YT channel is so cool.
He's definitely passionate and has an awesome sense of humour.

 

[dukeorock]

Did my first real jam on the EssenceFM synth today. Everything on that one synth at the same time. The tune ain’t anything special, but I like the synth

 

[steubig]

Did my first real jam on the EssenceFM synth today. Everything on that one synth at the same time. The tune ain’t anything special, but I like the synth

cool. seems like it’s already making sense.

are you using an external sequencer? interesting degrading sounds towards the end. how did you do that?