Rich Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 At last, I've finally got to grips with some of this digital malarkey. I've spent a few hours mucking about with Audacity and come up with the tune 'Tears' on [url="http://www.myspace.com/baldybassplayer"]my MySpace[/url]... I really wish I could say I wrote it, but unfortunately not, it's a Brian Bromberg tune... I just used as a tester really. It's as rough as a badger's arse in places, but OK for a first attempt. It's just drums and Shuker... the bassline was done with both pickups in twincoil mode with a tad of bass and treb boost and a wee bit of mid cut. The main melody is the neck pickup tapped & bridge twincoil, with the bass rolled off a bit and a touch of reverb. I cheated with the higher doubled melody bit... cut, paste, pitchshift. [url="http://www.myspace.com/baldybassplayer"]http://www.myspace.com/baldybassplayer[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urb Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 [quote name='Rich' post='58788' date='Sep 11 2007, 04:36 PM']At last, I've finally got to grips with some of this digital malarkey. I've spent a few hours mucking about with Audacity and come up with the tune 'Tears' on [url="http://www.myspace.com/baldybassplayer"]my MySpace[/url]... I really wish I could say I wrote it, but unfortunately not, it's a Brian Bromberg tune... I just used as a tester really. It's as rough as a badger's arse in places, but OK for a first attempt. It's just drums and Shuker... the bassline was done with both pickups in twincoil mode with a tad of bass and treb boost and a wee bit of mid cut. The main melody is the neck pickup tapped & bridge twincoil, with the bass rolled off a bit and a touch of reverb. I cheated with the higher doubled melody bit... cut, paste, pitchshift. [url="http://www.myspace.com/baldybassplayer"]http://www.myspace.com/baldybassplayer[/url][/quote] Hey Rich Just checking it out now - the bass sounds great, I know the tune off the old 'Jaco' CD, it's a good one. I can't really critique it beyond the fact you've done a decent job of recording the bass and maybe the drum part feels a bit static but as a first attempt I'd say well done. All I'd give in terms of advice is just keep doing it - recording yourself is a brilliant way of actually hearing yourself much clearer - and a way to hear stuff that you do and don't like in your playing - and likewise hearing whether your ideas do or don't work. Then focusing on playing more of the stuff that sounds good and does work. Then it''s just a case of how far you want to go - if you make a habit of recording ideas regularly it's surprising how many you can have after 6 months or a year. And the more you try stuff the more you will learn. I have a lot of ideas and a lot of stuff to learn - my problem is finding the time! Anyway good work and good of you to get the first one out there - the good stuff takes time so now you've started keep doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsymoth Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 cool - and congrats. it's quite a revelation to suddenly be able to do this stuff and have it blast over the internet. "cut, paste, and phase shift" well it looks like you've got a good start on the technical aspects - my advice is to avoid the temptation to get carried away with it. use only as absolutely necessary and as a last resort. but I am a primitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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