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doctorbob · Post by **doctorbob** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:49 pm

Hi all, well Brian, I said I'd try a Bluegrass style but thought Bassline was not quite the right vehicle ... but .. here it is, short but sweet.

DAW: Reaper (yee haw)

Tal Bassline --- 14
Classic Reverb ---10
Epicverb --- 3
ReaComp --- 6
BootEQ Mk 2 - 1
Classic Limiter - 1

https://soundcloud.com/doctorbob/bluegrass

doctorbob · Post by **doctorbob** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:00 pm

I might still add some voice-like "yee hahs" at appropriate points - need to try and see if I can simulate formant type stuff first. I also think it starts to seem a little "thin" at the first verse, SC does seem to squash out dynamics - not sure what to do yet ... perhaps nothing?

Any comments welcome as I still feel a newbie here, and maybe this is a bit of a sacreligious use of Bassline - but I did use it's KICK!

Db

bjporter · Post by **bjporter** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:01 pm

This is awesome

yeeeeeeeeeeeeehaw

doctorbob wrote:Hi all, well Brian, I said I'd try a Bluegrass style but thought Bassline was not quite the right vehicle ... but .. here it is, short but sweet.

DAW: Reaper (yee haw)

Tal Bassline --- 14
Classic Reverb ---10
Epicverb --- 3
ReaComp --- 6
BootEQ Mk 2 - 1
Classic Limiter - 1

https://soundcloud.com/doctorbob/bluegrass

RichardSemper · Post by **RichardSemper** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:11 pm

doctorbob wrote:I might still add some voice-like "yee hahs" at appropriate points - need to try and see if I can simulate formant type stuff first. I also think it starts to seem a little "thin" at the first verse, SC does seem to squash out dynamics - not sure what to do yet ... perhaps nothing?

Any comments welcome as I still feel a newbie here, and maybe this is a bit of a sacreligious use of Bassline - but I did use it's KICK!

Db

Unexpected and very nicely done, sacrelige is essential... yee-haahh

psmacmur · Post by **psmacmur** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 8:07 pm

Sounds good already. No one would have believed, in the last years of the 20th century, that an SH-101 would turn out to be the perfect bluegrass instrument!

Anyway, if you really think the "dynamics" are "thin", I suspect that Variety of Sound has a plugin just for you! Perhaps something from the Thrillseeker line?

EDGEK8D · Post by **EDGEK8D** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:18 am

https://soundcloud.com/edgek8d/osc-65-t ... -walk-home

My first OSC! I really enjoyed this. I've been looking at this contest for a while. Finally a synth I own and love. Win or lose, a lot of fun, and I look forward to doing this again.

TAL Bassline-101: 22

Logic X Plugins:
- Randomizer: 10
- Arpeggiator: 3
- Channel EQ: 19
- Linear Phase EQ: 1
- Expander: 1
- Compressor: 20
- Distortion II: 5
- Delay Designer: 5
- Stereo Delay: 2
- Directional Mixer: 8
- Enveloper: 3
- Auto Filter: 2
- Sample Delay: 5
- Limiter: 1
- Space Designer: 5

3rd Party Free Plugins:

- vladg Limiter No 6: 1
- TDR VOS SlickEQ: 6 <-----Bad-Ass EQ!

doctorbob · Post by **doctorbob** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:26 am

bjporter wrote:This is awesome yeeeeeeeeeeeeehaw

Thanks Brian, glad you liked it. The hardest part really was to separate all those tracks out where there was polyphony and create new tracks and then route 'em altogether again to be able to place the chords in the right stereo space. ... a right PITA for the chords

But the hard work paid off. And of course, dragging out the right sounds from the synth was fun.

Still thinking about the yeehaws

Rob

doctorbob · Post by **doctorbob** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:40 am

RichardSemper wrote:Unexpected and very nicely done, sacrelige is essential... yee-haahh

Thanks Richard. I seek to surprise - and I bet have have done so this time ... cheese and bluez before, but this time maybe I have gone too far for a "dance synth"

but ... then maybe something very different can catch ye olde country ears - at least it's not too long!!! Very pleased with the break, the kick comes through nicely as does the bass ... the perc is meant to be like a washboard played manically by some critter in old jeans, scruffy hair and beard, stomping his left foot to the beat - does that conjure up the right image for this track???

