RE: My Favorite Synthesizer Ever Versus an Electric Bass Guitar:
September 24, 2017 at 6:57 pm
(This post was last modified: September 24, 2017 at 6:58 pm by bennyboy.)
Yeah, I'm not sure what's up with the comparison, though it's interesting trying to see a bass player imitate a machine. I have to say, though, that with about 2 effects, that 303 sound could match the live bass almost completely.
I think a lot of live musicians don't realize how close to truth synth instruments can get. The reason is this: you have to have a good working knowledge of the instrument's mechanics to be able to simulate this. In the following I used some knowledge of the violin to get pretty damned close to a passable performance, but it took a LOT LOT LOT of time tweaking individual notes.
Here are a couple songs where I felt I got the boxed sounds good enough to pass. The first is the dual guitar sound (Slayer that comes with Fruity Loops):
And here's one with a violin solo (at 1:06) that my students say I'm lying about because they're sure that can't be computer-generated:
PS sorry about the fullscreen track walls . . . there really should be a scale option for these
I think a lot of live musicians don't realize how close to truth synth instruments can get. The reason is this: you have to have a good working knowledge of the instrument's mechanics to be able to simulate this. In the following I used some knowledge of the violin to get pretty damned close to a passable performance, but it took a LOT LOT LOT of time tweaking individual notes.
Here are a couple songs where I felt I got the boxed sounds good enough to pass. The first is the dual guitar sound (Slayer that comes with Fruity Loops):
And here's one with a violin solo (at 1:06) that my students say I'm lying about because they're sure that can't be computer-generated:
PS sorry about the fullscreen track walls . . . there really should be a scale option for these
