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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

#19,347
steubig said:
drums. bass that doesn’t sound like bass. electric violin. guitar that doesn’t sound like guitar. live processing.]
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I have that one on CD too. To be completely honest your Bone Structure album was instrumental (no pun intended) in convincing me that Angora should release Infinite Monkey Theory. So thanks for the kick in the ass all those years ago!
 
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lucas303 said:
Joke's on you...I bought this CD in May 2020. Take that!
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Bob_Ross said:
I have that one on CD too. To be completely honest your Bone Structure album was instrumental (no pun intended) in convincing me that Angora should release Infinite Monkey Theory. So thanks for the kick in the ass all those years ago!
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cool! (mostly the other guys did the heavy lifting)
 
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Quick question for the other Soma COSMOS users here -- which I think is just @JES ...and maybe @Vunz ? -- that I think I already know the answer to, but just looking for some confirmation/validation (or clarification/correction)

In the two- and four-delay algorithms (standard firmware) is Drift *only* modulating the panning of signals between left and right outputs? I.e., it's not affecting any other parameter of the delays before they get routed to the main outputs, just their assignment to one or the other of the outputs...right?

If that's correct, when running COSMOS in mono (single input, single output) changing the Drift parameter should have *no* effect...yes? (You'd think <<<this would be easy to confirm empirically, but there's so much "drifting" going on in normal operation without even introducing any modifiers that it's difficult to detrmine what is causing a change.)

Per the manual "it modulates the panorama of delays" which is juuuust a little bit vague, LOL.

Thanks.
 
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@steubig Oh, if you want "poetic" you just need to read the first page, the "Overview" section of the owner's manual:

COSMOS is a drifting memory station designed to work with meditative states through
music. The design of the controls, functions and generated soundscapes are intended to
evoke, in both performer and listener, states and experiences inherent in meditation, such as
limitless space, fluidity, spontaneous development, presence, the ability to hear, tranquility,
the experience of subtle harmony and happiness enveloping the whole world.

The controls and functions were carefully selected and tuned in such a way that the performer
can remain as focused as possible on their music and inner experiences, with minimal
distraction from interactions that require the inclusion of the superficial rational mind, which
inevitably leads to falling out of the meditative state.
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By the time it gets to describing the actual controls, it's no longer poetic, just vague :)
 
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Bob_Ross said:
Quick question for the other Soma COSMOS users here -- which I think is just @JES ...and maybe @Vunz ? -- that I think I already know the answer to, but just looking for some confirmation/validation (or clarification/correction)

In the two- and four-delay algorithms (standard firmware) is Drift *only* modulating the panning of signals between left and right outputs? I.e., it's not affecting any other parameter of the delays before they get routed to the main outputs, just their assignment to one or the other of the outputs...right?

If that's correct, when running COSMOS in mono (single input, single output) changing the Drift parameter should have *no* effect...yes? (You'd think <<<this would be easy to confirm empirically, but there's so much "drifting" going on in normal operation without even introducing any modifiers that it's difficult to detrmine what is causing a change.)

Per the manual "it modulates the panorama of delays" which is juuuust a little bit vague, LOL.

Thanks.
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I take the manual to mean "panning" for panorama. However, I don't know that it sums to "true mono" if you run mono so you may still get weird modulations. In the default software, I mess around with the first two knobs until I find something I like, then I park them on minimum if I'm jamming over it.

Further confusing things is that some options are destructive and others nondestructive. It seems that when I use low or high pass, it gets more and more low or high passed; reverb is destructive. Delay is not. Granular is even less affected by stuff.

HTH!
 
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most boring question in months…..
what gigging tuner are you guys using?
may need another one for my sub gigs.
Boss tu3 bright enough..?

i’m completely in anti gear mode, thus me not posting much I guess. cost of stuff is now above my head, looked to get a spare amp, nope….not happening.
guess i’ll borrow whatever is available atm, punk ftw

add to that having zero time for my solo crap with sub gigs and all. not like i have any deadlines with that.
 
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