I'm not hearing tape grit?
Am I deaf or really hard to convince/impress in this area of sound textures?
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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread
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Am I deaf or really hard to convince/impress in this area of sound textures?
Huh... so it's just a lofi echo and reverb, but they decided to rename every single parameter so it would seem like it was something more unique?
I was way more intrigued when I didn't know what it did.
I was way more intrigued when I didn't know what it did.
From what I read the delay chip used gets gritty as you push the delay time. There’s also a setting to minimize the grit. Perhaps other demos show it better. It’s not a feature I’m after so if it’s not gritty I’d actually prefer it.
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25551058[/URL], member: 234523"]Huh... so it's just a lofi echo and reverb, but they decided to rename every single parameter so it would seem like it was something more unique?
I was way more intrigued when I didn't know what it did.
Yeah. Their pedals get cute with the names. It has some fun features, like series/parallel order of delay and reverb. Some gate/ducking control on the wet signal. The second button control for the oscillation. The fx loop on the delay.
I like my Skitter, so I’m tempted. I got an earlier generation Skitter which is sensitive to input gain and clips a bit with my basses. Later models added some headroom, and this design is based on the higher headroom circuit.
When I was in high school in the 1970s I had two friends who both made their own line of stompboxes and signal manglers. One of them was dogmatically proper/analytical, he was always trying to label controls with the precise technically correct description ("It's not a gated fuzz, dammit, it's a Schmidt Trigger!").
The other gave no phux and labeled the knobs on one of his boxes "Foom" "Worf" "Quimp" "Aplor" and "Soporific"
Thank you - I listened while I was shaving & brushing my teeth, adding some new layers of ambience.
Re: touring - unfortunately or fortunately, I never got to tour with a band. When I was in Jiggle the Handle we would drive wicked fah to some shows, maybe stay at a motel, but no more than 1 or 2 shows in a run. By the time I decided to quit in 1995, I was fed up with the endless procession of drummers, watching everyone leave to go have fun while I was procrastinating loading out, and the music never coming anywhere near where I wanted it to.
Getting a laptop & ProTools in 2002 opened up a whole new world for me - in a way, maybe it was all preparing me for the pandemic? Nothing really changed for me this past year and a half, other than even more motivation to play at home, whether along with recordings or making my own.
OK, can I go way out on a limb and share this?
I'm going to stretch things and justify posting it here because it led to an interaction with Damian Erskine, which got me thinking of when I first became aware of the 8-string bass, and I think it was Mark Egan's Mosaic which has a picture of him on the back with a doubleneck Pedulla - fretless 4 & fretted 8 I believe. I must have been in 10th grade when I got the album (on vinyl around 1986?) - it's a pretty ambient album (which is my justification for posting this here!) - this is my favorite track that I'm going to play on my 8-string later today:
I was also going to post about the synth I used but this post is long enough as is, and I gotta get going to work! Heading in to the office for the first time in a week...
I'll say there's some distortion that seems to poke out at the very start of the video once the pedal is engaged, assuming no other effects were in the signal path.
I'm going back over this demo listening for more gritty.
Around the 2:00 mark the clean/dry to wet difference shows some "noise" from the effect that might be grit to some. The momentary switch swells around 2:30 are fun.
Also around 3:20. Is that grit?
That's actually a turnoff for me. It's hard enough to figure out how a device works when the names are honest and descriptive. I don't need to waste brain space trying to memorize some nonsense names you made up for it. Even worse when multiple manufacturers come up with totally different cute names for the same thing.
Lawn.
Off.
Now.
It's as headache on the Skitter at times. Other times I appreciate the fact that I have to listen to what each knob/switch does to the sound. But I understand the complaint.
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Dude, that’s really good. Thanks for sharing it!
I think it sounds cool, personally
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I liked your choices of chord voicings.
I definitely dig "close/rubbing" intervals amidst all the "ambient" moods.
Nice job fo shizzle.
life/energy.
the idea was to have nothing go on, but with events. a hard balance for me. a lot of it was struggling with balances.
was aiming for something along these lines.
thanks. a lot of quarter-tone clouds in the two outside pieces, which are basically one chord.
Interesting bit of coincidence. My new Miezo 18 had the shipping paperwork drafted last night, but over the date line in Malaysia, so it’s marked 8/11. Today is the 11 year anniversary of my life altering neck injury, which is largely responsible for my ambient journey. Funny little connection. I didn’t plan for it to be an anniversary present, but it kinda is.
Just had a moment...I ordered a guitar stand from Musicians Friend...and mistakenly ordered the wrong one. Went to return it and got mad that I would have to pay for shipping back.....damn.....Amazon has really made it difficult for any other business. I've stopped ordering from Amazon (because they are evil on every end), but I guess I got used to sending back items a couple of times for free. What a drag.
Also...will just give this one to someone who could use it. Will have to pay half what I paid just to ship the thing.
Good to check in with ourselves about our reactions to things. We're conditioned to think that we should get things as we want them, even when we make the mistakes.
Also...will just give this one to someone who could use it. Will have to pay half what I paid just to ship the thing.
Good to check in with ourselves about our reactions to things. We're conditioned to think that we should get things as we want them, even when we make the mistakes.
