lurksalot Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Congratulations to @SH73 who delivered a fine tune to grasp the January challenge win from a fine set of entries. As is his privilege, he has chosen the following image for your February inspiration. Apparently only built today, purely to satisfy the insatiable Basschat choonsmithery Simple rules ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded this month. ✖️ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ✖️ No Bagpipes. please no bagpipes, the Chinese new year truce now Expired. panpipes only if you have too. ✖️ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you. A line or two offering an insight to your inspiration/track choice will be good as well , it works nicely on the voting thread. Deadline wise , we will go for midnight on ' World thinking Day ' 👍, though you probably have till I get home from work on the 23rd. I guess midnights are good deadlines though , I think probably creating a deadline of.... '19.36 on the 23rd Feb after getting home from vising Mr & Mrs Howard who wanted advice on a new front door' ... isn't very rock and roll now is it ? Dive in 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitrobot Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Excellent pic. Looking forward to this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I have previously struggled to choose a picture so a quick Lego build shoved between house plants and a snap will do I thought. There is a panda, monkey and a turtle with a parrot in the background. So the choice is yours. Many, many interpretations. Happy composing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Is it wrong that I thought I saw a monkey hanging from a lamp post and wondered if a Hartlepool themed entry would be appropriate? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Nicko said: Is it wrong that I thought I saw a monkey hanging from a lamp post and wondered if a Hartlepool themed entry would be appropriate? Ner ner ner ner ner ner ner...H'ANGUS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Here is my contribution to the February 2022 Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by a picture chosen by the previous winner: SH73. Suspense, suspense. There's Willy the chimp, hanging on; will he let go, to Panda to the whims of the Mock Turtle..? Not Mushroom for manoeuvre; he may get the Bird, or just stay planted there. Anyway, here's my clip... As luck would have it (but is it really just luck..?), I took delivery today of a new Darbuka set for Kontakt, so I married that with an existing Tenor Duduk from the same source; the rest was easy. Reaper, of course; no Fx save for my simple NY Bus Glue compression. Thanks for listening, if you already have; if you're about to, enjoy. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) A bit of a rush job, 'cos it's half term next week, then we're off away to pick up a new bike for the Mrs the weekend after, so I figured I'd better take an idea and run with it. This is my contribution to the February 2022 Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by the picture chosen by the previous winner: SH73. So what is he up there for, and what can he see? I've been doing tons of walking bass recently, while getting to grips with upright. The electric bass track on here was going to be a placeholder to be replaced with EUB, but it sounds good (to my cloth ears) as it is, so I decided to leave it. A simple track, recorded in Cubase Elephants, with drums provided by the same... I need to work on making programmed drums swing, as it still feels a little wooden to me. Bass is the Jake, via the Helix, Guitar is a Vintage (brand) Strat, also via the Helix, and vocals are me, via an SM58. Edited February 10, 2022 by NickD 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 Mine is a bit of a rush job as well ! I bashed some guitars as I wanted to! but I reckon I found an 'in' that fits them to the picture Its a bit of a story about Lego I guess, with of course a hefty reliance on some license on pronunciation . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Here is my entry for this month. The little red and white toadstool in the bottom left of the photo looks like a Fly Agaric mushroom (Amanita Muscaria) which is hallucinogenic (as well as being poisonous) which fits quite nicely with the rest of the photo, so I have adopted a theme of a substance induced dream. I couldn't decide whether to do vocals or an instrumental so I ended up with a halfway house - somewhere between indie funk and an Oompah Loompah song. Recorded in Cubase LE. Squier CV Precision and Fender Telecaster through Amplitube. MT Power drums, and keys provided by Xpand 2. