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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

#12,922
So, here's how out-of-the-loop I am: I only just this week discovered that Korg not only has an ARP 2600 clone coming out (the "2600-M" model), but they already made (and sold out of) a different limited-edition ARP 2600 clone some time ago!

And if it wasn't for Facebook I probably wouldn't have known that Behringer also offers a couple of ARP 2600 clones (...but, it's Behringer, so eff them).

I'm a big fan of the 2600. When I was a wee lad in undergrad I spent four semesters locked up in the college's synthesis lab, which at the time consisted of all ARP gear: Two 2600s, one 2500, four Odysseys, a String Ensemble, and a Sequencer. Always liked the "semi-modular" architecture of the 2600. It seems to reward experimentation and curiosity while also being rather efficient in terms of allowing you to re-create essential sounds if necessary.

Anyhow...anyone have any opinions on these Korg clones?
 
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#12,923
JES said:
I love the Octatrack but find if I'm away from it for any amount of time there's a bunch of button combos I have to relearn. The v2 has more complete labelling and a few more buttons, and I might be better off with that. Boot time is not instant but I've never been bothered by it.
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Well once I’ve recovered from the sticker shock of paying my taxes last night, I’ll probably give them another look. It’s one of the machines I’ve still got a bit of GAS for.

I’m still a few weeks away from picking up a bass again. The time off has helped my back pain to some degree. Fingers crossed for continued improvement.
 
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#12,924
Bob_Ross said:
So, here's how out-of-the-loop I am: I only just this week discovered that Korg not only has an ARP 2600 clone coming out (the "2600-M" model), but they already made (and sold out of) a different limited-edition ARP 2600 clone some time ago!

And if it wasn't for Facebook I probably wouldn't have known that Behringer also offers a couple of ARP 2600 clones (...but, it's Behringer, so eff them).

I'm a big fan of the 2600. When I was a wee lad in undergrad I spent four semesters locked up in the college's synthesis lab, which at the time consisted of all ARP gear: Two 2600s, one 2500, four Odysseys, a String Ensemble, and a Sequencer. Always liked the "semi-modular" architecture of the 2600. It seems to reward experimentation and curiosity while also being rather efficient in terms of allowing you to re-create essential sounds if necessary.

Anyhow...anyone have any opinions on these Korg clones?
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Bite the bullet qnd and you tell us.
;)
I have zero experience on those. So i can't help at all.
 
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#12,925
HAPPY 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679 DAY PEOPLE!


CROSS-POST FROM DIY THREAD


For those of you ambient souls used to sniffing solder fumes, here's a couple sales...

SynthCube "15OFFSALE" at checkout. I'm not too familiar with SynthCube, it comes up on my Radar once in a while; you have to be registered with SC to use the code. I think they do fully built stuff too? Lots of modular DIY synth stuff. And some guitar-pedal PCBs from some of the crazier offerings: DeadEndFX, Music From Outer Space (MFOS)


BUT WAIT! THERE's MORE!



Effects Layouts is having a Happy Pi Day sale "3.14" at checkout for 15% off and you get a free BMP PCB.
ELS does your basic dirt-box guitar pedals, but there are a few interesting items on offer...

RNGD: a random noise generator into a PT2399 delay with a bunch of knobs — a collaboration with effects brand Jānis.lv.




TRANSMORGRIFYING DELAY: Extra-long PT2399-based delay with modulation (requires a Vactrol).
 
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#12,927
ugly_bassplayer said:
Any of you ever use the boss dm-2?
The self oscillation on it seems really cool.

Also someone kick me. Sold my boss reverb to buy a reverb and I now I need it back.
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Consider yourself kicked. Sorry, I had no choice.
Played a private event in Austin last night. Gig ended kinda early (10:00pm), so the road manager decided we should save money and just drive home instead of getting a hotel. Just a breezy 860 mile drive after a gig :)
 
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dukeorock said:
Consider yourself kicked. Sorry, I had no choice.
Played a private event in Austin last night. Gig ended kinda early (10:00pm), so the road manager decided we should save money and just drive home instead of getting a hotel. Just a breezy 860 mile drive after a gig :)
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Ouch. 860 miles after a gig....hope you guys had more than one driver.
Plus coffee and pee breaks!!
 
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#12,930
theunknowndude said:
Almost 1400km??? Ummm that’s a pretty crazy distance!
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Worst I did with my last band was about 1000km....it sucked at 3am.
Good thing we had an OCD power freak 2nd guitar dude that always had to drive.
I listened to music or catched some Zzz in the back seat of the van.

