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What is this bass wizardry?

#2
Source Audio HotHand MIDI from what the guys at Source Audio have said. Note there's a bass line under the massive distorted high synth you're hearing. You have a guitar player, synth player, and laptops everywhere. Makes it hard to tell exactly who's doing what sometimes. :)
 
#7
I'm pretty confident the bass is NOT doing the truly badass distorted part but is instead doing a slightly less audible bass line underneath. But I could be mistaken.

More interesting is the calculator the guitar player appears to be using as a controller, probably MIDI controlling Ableton on a laptop which is giving the distorted higher voice during the HotHand part.
 
#10
Everyone keeps asking the same question, and it's been answered! The bass player is using a pedal from Source Audio called the envelope filter pro, this pedal utilizes Source Audio's hot hand technology. It's a motion sensor ring with a small RF receiver that plugs into the pedal to control different parameters.
 
#12
gastric said:
I'm pretty confident the bass is NOT doing the truly badass distorted part but is instead doing a slightly less audible bass line underneath. But I could be mistaken.

More interesting is the calculator the guitar player appears to be using as a controller, probably MIDI controlling Ableton on a laptop which is giving the distorted higher voice during the HotHand part.
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hurr... you are mistaken =w=

here's Herman Li explaining it ... if you look at it around 2 mins you'll see something funny
Herman Li explaining 'HOT HAND' - YouTube
 
#13
What I'm saying is listen to the track. You can hear a bass tone underneath the distorted, higher pitched tone. I'm guessing the guitar player is playing that higher pitched tone as opposed to the bass player doing it all.

Not that it's impossible he's doing it all with dual signal paths. Just that I doubt he is. I'm certainly not throwing a downer on them, they're TOTALLY awesome and seriously inspiring in every possible way. Including the "cheeze-dick flute sounding keyboard". :p Though the keys sound isn't quite a good as the original, the whole package is totally killer.

I think his comment on this Facebook page confirms what I'm saying.

PINN PANELLE uses... | Facebook

Also, the guitarist is using a Bluetooth device for control: pinnpanelle's Channel - YouTube

Great stuff!

Here's the original they're covering in case anyone hasn't heard it before: SKRILLEX - Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites - YouTube
 

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