Anyways, thanks again, glad you liked it. Poor old SH-101, it'll never recover

Cheers,

Rob

z.prime · Post by **z.prime** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:41 pm

EDGEK8D wrote:My first OSC! I really enjoyed this. I've been looking at this contest for a while. Finally a synth I own and love. Win or lose, a lot of fun, and I look forward to doing this again.

Hi, and welcome to OSC! And I really enjoyed your entry; right up my alley.

chilledpanda · Post by **chilledpanda** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:15 pm

I uploaded some Tal-bassline drum/percussion patches here http://www.kvraudio.com/product/tal_bas ... /downloads

Just incase I don't have time this month. Feel free to use if you like them or do whatever you need with them, obviously need EQ and FX to taste etc.

Was used in a few test I did here
https://soundcloud.com/chilled-panda/sets/tal-bassline

The free version of TAL-bassline is fricking awesome

Gonna buy the paid version once the comp is done.

z.prime · Post by **z.prime** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:41 pm

chilledpanda wrote:The free version of TAL-bassline is fricking awesome

Mixed feelings about that synth, it sounds like - most people seem to either love it or hate it.

It's a bit limited for what I want to do, but sounds decent.

chilledpanda · Post by **chilledpanda** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:05 pm

z.prime wrote:
chilledpanda wrote:The free version of TAL-bassline is fricking awesome
Mixed feelings about that synth, it sounds like - most people seem to either love it or hate it.
It's a bit limited for what I want to do, but sounds decent.

Yeah, pretty much like marmite. It's very limited, but should be able to coax some nice sounds, think the way to go is probably switch on a sequencer and record the param tweaking live jam and hope for happy coincidences

, then cut,paste and arrange the recorded animation etc.

doctorbob · Post by **doctorbob** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:21 pm

z.prime wrote:Mixed feelings about that synth, it sounds like - most people seem to either love it or hate it.
It's a bit limited for what I want to do, but sounds decent.

It is limited, but you can coax some decent sounds from it ... so you, as a king of layering, you should be able to get what you want

For me, the PITA was the fact that it was monophonic, and so when I wanted chords, it was a matter of placing each note in the chord stack on a different instance of Bassline, and then routing those tracks together and applying the FX to that track (REAPER-wise) to keep consistent processing for the full chord (makes sense, but a pain to do, but the results are OK, I think). This process was a little easier using filters in Sibelius to create the new midi tracks to make the chords, so I didn't have to do too much "manual" work - that's what computers are for eh?

Looking forward to hearing your entry - I suspect we'll have a last minute rush again.

Rob (aka DoctorBob).

z.prime · Post by **z.prime** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:26 am

doctorbob wrote:... the PITA was the fact that it was monophonic, and so when I wanted chords, it was a matter of placing each note in the chord stack on a different instance of Bassline, and then routing those tracks together and applying the FX to that track (REAPER-wise) to keep consistent processing for the full chord

Yes, there's an easier thing to do with reaper, though: you just need N+2 tracks, where N is your polyphony:
* Create a group track <-- put your patch fx here
* Add N tracks under it, each with separate instances of bassline and the same-ish patch
* Add 1 track under that same group track to play MIDI on
** On this track, add piz midiPolyphony, set it to N poly, then route it to each of the N bassline tracks, with each routing, select a different MIDI channel 1 through N instead of all

Done!

Unfortunately, I'm using Bigwig this month and it filters all midi to channel 1, so I can't use that trick... *sigh*.

doctorbob wrote:Looking forward to hearing your entry - I suspect we'll have a last minute rush again.

We shall see... hopefully I'll be done in the next few days, something different from me this time, probably.

doctorbob · Post by **doctorbob** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:24 pm

z.prime wrote:Yes, there's an easier thing to do with reaper, though: you just need N+2 tracks, where N is your polyphony:
* Create a group track <-- put your patch fx here
* Add N tracks under it, each with separate instances of bassline and the same-ish patch
* Add 1 track under that same group track to play MIDI on
** On this track, add piz midiPolyphony, set it to N poly, then route it to each of the N bassline tracks, with each routing, select a different MIDI channel 1 through N instead of all

Done!

Aha ... piz midiPolyphony is the key - missed that one in my travels ... many thanks, will save me much time
in the future ...

Now then, back to your track.

Rob

One-Synth-Challenge #65: TAL BassLine (Results are in!)