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Totally amateur recordings thread

And a noisy drone piece:
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Single track 1st take improvisation, played on my 28.5" scale tenor bass, tuned to A standard tuning, recorded through my "amp-less" setup, directly into a Zoom H4n handheld recorder, and only edited in a simple Wav editor.
Like a soundtrack from a scifi techno-dystopian nightmare flick. Blade Runner 3057?

Or maybe the intro to a long-lost Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd track? Outtake from the "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" sessions, perhaps?

Trippy stuff. Goes well with my morning coffee...
 
And a bit of hard rock boogie, I just made up and recoded for another demonstration of how the 1 octave down of the Boss XS-1 Poly Shifter sounds blended with dry signal, using a pick, and my 28.5" scale LTD B4JR tenor bass, equipped with an EMG Geezer Butler P pickup, and tuned to A standard tuning.:
 
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And a bit of hard rock boogie, I just made up and recoded for another demonstration of how the 1 octave down of the Boss XS-1 Poly Shifter sounds blended with dry signal, using a pick, and my 28.5" scale LTD B4JR tenor bass, equipped with an EMG Geezer Butler P pickup, and tuned to A standard tuning.:
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Not a recording as such, but rather me getting back at doing some music programming on my computer, just a little short simple test piece, to shake off the rust:


I imagine it being part of the soundtrack to some 80's action spy movie.

No longer samples used, all plotted in note by note, block by block, in a midi grit, then mixed down with some effects.
 
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Not a recording as such, but rather me getting back at doing some music programming on my computer, just a little short simple test piece, to shake off the rust:
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I imagine it being part of the soundtrack to some 80's action spy movie.

No longer samples used, all plotted in note by note, block by block, in a midi grit, then mixed down with some effects.
Either an action spy movie, or an elaborate heist movie.
 
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And a bit of hard rock boogie, I just made up and recoded for another demonstration of how the 1 octave down of the Boss XS-1 Poly Shifter sounds blended with dry signal, using a pick, and my 28.5" scale LTD B4JR tenor bass, equipped with an EMG Geezer Butler P pickup, and tuned to A standard tuning.:
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A new 1st take, but less improvised, improved and more compact version of this little hard rock boogie for another demonstration of how the 1 octave down of the Boss XS-1 Poly Shifter sounds blended with dry signal.

Utilizing my 28.6" scale 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass tenor bass, tuned to E standard tuning, using a pick.

Also starring is the EHX English Muff'n (Marshall based genuine tube overdrive).

 
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A new 1st take, but less improvised, improved and more compact version of this little hard rock boogie for another demonstration of how the 1 octave down of the Boss XS-1 Poly Shifter sounds blended with dry signal.

Utilizing my 28.6" scale 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass tenor bass, tuned to E standard tuning, using a pick.

Also starring is the EHX English Muff'n (Marshall based genuine tube overdrive).

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aka "prelude to a biker chain fight in a dark alleyway"....
 
A new 1st take, but less improvised, improved and more compact version of this little hard rock boogie for another demonstration of how the 1 octave down of the Boss XS-1 Poly Shifter sounds blended with dry signal.

Utilizing my 28.6" scale 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass tenor bass, tuned to E standard tuning, using a pick.

Also starring is the EHX English Muff'n (Marshall based genuine tube overdrive).

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I'd like to hear that with some raw, aggressive drums.
 
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Not a recording as such, but rather me getting back at doing some music programming on my computer, just a little short simple test piece, to shake off the rust:
View attachment 7346177

I imagine it being part of the soundtrack to some 80's action spy movie.

No longer samples used, all plotted in note by note, block by block, in a midi grit, then mixed down with some effects.
Nice. Pretty much the process I used on one of my new songs. When I realized I couldn't play the keyboard parts in real-time (even with it slowed down), I just programmed them in using the MIDI editor. It's in 7/8 (yeah, I'm nuts) which made it hard to get the 'feel' going. It turned out great, though. Sorry, I won't post it here because it will be included in my latest album.