deep dub chord
One way to get this sound is to think about what a 'dub chord' is.
Listen to old dub records, and see how it was originally done, then take it a step further (If you wish).
Most old dub records were made by a band, so a lot of the sounds are clipped guitar chords and sticatto piano chords through a tape delay and or reverb.
My 1st attempts to make that particular sound were therefore using a nice yamaha electric piano and recording it through a broken old reverb and a line 6 echo pod (which models things like the space echo and more oldschool tape delays also). I also got a guitarist friend to play some melancholic chords and recorded them through an original space echo, a real fender rhodes through a space echo is something to behold BTW
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This is a good start to get a really nice series of 'authentic' dub chord and recording it rather then synthesizing it gives it a lovely sound, and it's nice to make music in that way - eg: actually recording things and all the nuances that go with it ! Sadly - the guy I sued to work with on that now lives in new zealand, so I'm constantly recycling sounds from those sessions.
I've always found that using synths or plugins to make this sound always leaves me with a sound which is too thick for my own purposes, but I've heard others do it really well (steevio and euterke for example).
So It all depends on what you are going for really, the only time I've ever really managed to get anything to sound nice from a synthesized point of view has been to use an ms2000r and setup an appropriate patch, which takes ages and can be hit or miss unless you are a synthesis wizard and then apply tape delay, filtering (with enough modulation to keep it fluid as if it's breathing) and reverb,l I've found that even with a lot of tweaking most software synths just don't deliver the sound I'm after, but that's more because I like it to sound a little bit broken and out of phase.
Listen to old dub records, and see how it was originally done, then take it a step further (If you wish).
Most old dub records were made by a band, so a lot of the sounds are clipped guitar chords and sticatto piano chords through a tape delay and or reverb.
My 1st attempts to make that particular sound were therefore using a nice yamaha electric piano and recording it through a broken old reverb and a line 6 echo pod (which models things like the space echo and more oldschool tape delays also). I also got a guitarist friend to play some melancholic chords and recorded them through an original space echo, a real fender rhodes through a space echo is something to behold BTW
.This is a good start to get a really nice series of 'authentic' dub chord and recording it rather then synthesizing it gives it a lovely sound, and it's nice to make music in that way - eg: actually recording things and all the nuances that go with it ! Sadly - the guy I sued to work with on that now lives in new zealand, so I'm constantly recycling sounds from those sessions.
I've always found that using synths or plugins to make this sound always leaves me with a sound which is too thick for my own purposes, but I've heard others do it really well (steevio and euterke for example).
So It all depends on what you are going for really, the only time I've ever really managed to get anything to sound nice from a synthesized point of view has been to use an ms2000r and setup an appropriate patch, which takes ages and can be hit or miss unless you are a synthesis wizard and then apply tape delay, filtering (with enough modulation to keep it fluid as if it's breathing) and reverb,l I've found that even with a lot of tweaking most software synths just don't deliver the sound I'm after, but that's more because I like it to sound a little bit broken and out of phase.
dub for the mass (:
http://www.vimeo.com/860391
http://www.vimeo.com/860391
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MINIMALTECHNOHOUSE
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Thats pretty ill.......Storlon wrote:dub for the mass (:
http://www.vimeo.com/860391
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