See....a crazy guitar dude can be of service, but you still can't put him in a road case to shut him up.
:(
 
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#12,932
emjazz said:
Hahaha...and here we're all pining for gigs to come back...hahahaha.
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Yep, but the one I did last week reminded me how much waiting and waiting and waiting is part of gigs. And almost all backspace areas SUCK!!!!!!!....almost....the back seat of a van as a couch should be banned as furniture in bars and clubs.
Somehow my brain forgot that part on purpose!!!!
Stupid brain, now I’ll stab you with a Q-tip!!!!
 
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Half joking. It's easy to romanticize something that's taken away from us. In the end even the nonsense makes for great memories, but being told that someone can save money so get in the car we're driving all night really blows. There are certainly aspects of gigging that should change..but I don't really expect them to. Hopefully there is more value put on music and art in general after all of this. We shall see!
 
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#12,936
Been quiet here lately mostly because work is busy, but I redid my pedalboard again. Forgot to take a pic. Two issues came up with my big board: 1) it was too big. I have balance issues and moving around between stomping things and the expression pedal while standing wasn't working. At some point I'm going to wind up doing all my playing while sitting, but I am not yet at that point. 2) I have gotten really good at programming the H9. I know it inside and out, it behaves the way I expect it to, and it does a little of everything, ranging from well to amazing. And you can program in the pedal or an app, as you prefer. In contrast, the Ventris can only be programmed with an app and you have to plug it into a device to see and know all its settings.

So I bought another H9 core, and set it up so it could come before my distortions (for pitch shifting, etc) or after, but before the other H9. Ventris is now the "home" reverb. So I can do two reverbs if I want, but also delay and reverb, and I have extra weirdo effects that can go somewhere else in the chain. Much more flexible, and much easier to program and adjust on the fly.

Then I got out my old Pedaltrain 2 that the Mono large had replaced, and I put everything back on it. I played on Saturday and was even able to make some edits on the fly for a new song, and didn't almost fall over. It was glorious.

My only problem now is my RJM switcher seems to have a power issue. There's one more troubleshoot but if that doesn't work I am sending it in for repair, as it's really the best of the switchers I've found. They seem to have thought of everything.
 
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#12,937
JES said:
Been quiet here lately mostly because work is busy, but I redid my pedalboard again. Forgot to take a pic. Two issues came up with my big board: 1) it was too big. I have balance issues and moving around between stomping things and the expression pedal while standing wasn't working. At some point I'm going to wind up doing all my playing while sitting, but I am not yet at that point. 2) I have gotten really good at programming the H9. I know it inside and out, it behaves the way I expect it to, and it does a little of everything, ranging from well to amazing. And you can program in the pedal or an app, as you prefer. In contrast, the Ventris can only be programmed with an app and you have to plug it into a device to see and know all its settings.

So I bought another H9 core, and set it up so it could come before my distortions (for pitch shifting, etc) or after, but before the other H9. Ventris is now the "home" reverb. So I can do two reverbs if I want, but also delay and reverb, and I have extra weirdo effects that can go somewhere else in the chain. Much more flexible, and much easier to program and adjust on the fly.

Then I got out my old Pedaltrain 2 that the Mono large had replaced, and I put everything back on it. I played on Saturday and was even able to make some edits on the fly for a new song, and didn't almost fall over. It was glorious.

My only problem now is my RJM switcher seems to have a power issue. There's one more troubleshoot but if that doesn't work I am sending it in for repair, as it's really the best of the switchers I've found. They seem to have thought of everything.
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Got a stereo reverb pedal laying around doing nothing???
;)

H9 seems awesome, didn’t know it did od and dirt.
How’s the pitch shifter?? My main issue with pitch shifters and harmonizers is the « brittle slightly metallic » sound (EHX pitchfork is worst for that, I use mine for 3 octave down dive bombs or minor 2nd screeches.). Best one I found to get power chords with my dual rig band is the T-Rex quint machine. I run it post HM-2 set to spinal tap 11.
 
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emjazz said:
Half joking. It's easy to romanticize something that's taken away from us. In the end even the nonsense makes for great memories, but being told that someone can save money so get in the car we're driving all night really blows. There are certainly aspects of gigging that should change..but I don't really expect them to. Hopefully there is more value put on music and art in general after all of this. We shall see!
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I’ll take that bet and raise you that your first meal on a gig will be eaten on a crappy metal folding chair pulled up to the van seat as a couch because there’s no table.

:roflmao:
 
#12,939
ugly_bassplayer said:
Ouch. 860 miles after a gig....hope you guys had more than one driver.
Plus coffee and pee breaks!!
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absolutely! 3 of us drove in shifts and made sure we had coffee, which leads to the pee breaks.
That was a brutally long 24 hours. Drove 6 hours to the gig, played 2 hours, then drove 13 hours home. Headed to bed in a minute :)

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Almost 1400km??? Ummm that’s a pretty crazy distance!
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It’s a bit of a haul!
 
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