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 I am revisiting mine a touch as I think I will find time to clean it up , I have found a bass tone that I like and might try to fit it in ... the only issue is , that having not been attentive to the thing for 5 days , I’ve forgotten how it goes , so I need to learn it , then suss out a bass line, then re-record it the PC is p1ssing me off , it can’t handle it any more and is a big drain on my Mojo new machine needed and that scares me, not the cost so much as the transfer of all the vsts and plug ins , files etc ah well I thinks it must be done 😳 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 On 17/02/2022 at 22:38, lurksalot said: the transfer of all the vsts and plug ins , files etc I'm going to have this soon too as my laptop is currently in 20 mins boot-up and 5 minutes to think about anything mode... Files are easy as they're on an external drive, but will have to remember vst passwords are download again. Then there's choosing a new 'puter... Do I go old workstation with 64gB RAM and multithread processor(s) or new 32gB with not quite as good processor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said: I'm going to have this soon too as my laptop is currently in 20 mins boot-up and 5 minutes to think about anything mode... Files are easy as they're on an external drive, but will have to remember vst passwords are download again. Then there's choosing a new 'puter... Do I go old workstation with 64gB RAM and multithread processor(s) or new 32gB with not quite as good processor? We're probably all in the same position - it's just a matter of time. I'm running Cubase 7 LE which is a single machine license so would need to sort out how to re-install on a new machine. It doesn't run on Win 10 either so I'd either have to upgrade to a newer Cubase version or buy a 'puter with an obsolete OS. Or buy Reaper. I don't have that many VSTs mostly Amplitube and a few freebies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) I’m looking at an ‘all in one’ as aesthetics are high on the wife’s criteria 😂 but have seen this Portus digital AIO 27-2 These specs look decent enough , but I don’t really know what I am looking at 🤦♂️ https://www.portusdigital.com/portus-27-curva-2-27-curved-all-in-one-pc-intel-i7-10th-gen-32gb-ram-2tb-hdd-512gb-ssd-gtx1050ti-10307-p.asp it is a touch pricey for what I need I think , but it looks like a presentable bit of kit and the company seems to get decent reviews 🤷♂️ Edited February 19, 2022 by lurksalot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 4 hours ago, lurksalot said: it is a touch pricey for what I need I think Always a bit dubious about all in one for some reason. Too tidy for me! I'm looking at a PC Specialist build in Be Quiet! case, i9 11900kf processor, 1x500 + 1x1000Gb M2 SSDs + 2TB Seagate HDD, 32Gb of Corsair Vengeance 2.6MHz RAM at £1298... Though it will need a monitor. And also looking at a Xeon powered Dell workstation with otherwise similar spec, refurb at £800... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said: Always a bit dubious about all in one for some reason. Too tidy for me! I'm looking at a PC Specialist build in Be Quiet! case, i9 11900kf processor, 1x500 + 1x1000Gb M2 SSDs + 2TB Seagate HDD, 32Gb of Corsair Vengeance 2.6MHz RAM at £1298... Though it will need a monitor. And also looking at a Xeon powered Dell workstation with otherwise similar spec, refurb at £800... The machine I currently use is an all-in-one , and yep it is tidy , that's why the Mrs loves it !! This one has done most of what I needed since day 1 , well , for 8 years, so I cant complain , especially as the Mrs bought it in the first place So I think a decent spec replacement is only fair. Now if I can get one and set it up in the voting downtime , that would be a bonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 On 12/02/2022 at 14:15, lurksalot said: Mine is a bit of a rush job as well ! I bashed some guitars as I wanted to! but I reckon I found an 'in' that fits them to the picture Its a bit of a story about Lego I guess, with of course a hefty reliance on some license on pronunciation . I have had a bash at cleaning this up a bit as it was rushed. I had time to redo the bass line with a cleaner sound , clean out 4 guitar tracks , tame the vocal a touch and re-mix it . the idea was to make it cleaner , but who knows ! probably not me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Had to be the panda. I went with the 'pander' pun, and made the song about not pandering to big-heads who think they know best. Important note: It's not aimed at anyone on Basschat, where great advice is modestly given of course 🙂! Technical: Mostly as usual...... Studio One DAW (first time on the new PC.... see future post about new PC 😉), Drums via Piano-roll, Vantage Bass, Squier Tele Guitar , Keys: a supposed 'bell' sound played via Akai Mini , Vocal recorded with new mic ... cheap and cheerful condenser mic (C-1) from Behringer. