bsp - "Polarity" (breakbeat-ish)
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2973 posts since 18 Oct, 2004
Bought a bass guitar last week. I probably should've waited longer than a couple days before attempting to use it in a song, but hindsight 20-20, y'know?
Anyhoo, here it is... kind of breakbeat, but with live bass. Has a sort of funky, jazzy feel. A lot of people have told me it sounds like it's from an action movie like the Matrix or something.
Playing is kinda sloppy... sorry 'bout that. I AM a complete n00b.
Polarity
Anyhoo, here it is... kind of breakbeat, but with live bass. Has a sort of funky, jazzy feel. A lot of people have told me it sounds like it's from an action movie like the Matrix or something.
Playing is kinda sloppy... sorry 'bout that. I AM a complete n00b.
Polarity
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- KVRAF
- 2106 posts since 31 Dec, 2002 from London, UK
Quite Propellerheads-ish. Take a listen to "Spy break"
Bass do seem very sloppy in the intro but once it gets going it's not bad at all tbh. Quite groovy. After the intro I certainly can't tell you've only played bass for 1 week. Quite impressed actually. Did you just do 46 takes and quantized the most decent one I suppose you already play guitar?
It got the right amount of variation. I would perhaps have liked something a bit more lead-ish, but overall it's a pretty good tune. Nice beats and the bass gives it that organic vibe.
Bass do seem very sloppy in the intro but once it gets going it's not bad at all tbh. Quite groovy. After the intro I certainly can't tell you've only played bass for 1 week. Quite impressed actually. Did you just do 46 takes and quantized the most decent one I suppose you already play guitar?
It got the right amount of variation. I would perhaps have liked something a bit more lead-ish, but overall it's a pretty good tune. Nice beats and the bass gives it that organic vibe.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2973 posts since 18 Oct, 2004
Hey friend, thanks for responding. I did do A LOT of takes, but of course I couldn't quantize the recording (that'd be really cool if you could do that though!). You are correct, I do... er, "play" the guitar. Been playing for about a year, but I have pretty much never practiced. Infact the only time it gets used is when I use it in a song, and then I just write the line and keep doing takes until I get something that doesn't completely suck.
But I suppose even such minimal guitar experience will help me with the bass.
Yeah, the beginning bass riff is easily the sloppiest. I think it's cuz the bass is primarily a rhythmic instrument, so even slight timing indiscretions sound bad, and without any other rhythmic backdrop you really focus in on those imperfections.
It was actually my intention to do something a lot more minimal than this... just the drums and bass. But my "usual style" got the better of me.
But I suppose even such minimal guitar experience will help me with the bass.
Yeah, the beginning bass riff is easily the sloppiest. I think it's cuz the bass is primarily a rhythmic instrument, so even slight timing indiscretions sound bad, and without any other rhythmic backdrop you really focus in on those imperfections.
It was actually my intention to do something a lot more minimal than this... just the drums and bass. But my "usual style" got the better of me.
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- KVRAF
- 7880 posts since 16 Apr, 2003 from -on the outside looking in
fun tune.
very cool groove. I like the arps, pacing, bassline.
My only critique might be about the tone:I can't decide whether the bass tone or the drums sound a little hollow? (mids?-are the drums phasing?) Nice run though. Def. an action movie/vid. game soundtrack in sound and composition!
very cool groove. I like the arps, pacing, bassline.
My only critique might be about the tone:I can't decide whether the bass tone or the drums sound a little hollow? (mids?-are the drums phasing?) Nice run though. Def. an action movie/vid. game soundtrack in sound and composition!
..what goes around comes around..
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2973 posts since 18 Oct, 2004
Yes... yes, I think you are right. I noticed that myself, though I hoped it was just my imagination. I think I know the exact loops in question that are causing it, too. What method should I take to alleviate the phasing? Maybe just offset one of the loops <x> amount of milliseconds..?ouroboros wrote:: (mids?-are the drums phasing?)
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- KVRAF
- 4907 posts since 10 Aug, 2004 from Colorado Springs
Arglebargle, are you stretching the loops? It sounds like a poor time stretching algo on the drums to me. Not your fault, but the drums sound like they maybe were time stretched in Tracktion, which although I love the program, it's time stretch stinks royally.
-Scott
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2973 posts since 18 Oct, 2004
hmm, no, nothing's been timestretched. The modus operendi for the drums in this song was... I created the base loop, and then created a few copies and processed them with Metallurgy to make 'em a lot weirder. then I layered the dry loop with one or two fx'd loops. I figured the loops I processed were different enough from the original to avoid phasing, but maybe not?