acoustronica?

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went to the gypsy
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acoustronica?

Post by went to the gypsy » Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:36 pm

is anyone using acoustic instruments? perhaps drums are a given, but i'm curious to know if anyone is making bluegrass, or other similarly acoustic-driven music with live.

just wondering ...

underhill
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acoustronica?

Post by underhill » Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:22 am

acoustronica!

I am currently working with Live, a foot controller, and acoustic instruments (guitar, bass, mandolin, drums etc.) Just getting started but I hope to be doing lots of live looping and running around soon.

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Post by noisetonepause » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:58 am

Just the odd guitar for backing, but only cos recording conditions are less than satisfactory. I'd like to ditch the electric all together and replace some of the synth parts with proper piano, but alas I haven't a decent one much less the gear and space to capture it faithfully.

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Post by 4am » Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:05 am

i use sometimes double bass, but it is hard to have a satisfying sound

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double bass

Post by paul » Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:02 pm

me too.
waiting for an excuse to buy golden trinity/bass max mic-and-piezo pick up from Bob Gollihur in the US.
long used a polytone pick up wired thru pre-amp and then a bass stomp box (Zoom), but still takes EQ and stuff to model sound anywhere near realistic.
check out his web site, read the reports, sounds like a good buy for recording bass.
http://www.gollihur.com/kkbass/bassmic.html

mostly doing minimal electronic stuff with bass samples manipulated in Fennesz style. But occasional slappin' rockabilly workouts just for fun.
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went to the gypsy
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Post by went to the gypsy » Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:59 pm

very cool! good to know there are some of ya out there!

cheers!

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Post by AcousTronic » Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:40 pm

Um.... I think my screen name says it all :D

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acoustronica

Post by stuart64 » Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:58 pm

I'm doing acoustronica, I use an acoustic, mouth organ, vocals and a foot controller to record and start/stop loops. This track was done was done all in live all played live.

http://www.reporter.uk.com/bringingitonmyself.mp3


Most of all the other tracks on there were done in live too. Have a browse.

Cheers,

www.reporter.uk.com

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Re: double bass

Post by 4am » Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:14 am

paul wrote:me too.
waiting for an excuse to buy golden trinity/bass max mic-and-piezo pick up from Bob Gollihur in the US.
long used a polytone pick up wired thru pre-amp and then a bass stomp box (Zoom), but still takes EQ and stuff to model sound anywhere near realistic.
check out his web site, read the reports, sounds like a good buy for recording bass.
http://www.gollihur.com/kkbass/bassmic.html

mostly doing minimal electronic stuff with bass samples manipulated in Fennesz style. But occasional slappin' rockabilly workouts just for fun.
paul,
thank you for the suggestion. i'm reading now about this pick up.
recording double bass is not easy. i use an underwood pick up, a simpson valve amp (older as me) and have tried to route the signal through all the gear i have but i'm still unsatisfied.
i've achieved the best results by using the eq and the fx of my yamaha a3000 sampler...

(will also try to route the signal through my microwaves owen :lol: )

greetz

am.

paul
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reporter

Post by paul » Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:09 am

Hey stuart - loved your tracks. specially the first clip. hope you don't mind me recalling Lackluster - that's a compliment in my book.
picked up your link from neoouija and type a while back... small world.

interesting, I'll listen again with harmonica in mind.
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reporter

Post by paul » Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:15 am

guggenheim ep, sweet. where can I pick it up stuart?
not a lot of mouth harp on there though...
Live 5, FL Studio, O-zone

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Re: acoustronica?

Post by kabuki » Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:08 am

underhill wrote:acoustronica!

I am currently working with Live, a foot controller, and acoustic instruments (guitar, bass, mandolin, drums etc.) Just getting started but I hope to be doing lots of live looping and running around soon.
Do you ever play out in Dallas? I'm interested in hearing how you work...
15" PB 2.5 Ghz, 4 Gig RAM, 750 GB HD, Live 9 still no cue points or program change messages?!?. Doesn't do shit.

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Post by krushing » Fri Jan 14, 2005 6:28 am

I guess my stuff might fall into 'acoustronica'...some tracks in this thread.

underhill
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Re: acoustronica?

Post by underhill » Sun Jan 16, 2005 4:16 pm

kabuki wrote:

Do you ever play out in Dallas? I'm interested in hearing how you work...

I hope to be confusing Dallas soon. I am trying to get it all flowing at the moment. Reply to my PM if you like and I will send you some contact info. I'd like to compare notes.

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