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) Finally got my 'puter to behave, and spent 2 or 3 hours noodling and doodling... Started with lots of percussion, got a keys riff going, added some big guitars, then a pumpinslappy bass thing. After that, a final roll in glitter and 3 coats of varnish. It's not jazz, but it probably is an oddity! And for those interested, recorded in Ableton. Keyboard sounds from Iris and Ableton's own. Drums are a mix of programmed and sampled clips from Designer Drums, Digicussion and EZ Drummer. Guitar is a strat, bass is a Wal and both are going through various Amplitube 4 amps, with some added Phasis and Raum on both. Polish added by Neutron 3 and Ozone 9. Edited February 20, 2022 by Leonard Smalls 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 When I saw the picture, I thought plastic society and teenage me had grand visions of the Crumbsuckers or D.R.I. style hardcore punk of my youth with lots of shouting. Unfortunately, I quickly realised I can't drum like that at all, so I needed to bodge together a compromise and somehow ended up with Devo playing a spaghetti western theme. The technical stuff: Guitars are a Bacchus Duke into an Avid Eleven. Drums and bass came from Reason, all smooshed together in ProTools. The song: A reflection of the superficiality of modern plastic society where little is of substance and little pandas stand beside big toadstools, probably taking selfies. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) Here's my effort for February's challenge. This is a jaunty little number with a sense of childlike swagger to it. I needed some small people to help me out so I got three of the grandchildren on vox to add to the vibrant feel that I hope the tune conveys. I don't think it's too sickly sweet but even if it is they had some quite splendid fun yelling into the microphone so all's good. Recorded in glorious lo-fi with Wavepad and Audacity using violin bass, Epiphone Special guitar, Yamaha keys and Looperman drum samples. Edited February 23, 2022 by upside downer 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) "It ain't what I've done, it's what they done to me" Lyrics ↓ Spoiler The Monkey Song I seen this monkey he was hangin' from a tree (and the monkey said) "Man these pandas keep hatin' on me Seems the monkeys did somethin' bad one time I wasn't there but I gotta pay for their crime". "They say the city's a jungle, it ain't like any jungle I know and the pandas they won't let it go". "All these stories they plant in my head... Tell me, was it something I said?" Everybody wants to be right everybody wants to be right all the time everybody wants to be right and the monkey said "Pandas acting crazy, makin' up lies and things say I'm bad, trying to cut my strings You wonder why I'm hangin' from this tree? It ain't what I done, it's what they done to me". Everybody wants to be right everybody wants to be right all the time everybody wants to be right I seen this monkey he was hangin' from a tree "Man these pandas keep hatin' on me. You wonder why I'm hangin from this tree? It ain't what I done it's what they done to me". Edited February 23, 2022 by skankdelvar 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 I’m home , give me an hour and I’ll set up the vote 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 16 minutes ago, lurksalot said: I’m home , give me an hour and I’ll set up the vote 👍 ,😁I only started mixing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 01/02/2022 at 21:40, lurksalot said: Deadline wise , we will go for midnight on ' World thinking Day ' 👍, though you probably have till I get home from work on the 23rd. I guess midnights are good deadlines though , I think probably creating a deadline of.... '19.36 on the 23rd Feb after getting home from vising Mr & Mrs Howard who wanted advice on a new front door' ... isn't very rock and roll now is it ? Well I have to say I had a very twilight zone moment on may way home this evening.. I wrote the above 23 days ago as a jolly quip , but while in the village shop this evening, Mr Howard saw me and asked me to pop in on the way home to have a look at an old door that needed a new handle! that was weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 48 minutes ago, SH73 said: ,😁I only started mixing 'urry up 'arry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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