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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

#15,222
lordradish said:

Awright, finally putting something out after way too long. This one's the 6 string tuned EADGCF into the board. C4 Synth-MD 500-Nemesis Delay- Meris Polymoon- Eventide H9-Meris Mercury 7.

I've been working on perfecting this particular sound now for quite a while. It's something that I always picture foggy gray hills and mountains like I do when I'm cross country skiing. You know, when there's some snow coming in on some but not all, and the grays are continuously shifting. If you don't know, it's quite inspiring to look at.

I'm really starting to understand how to take a basic synth sound from either the C4 or Enzo or a mellotron sound from the Mel 9, and just process the hell out of it till it sounds like a rich poly textural thing.
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Also, this is good stuff.
 
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Spectrum said:
I've been listening to a lot of Ligeti lately.
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Ah yeah, loves me some Ligeti! When I was in grad school at New England Conservatory we did a week-long celebration for Ligeti's 70th birthday which included a rare live performance of "Poème symphonique" his composition for 100 mechanical metronomes. During rehearsals there was much discussion about how one could hypothetically achieve the same result via electronic means...but ultimately it was agreed that the idea of having to program the unpredictable aleatory of that piece wasn't consistent with the composer's intent, and hence would dilute the music's charm.

I know Ligeti dabbled briefly in electronic music when he studied in Cologne (late 1950s I think?) but I've never heard any of those pieces.
 
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I am also a big fan of Ligeti. I co-supervised a thesis on post-spectralism, and in the process learned all about spectralism and post-spectralism in the process—very enjoyable.

Day 2 of recording. We have almost achieved our drum sound. We have tried all sorts of mic options, moved things an inch this way or that to see what we prefer, and settled on something that we like. We are both learning a lot, and as usual, 5 minutes with a piece of gear tells you way more than dozens of internet threads. Now it’s just swapping a couple mic pres for seasoning, and then getting my sounds. Tomorrow, we might actually track something.

Bob_Ross said:
Ah yeah, loves me some Ligeti! When I was in grad school at New England Conservatory we did a week-long celebration for Ligeti's 70th birthday which included a rare live performance of "Poème symphonique" his composition for 100 mechanical metronomes. During rehearsals there was much discussion about how one could hypothetically achieve the same result via electronic means...but ultimately it was agreed that the idea of having to program the unpredictable aleatory of that piece wasn't consistent with the composer's intent, and hence would dilute the music's charm.

I know Ligeti dabbled briefly in electronic music when he studied in Cologne (late 1950s I think?) but I've never heard any of those pieces.
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JES said:
I am also a big fan of Ligeti. I co-supervised a thesis on post-spectralism, and in the process learned all about spectralism and post-spectralism in the process—very enjoyable.

Day 2 of recording. We have almost achieved our drum sound. We have tried all sorts of mic options, moved things an inch this way or that to see what we prefer, and settled on something that we like. We are both learning a lot, and as usual, 5 minutes with a piece of gear tells you way more than dozens of internet threads. Now it’s just swapping a couple mic pres for seasoning, and then getting my sounds. Tomorrow, we might actually track something.
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How can Ligeti be spectral music when he never did electronics or computer based music??
Proto spectral maybe??
 
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MS-20 FS - MONOPHONIC SYNTHESIZER | KORG (USA)
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monsterthompson said:
MS-20 FS - MONOPHONIC SYNTHESIZER | KORG (USA)
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1/4" patch cables? Old school! I almost bought one of the 1/8" reissues a few years back when Korg first came out with them, but lack of space in my home was one issue, and I also think it doesn't use the same control voltage scheme as my Moog and Arturia gear does. Same deal with the ARP Odyssey reissues.

In many ways we live in a golden age of gear; a lot of the legendary 70s gear is being reissued but with improvements and upgrades such as more stable oscillators and so on, I feel like a kid with rotten teeth living next door to a candy store lol.
 
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Spectrum said:
I also think it doesn't use the same control voltage scheme as my Moog and Arturia gear does. Same deal with the ARP Odyssey reissues.
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Back in the day this was a huge stumbling block: Korg and Yamaha (and perhaps a few others?) used a Volt-Per-Hertz scaling, whereas Moog and ARP and PAIA (and definitely a few others) used Volt-Per-Octave scaling. Getting them to play nice together was not trivial.

I have not kept up-to-date with current analog synth gear, but I sort of got the impression that Volt-Per-Octave wound up being the more common format, no?
 
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Ok, band back up and jamming.
Got this 2x12 guitar cab to try out with my dual rig tower of power (yes tower of power…..my rig I get to name it :) )
Will be used as the high, high mid channel…..obviously. Eden 410XLT will keep all bass duties.
Thinking more as one unit of sound with crossover than a split of 2 channels.
Pics of rig Tuesday when I rehearse if requested.
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