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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread
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next: world domination.
pretty sure there are some live clips of the basic band somewhere out there on youtube.
Thanks my friend. Looks like I have some digging to do!
I think the reason the Hydrasynth is so good is its interface design. I don't own one because I have a bunch of other synths, but I have played with one and they really did it right. It sounds good, though I don't think I'd buy it just for the sound (not that it's bad, just that lots of synths sound that good these days). It's much more intuitive than lots of other digital synths that can't do as much as it can (vs WYSIWYG designs, where the interface is great but there are other limitations). Which makes it more fun, and easier to be creative with it because you're not reading a manual all the time.
Also, @monsterthompson posted awhile back about a Native Instruments sale. I had (and still technically have) Komplete and it sounds great, but I could never really get with most of their interface choices. I find myself gravitating towards other things for sound design and for sampling. The one thing I find myself firing up now and again is Battery. I just like how their kits sound and play.
Also, @monsterthompson posted awhile back about a Native Instruments sale. I had (and still technically have) Komplete and it sounds great, but I could never really get with most of their interface choices. I find myself gravitating towards other things for sound design and for sampling. The one thing I find myself firing up now and again is Battery. I just like how their kits sound and play.
What Native tools do you use the most?
Also what's your go to "thing" for sampling.
Everyone on here has a different favorite.
That I find awesome and fascinating.
I love finding out how others sampling work flow is. Its such a personal thing.
Now I have to go and listen to 20 mins over recorded no input mixer stuff I did yesterday and hear if any of it isnt total crap.
i will say that the "secret with the hs is the polyafter touch keybed. the new microtonality feature is the bomb.
Battery is nice. I overwhelmed myself getting Komplete as my entry to the digital and synth world. I didn’t have a clear understanding of samplers vs sequencers vs synths vs drum racks vs etc. I could certainly see Battery being a one-stop plugin.
Desktop or keys, and how much did you sell your kid for? You just sold one, right?
Didn't pull the trigger yet........making sure I'm not making a stupid move.
Desktop.....and kids are safe.....for now!!!
Weird part of me feels guilty whenever I get such expensive stuff, kinda of like not deserving it or the $$ might be better spent towards "important stuff.
Old punk never dies ??
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Can you buy it from somewhere where you can return it? I've done that a couple times this year with multiples of things to see what I like and then returned the one I didn't choose. But you could also do that with one thing to see if you gel. I always think about 10 minutes with a pedal or a instrument in person is worth about 4 weeks of obsessive online reading. ESPECIALLY instrument demos. OMG. So utterly useless most of the time. I would kill for demos where the bassists just play whole notes with different attacks.
I have a long story about relationships with samplers but let's cut to the present for now. I rarely do straight ahead sampling but when I do, I generally just record or drag the sound into Ableton Live (which is basically a giant sampler) and work with it from there.
My version of Kontakt still works so if I need a realistic multisample of an instrument, I go there. That's like once a year or so.
Mostly what I do ITB is pretty severe sound mangling, and for that I like granular and phase vocoding approaches. My absolutely favourite phase vocoding plugin is Time Freezer. The website and UI are straight out of 2002, but it still works and it sounds really good, and gives me the parameters I need (except the filter, which sounds pretty bad compared with what else is available on computers theses days). SpectrumWorkX is much more powerful and much less intuitive for me.
For granular stuff my favourite is Density (max for live version), which is actually kind of unstable, but just has the things I want. DensityGS is cheap and works well via Rewire. iDensity is also great but you need an iOS device for that.
For particular effects, I also use The Mangle, Quanta, and Granite (which I've found most stable for the few times I've done live performances with granular).
What Native tools do you use the most?
Also what's your go to "thing" for sampling.
Everyone on here has a different favorite.
That I find awesome and fascinating.
I love finding out how others sampling work flow is. Its such a personal thing.
I have a long story about relationships with samplers but let's cut to the present for now. I rarely do straight ahead sampling but when I do, I generally just record or drag the sound into Ableton Live (which is basically a giant sampler) and work with it from there.
My version of Kontakt still works so if I need a realistic multisample of an instrument, I go there. That's like once a year or so.
Mostly what I do ITB is pretty severe sound mangling, and for that I like granular and phase vocoding approaches. My absolutely favourite phase vocoding plugin is Time Freezer. The website and UI are straight out of 2002, but it still works and it sounds really good, and gives me the parameters I need (except the filter, which sounds pretty bad compared with what else is available on computers theses days). SpectrumWorkX is much more powerful and much less intuitive for me.
For granular stuff my favourite is Density (max for live version), which is actually kind of unstable, but just has the things I want. DensityGS is cheap and works well via Rewire. iDensity is also great but you need an iOS device for that.
For particular effects, I also use The Mangle, Quanta, and Granite (which I've found most stable for the few times I've done live performances with granular).
So is prog rock my excuse for having all of this gear? RICK WAKEMAN MADE ME DO IT.Didn't pull the trigger yet........making sure I'm not making a stupid move.
Desktop.....and kids are safe.....for now!!!
Weird part of me feels guilty whenever I get such expensive stuff, kinda of like not deserving it or the $$ might be better spent towards "important stuff.
Old punk never dies ??
Rick Wakeman blew all his money, why not you?
And high calorie foods, too, comparng old pics of him to more recent ones lol.
Yeah, he's pretty doughy, now.
I saw that other version of Yes a few years ago, the Anderson Wakeman Rabin one... I've always hated 80's Yes, as, like with most prog bands that made it to the 80's, it was a big sellout, and I never liked Rabin's shreddy wankery/leatherpants thing. I will say I was absolutely shocked at how good the show was, most of the 80's wank was gone, his solos were much more thoughtful, and the band sounded infinitely better than that half-assed tired tribute band known as Yes Official. Nothing Squire had done in the last 30 years of Yes came close to what Lee Pomeroy was doing on bass. Plus, I must say, though, that seeing doughy-Rick up there, in the blue sequined cape was a rather eye-rolling experience, especially because he was just wearing a t-shirt and slacks under it.
