Roland Rock Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Probably a bad description - I'm on about the bass sound on the below track. I know it's a synth, but I'm thinking it should be possible on bass guitar with the right effects. What do you reckon? Octave combined with muting technique maybe? http://youtu.be/RpZVPSCv79U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefrash Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 octaver with the suboctave on full and dry off completely then just a touch of grit after it to give it a bit of bite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 ... and roll off the treble and play with a pick as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Octave (or something that will convert your note to a triangle wave) & a low pass filter that can close with the note envelope along with a percussive pick technique should get you close. The Moog LPF can take a patch from the Env out & back into the Cut Off to do that effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefrash Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwjsVdAb5_w[/media] Scott Devine talks about it and demo's the sound from about 2 minutes in, thats pretty close I'd say. Edited October 13, 2014 by lefrash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 Great, thanks folks. The good news is that I probably have everything I need already. Will have a play with the suggestions above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Have fun experimenting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Hmm. This sort of sound is more difficult than you might think. The amplitude envelope is the difficult bit if you're using an analogue octaver like the OC-2, because as your note decays the octaver will start to think other harmonics are the dominant note and you'll get that glitchy sound you get when you ask it to track a note that's too low, or you'll get it gating too early or too sharply. Honestly this whole ADSR envelope thing when trying to reproduce synths sounds on bass guitar is a big problem. Of the pedals that attempt it, the best at re-triggering reliably is the EHX Bass Micro Synth but you'll still struggle to get it to trip each time on notes that are close together. It's probably why this guy built [url="http://www.mwfx.co.uk/product/retreat"]this pedal[/url], which I think is a genius idea but it does stretch the practicalities a bit. And for the record this whole ADSR problem is the reason why, after years of using a bass guitar and pedals, I bought a mono synth. I still use pedals for loads of stuff but this particular problem cannot be surmounted IME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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