BASSISTS!
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Viking Bastard
I rarely change bass strings so I don't have a favorite brand. My old setup was Ibanez BTB600 with Roland Bass Cube. It won.
Shpongled
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yay nerd thread!
Warwick Corvette Proline
Ampeg SVT 3
Elixir strings
Elixirs were very large acquired taste for me. The few times I tried them, I hated em, then one of my old bands got an endorsement deal from them so I got a big box full of em. I initially hated the wax coating because the first few sets I tried, it would start to flake up and peel off and made the strings look like they were shedding skin like a snake. But those first sets must have been defective because all the ones I tried after that were fine. I didn't realize how much I liked them until I tried to go back to some D'Addarios and it literally hurt my fingers trying to move up and down the fretboard. Turns out I fell in love with the wax coating of the Elixirs. It doesn't change the tone at all and it's so much easier to move around the fretboard. Now I recommend them to anyone with a disclaimer of "give them more than a normal chance and see what happens."
It took me a while to get into them, but I'm really glad I did now.
Warwick Corvette Proline
Ampeg SVT 3
Elixir strings
Elixirs were very large acquired taste for me. The few times I tried them, I hated em, then one of my old bands got an endorsement deal from them so I got a big box full of em. I initially hated the wax coating because the first few sets I tried, it would start to flake up and peel off and made the strings look like they were shedding skin like a snake. But those first sets must have been defective because all the ones I tried after that were fine. I didn't realize how much I liked them until I tried to go back to some D'Addarios and it literally hurt my fingers trying to move up and down the fretboard. Turns out I fell in love with the wax coating of the Elixirs. It doesn't change the tone at all and it's so much easier to move around the fretboard. Now I recommend them to anyone with a disclaimer of "give them more than a normal chance and see what happens."
It took me a while to get into them, but I'm really glad I did now.
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Viking Bastard
No shit? I had the same problem with my acoustic elixers and never bought them again.
I <3 Warwicks, too.
I <3 Warwicks, too.
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Viking Bastard
I can program beats. I have versitile drum sets and they don't sound bad at all for programmed drums. In a metal song I find them pretty impressive.
I wish I had a fucking keyboard SO bad. How much does that shit cost? I just want a wide range of effects and some Organ and Synth. Then I can plug it into my recorder using a guitar cable right? Or a Keyboard cable? Man I have 0 Keyboard knowledge but if I had one, I would have a full myspace up months and months ago.
I wish I had a fucking keyboard SO bad. How much does that shit cost? I just want a wide range of effects and some Organ and Synth. Then I can plug it into my recorder using a guitar cable right? Or a Keyboard cable? Man I have 0 Keyboard knowledge but if I had one, I would have a full myspace up months and months ago.
Shpongled
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All you have to do is set up the keyboard as a midi controller and you're set. I don't know how much they cost but I assume it's a large price range (probably like anywhere from $100 to thousands of dollars, like a guitar) and the higher it gets, the better the quality in general.
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Viking Bastard
ShadowsWithin
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sequence out some parts and tell me what you wan't i have 3 synths as well as 10-20 soft synths, half of them are good for acid/trip/trance etc.
EDIT: especiall my virtual analog JP-8000 :Smug:
drums i can't help you with since i have no programs that can really do that well. but bass wierd trippy noises i can deff help with.
ShadowsWithin
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fine then i'll add my two cents
i use a 6 string douglas (cheap company, nicely made bass though) and i run it through guitar rig or revalver MK-III.
i use a 6 string douglas (cheap company, nicely made bass though) and i run it through guitar rig or revalver MK-III.
azal
love is the answer
Dead Winter
STAHP
Do this:
Buy Reason 4.0 for your PC and buy a MIDI keyboard. They're small and they're basically just the instrument that will allow you to manipulate the program on your computer. Every single one of Artificial's synths were done by Emanuele using Reason AND A FUCKING MOUSE. We didn't even have the MIDI keyboard during the recording process. Reason 4.0 will cost you about 400 bucks and a MIDI keyboard should cost you about another 100 or so. This is your best bet, John, because you can record that shit too without spending 3000 dollars on a fucking Korg.
Liverslapper
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ShadowsWithin
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or if your a pirate you can get it for free 
if you want to get a Hardware synth and plan on using it for the occasional synth sound, but primarily for acoustic instruments (or a ROMpler) i would go with a XP-80, the synthesis side of it is quite nice and it has a nice big display for editing. but the acoustic samples is where it shines, it has a very nicely sampled grand piano and great orchestral sounds, and if you get the 60's-70's expansion board it has really stunning hammond organ samples along with a leslie speaker assigned to the modulation.
Note: that this has the potential for 4 expansion boards and its rack counterpart to JV-2080 has 8 slots, and if you want REALLY good samples and sounds i suggest you get a few, the orchestral and vocal expansion where used to create the soundtrack to Medieval 2 Total War
EDIT: yea thats all he used, Reasons sounds are pretty distinct and the best part is that it has an on-board sequencer along with advanced quantinize functions. and plenty of high quality effects and mastering products to get a nice full sound.
the choir sample used on Towards Remote Future is fun to play with, i use it quite frequently now.
if you want to get a Hardware synth and plan on using it for the occasional synth sound, but primarily for acoustic instruments (or a ROMpler) i would go with a XP-80, the synthesis side of it is quite nice and it has a nice big display for editing. but the acoustic samples is where it shines, it has a very nicely sampled grand piano and great orchestral sounds, and if you get the 60's-70's expansion board it has really stunning hammond organ samples along with a leslie speaker assigned to the modulation.
Note: that this has the potential for 4 expansion boards and its rack counterpart to JV-2080 has 8 slots, and if you want REALLY good samples and sounds i suggest you get a few, the orchestral and vocal expansion where used to create the soundtrack to Medieval 2 Total War
EDIT: yea thats all he used, Reasons sounds are pretty distinct and the best part is that it has an on-board sequencer along with advanced quantinize functions. and plenty of high quality effects and mastering products to get a nice full sound.
the choir sample used on Towards Remote Future is fun to play with, i use it quite frequently now.
Dead Winter
STAHP
Yep. He programmed all the synths using a fucking mouse...do you realize how long that shit takes?
Now we're getting our gear together for live dates, like the firewire sound card and a new laptop to use for the synths and effects for the mics and stuff, but that album was recorded in a fucking old abandoned house in the middle of the mountains on the Austrian border. The new songs we're recording now are done the same way as well.
Liverslapper
w00t
I less then three skylab. John if you listen to their record you can get a basic idea of what you can do with the program.
Dead Winter
STAHP
or if your a pirate you can get it for free
if you want to get a Hardware synth and plan on using it for the occasional synth sound, but primarily for acoustic instruments (or a ROMpler) i would go with a XP-80, the synthesis side of it is quite nice and it has a nice big display for editing. but the acoustic samples is where it shines, it has a very nicely sampled grand piano and great orchestral sounds, and if you get the 60's-70's expansion board it has really stunning hammond organ samples along with a leslie speaker assigned to the modulation.
Note: that this has the potential for 4 expansion boards and its rack counterpart to JV-2080 has 8 slots, and if you want REALLY good samples and sounds i suggest you get a few, the orchestral and vocal expansion where used to create the soundtrack to Medieval 2 Total War
EDIT: yea thats all he used, Reasons sounds are pretty distinct and the best part is that it has an on-board sequencer along with advanced quantinize functions. and plenty of high quality effects and mastering products to get a nice full sound.
the choir sample used on Towards Remote Future is fun to play with, i use it quite frequently now.
Hehe, yeah ours is pirated too! We're poor!!!
