I read a blog post by the recording engineer that worked on this. He said the bass was, I think, a semi hollow bass running through an OC-2.
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Songs with octave below effect on bass
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I read a blog post by the recording engineer that worked on this. He said the bass was, I think, a semi hollow bass running through an OC-2.
One of my all time favourite "bass" bands.
It's been doubled with a synth.
Michael Jackson told bassist Guy Pratt he wanted the bass tone from Madonna's Like A Prayer (which he also played bass on).
Guy obliged, but this song is in a lower key that made the octave seriously struggle with tracking. So if you listen for it, you can actually hear the lower octave glitch out all over the place in the choruses, but it still somehow works.
Guy obliged, but this song is in a lower key that made the octave seriously struggle with tracking. So if you listen for it, you can actually hear the lower octave glitch out all over the place in the choruses, but it still somehow works.
Two Door Cinema Club. I think this is the version with the sub on the later part of the song. It's definitely a jam. What a crowd!
I know it sounds counter-intuitive but my Boss OC-2 got more use with my 5 string than the 4. It won't track below A, but I wanted the doubling effect, not lower notes.
With E, F & G etc available on the B string, I tended to play the 5 string mid neck and had more notes under my fingers, allowing me to play riffs an octave higher more easily.
Play muted with a pick, add some chorus and you have a passable synth sound.
With my stereo-out bass, I could use the neck PU for a standard note and add effects to the bridge PU. It was rather useful in a 3 piece band especially when the guitar took a solo.
With E, F & G etc available on the B string, I tended to play the 5 string mid neck and had more notes under my fingers, allowing me to play riffs an octave higher more easily.
Play muted with a pick, add some chorus and you have a passable synth sound.
With my stereo-out bass, I could use the neck PU for a standard note and add effects to the bridge PU. It was rather useful in a 3 piece band especially when the guitar took a solo.
I always thought that little break out section in Big Time was a Chapman Stick.about the 40 second mark.
That's not a Chapman stick, that's the drummer, Jerry Marotta, playing on Tony Levin's strings with drumsticks, which lead him to develop the "Funk Fingers" (sticks strapped to his fingers). The credits read: "Jerry Marotta, Tony Levin - drumstick bass". Link Removed
Very cool. Never read that account. Nice collaborative parts through the track between drumming on bass strings and synth. Thanks for the info!
Great band and album, Black Classical Music. In case you are not aware, they are coming to Toronto for the Jazz Festival; Concert Hall on June 27th. Got my tickets.
