Yeah, same here. Between the Meris and the H9, I have every possible verb covered in glorious stereo.
Plus, I'm more of a plate/hall guy.
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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread
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Plus, I'm more of a plate/hall guy.
Isn't there some rule about releasing/dropping/uploading new stuff on Tuesdays? If so, I just made it East Coast time.
This is all bass guitar and effects. It's a bit long because I liked it and felt like making it long.
The main bass sequence is the Boss SY-1 through the Triode Leviathan filter pedal, which sounds killer. I used an expression pedal to control the filter cutoff. Towards the end of the track there is a second looper pedal with the same sequence recorded on it, slowly drifting out of phase with the main sequence loop. It's kind of subtle but added even more atmosphere. I need to play with this idea some more later.
The synth notes played starting around 2:30 are bass through my old Digitech Bass Synth Wah, which has been getting more love lately. And many of the sound effects are from the Bananana Matryoshka with various other stuff.
I recorded and mixed it with my Tascam digital 8-track so I could manipulate things in stereo, something I struggle to do in a live take. I think it sounds cool in headphones. Enjoy.
This is all bass guitar and effects. It's a bit long because I liked it and felt like making it long.
The main bass sequence is the Boss SY-1 through the Triode Leviathan filter pedal, which sounds killer. I used an expression pedal to control the filter cutoff. Towards the end of the track there is a second looper pedal with the same sequence recorded on it, slowly drifting out of phase with the main sequence loop. It's kind of subtle but added even more atmosphere. I need to play with this idea some more later.
The synth notes played starting around 2:30 are bass through my old Digitech Bass Synth Wah, which has been getting more love lately. And many of the sound effects are from the Bananana Matryoshka with various other stuff.
I recorded and mixed it with my Tascam digital 8-track so I could manipulate things in stereo, something I struggle to do in a live take. I think it sounds cool in headphones. Enjoy.
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Pretty sure I've described my fondness for asynchronous loops elsewhere in this thread. Something about your description of common elements "slowly drifting out of phase" reminded me of Brian Eno's description of a piece he was executing with MIDI sequencing ~30 years ago:
He recorded a keyboard improvisation that lasted, say, 100 measures, into his sequencer. He then split the MIDI file by octaves into separate tracks, so that anything he'd played from C0-B0 was in one MIDI track and anything he'd played from C1-B1 was in another MIDI track etc. And then he truncated the length of each separate MIDI track by one measure each ...and then looped them all at their respective new endpoints.
So now the material in the lowest octave was the full 100-measure length of the original improvisation and when looped would playback as originally performed, but the material in the next highest octave would start looping after 99 bars, and the material in the second highest octave would start looping after 98 bars, etc.
So for the first ~90 bars the music is simply a literal snapshot of what he originally improvised...but then the material culled from different registers starts unravelling, spiraling away from itself as it disintegrates and creates nested loops that are completely asynchronous to -- and yet still directly related to -- their original intent. I love that idea!
Really enjoyed your piece too.
Speaking of asynchronous loops.
When are you going to drop some clips od the blooper mood combo ?
(Yes i know you're out in the bushes atm)
LOL! Yep, still in the bushes -- I have one bass here, but no pedals, not even an amp, so all I've been doing is doing some sight-reading shedding and noodling -- and will be here for at least another four weeks. And then upon returning home I need to check with Santa Claus to confirm what the lead time on a new Blooper is.
...but soon.
Dope sounds!!!
How do you like the tascam 8 track workflow? I may upgrade from the stone age, my DR-40. (still works wonders though, cant complain at all it just sux @$$ for a few things.....ok....lots of things....hehe)
Is it the Dp-008ex?
This is the one I have: Invalid Link Removed
For the most part I like it. It's a big step up from what I used before, my little handheld Korg. It keeps me from having to use a computer plus it has sliders. I like sliders.
One con is that it doesn't have a battery option, so you always need the wall wart, but that's not really an issue for me as I bought it for use at home and still have my Korg SR-1 for maximum portability. Also you need the right kind of USB cable to transfer files, which is not included. I forget what you call it, USB-A maybe? Anyway no big deal.
I haven't tried the more advance functions yet, such as punch-ins, cut and paste editing (I think it can do that), or bouncing tracks down, but it all seems pretty straightforward. I've never owned any Tascam stuff before and I'm pretty happy with the quality.
And the sliders.
Thanks for the input.
Im definitely considering a slight upgrade to keep me away from the zombie screen.
Butt ive one ALOT of stuff with my DR-40 so I can't really complain.
Turn it on, rec, done. Next......
Lighting fast workflow.
Simplicity definitely helps to get over the anxiety/laziness hump and just start making music.
simple gear . . . just make music?
that's crazy talk.
that's crazy talk.
go crazy and use every pedal in your arsenal... yet somehow I still tend to keep sounding like whales in space hah! (Whammy, rat, modulation and reverb for the win)
