Dad3353 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 [quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1412519894' post='2569522']... That, or you meant something else of course. [/quote] No, no; it must be me, then, with my technician training. I was assuming (wrongly, it turns out...) that the ease of soldering was due to the material of which the contacts were made; 'big brass contacts'. I'm not at my best reading in Mercan, and am unused to such idiomatic expressions. Not that it makes no sense, mind you; it's just the way my old habits run. [size=4] [/size] [i]No sweat, man. High fives. We're good, y'all[/i], if you'll excuse my French. As you were; carry on. [size=4] [/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thisnameistaken Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I love that someone brought a Max patch to the thread. If your synth has two or three oscillators you could get a fifth and/or an octave in there which counts as a chord, right? It would sound nice and thick anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 From experience, one of the great things about a two oscillator synth is the fatness you get from having them both detuned very slightly. Tuning them apart by a 5th never sounds as good as actually playing the two notes together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 Thanks for all your info, guys. I'm liking the look of the McMillen 12 step controller. What is a reasonably good hardware synth to connect to it to get started? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Assuming you're on a budget, a cheaper Novation, Arturio or Korg will do you well. I personally love the Waldorf Blofeld which can be had as a desktop model without keyboard, and which is easier to program than the few knobs might seem to indicate. Be aware you must update the OS to version 1.22 or it will be buggy. Fantastic synth though. If you are after an overview over the history of synth sounds, the Alesis Micron (especially in its Akai Miniak version) will do even better than the Blofeld. Probably best to come back with questions once you have established a liking for one or a few within your budget. I know others are better updated than I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepbass5 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Bought some organ bass pedals for this very application, learnt two things falling over on stage and needing a stool to do this properly is not cool. down the secondhand music store they went. controllong the volume in balance with the bass was another issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichF Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 i use an old Viscount MIDI multi effects foot controller, which has a MIDI pedal function, connected to a Korg module. Very basic 1 octave pad, wash and occasional organ/brass blast. It really is a skill (which i dont have!) and if you are singing and using fx pedals too (which I am) then it can become a real challenge esp if you want to look cool on stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmcnamara Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Using the McMillen 12 step with an old Roland JV1010 with vintage keys card (includes Moog bass sounds) and more recently using a Moog Sub Phatty with the 12 step. Minitaur supposed to be good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Recently had do some keyboard parts at short notice and as there was a lot of right hand work to the melody and a lot of chords at the bottom as well and I had a couple of weeks to do it, I cheated. I had a master keyboard running to my mac with MainStage. Within mainstage I made a set of sound overlays for the whole keyboard (on sliders) but avoiding the bottom 6 keys of the keyboard, and on the bottom 6 notes I used the chord trigger feature where you can assign any key to any other number of keys, So i had some quite complicated chords on a one finger press. It worked very well. It also has a generic chord mapping as well, but as you can set a patch for each song you want to do, it is an easy thing to do if you don't mind having your computer on stage. I would say, the synths sounded very good, and there were no glitches with it running over 4 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 McMillen 12 Step and a Moog Minitaur. I also have a Novation Bass Station II which I can trigger using the 12 Step and gives an option to play synth bass lines by hand using the two octave keyboard. I used to use Roland PK-5 pedals and a Roland sound canvas for simple sawtooth sounds. It's worth bearing in mind that as the bass player you've already got enough heavy gear to get to the gig so the 12 Step is a worthwhile option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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