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the only euro preamp type thing I have sucks, so I figured I might as well get a couple bells and whistles thrown in while I’m at it
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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread
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the only euro preamp type thing I have sucks, so I figured I might as well get a couple bells and whistles thrown in while I’m at it
We are watching the last few episodes of Ozark. The percussion is absolutely killer.
Saunder & Danny: When we started Ozark, our friend Matteah Baim went out and grabbed field recordings of all sorts of junk, from metal pipes to soda bottles and garbage cans. She recorded a wide array of hits and velocities. Those sounds were cut up and we created a big Battery instrument out of them. All the samples are super playable due to the variety of hits she recorded. Mixed in with that is a wide array of live percussion, which gets filtered and blown up in different ways, and then plenty of instruments used as percussion that are NOT traditionally percussion instruments!
What’s super important in the score is the simplicity of the percussive parts, we try not to ever get complex or groovy with the rhythms – it’s more about mesmerizing, primal pounding.
Saunder & Danny: When we started Ozark, our friend Matteah Baim went out and grabbed field recordings of all sorts of junk, from metal pipes to soda bottles and garbage cans. She recorded a wide array of hits and velocities. Those sounds were cut up and we created a big Battery instrument out of them. All the samples are super playable due to the variety of hits she recorded. Mixed in with that is a wide array of live percussion, which gets filtered and blown up in different ways, and then plenty of instruments used as percussion that are NOT traditionally percussion instruments!
What’s super important in the score is the simplicity of the percussive parts, we try not to ever get complex or groovy with the rhythms – it’s more about mesmerizing, primal pounding.
Critter and Guitari just reissued their older simple video synths. I have two of them, just ordered the third to complete the set. One of these days I'm going to get their Eysee fancy video synth, but these things are fun to project onto a wall while playing.
There’s a video on YouTube, I think it’s from the drumchannel, with Terry Bozzio and Steve Vai just talking about stuff. It’s pretty cool; they have some good ideas about making engaging and creative music (though if I wanted to be a dick I’d say they’re not *quite* equipped to verbally express those ideas as well as one might hope)… Anyway, Steve talks about making that video with the Hydra guitar and what a ridiculous pursuit it was to get the idea in the first place and then figure out how to execute the music. Makes that video a lot more palatable knowing the backstory.
Went to Perfect Circuit today ready to drop some coin. Played two of the ALM filters (MCFx2 & M8) and wasn't inspired by them. I think the New Erica VCA/VCF and the XAOC are in my future.
LOL! Give 'em a couple books to read, or maybe send 'em to grad school for a semester or two? They're bright guys (and exceedingly talented musicians imho) who are talking about dabbling in what often gets referred to as "contemporary classical music" -- thorny, complex chamber music that is based on pitch and rhythmic strategies that can't usefully be described in the language of jazz or rock music. They're astute enough to know they can't describe what they're talking about in the language of jazz or rock music...they just don't have the "contemporary classical" language at their fingertips, so there's a lot of handwaving and "you know, that thing" when describing those projects.
Still worth listening to, especially if you're a fan of either of their musics.
I also notice that the videos are labeled "1 of 4" and "2 of 4" but I have not been able to locate installments #3 or 4 anywhere!
I really dig contemporary classical works
Bozio and Vai, I’ll take a pass on them.
thanks for your answer, makes sense.
They know it musically but not how to verbalisé said concept
...and PC is gonna have a Mom's Day sale. Glad I didn't grab anything yesterday
...and PC is gonna have a Mom's Day sale. Glad I didn't grab anything yesterday
Hey. I resisted a lot this last few weeks. I held back on a couple of basses, a few modules, and a few pedals. I even spent time working on theory and arranging.
Also, I've got a new dirt pedal coming. It is a preorder from a while back, so that deed was already done.
Wild guess??Hey. I resisted a lot this last few weeks. I held back on a couple of basses, a few modules, and a few pedals. I even spent time working on theory and arranging.
Also, I've got a new dirt pedal coming. It is a preorder from a while back, so that deed was already done.
Rat based circuit?
You’d think, but no. Night Owl’s v2 of the Parabellum. Tube and germanium clipping. Signal is split into high/low for different clipping characteristics. The v1 split the signal 3 ways. I struggled with the v1 at first because the bass dynamics did weird things to it but I found some sweet spots and grew to like. I had to grab the v2 for comparison.
Wow, misleading graphics anyone???
Ceci n'est pas une rat
I am actually shocked that’s not a rat pedal.
@steubig Yes. That’s for the hot tip. I didn’t see it on that FB group, but found one in Toronto (maybe).
@steubig Yes. That’s for the hot tip. I didn’t see it on that FB group, but found one in Toronto (maybe).
