Bass effects

[fufu]

I may be going out on a limb here, but whatever.

I'm looking for a new bass effects pedal/footswitch, for my bass obviously. I already have a wah pedal and an envelope filter switch.

I play mostly funk stuff, funky/jazzy rock, and my own style. So something that would blend along of the lines of that would be nice.

Lookin' for suggestions...

 

[fufu]

And is there such a thing where I can plug a device into my amp and make drum beats? Like something to jam with.

 

[maniclion]

http://activebass.com/store/product.asp?sku=EM.AX5B&nav=sp

I have a guitar version of one of these and the effects you can get are phenomenal, one of the effects sounds like water trickling, another sounds like something from another planet, yet another sounds like a violin...it's really fun to play around with and you can alter any of the effects to your liking....

 

[maniclion]

Oh yeah and it has an effect that records a couple seconds of play and then when you rock the pedal back and forth it plays the recording forward and backward, it's really radical...

 

[fufu]

Cool.

 

[fufu]

Oh yeah and it has an effect that records a couple seconds of play and then when you rock the pedal back and forth it plays the recording forward and backward, it's really radical...

Wow, that's sweet.

Kind of like what John does here.

and what Jaco does here.

 

[Nate K]

And is there such a thing where I can plug a device into my amp and make drum beats? Like something to jam with.

hmm... I don't think like that.

 

[maniclion]

Wow, that's sweet.

Kind of like what John does here.

and what Jaco does here.

The stuff john did is like the violin effect on my pedal. The stuff Jaco did is like the sampler effect on mine too. I can record a short groove like he did and then jam over it all I want if I move the pedal down it plays in reverse.

To jam with my own drum and bass beats I make them in Fruity Loops and then play them on my computer while playing my guitar...If I wanted to I could output my computer sound to my amp and have guitar and Fruity Loops beat coming through the same source....

 

[Gazhole]

Either fork out for a Line6 BassPodXT or go for a Digitech BP series multi-FX pedal (BP50, BP80, or BP200 i think are the models).

I have a Guitar Pod by Line6 and its amazing, and a BP50 for bass which is also a really versatile piece of kit, pretty cheap, and gives really solid sounds.

 

[Vieope]

And is there such a thing where I can plug a device into my amp and make drum beats? Like something to jam with.

 

[fufu]

 

[fufu]

The stuff john did is like the violin effect on my pedal. The stuff Jaco did is like the sampler effect on mine too. I can record a short groove like he did and then jam over it all I want if I move the pedal down it plays in reverse.

To jam with my own drum and bass beats I make them in Fruity Loops and then play them on my computer while playing my guitar...If I wanted to I could output my computer sound to my amp and have guitar and Fruity Loops beat coming through the same source....

Actually I'm not sure if it was a violin effect what John was doing. I think it was just volume swelling without any distortion which made it sound violin-ish.

 

[fufu]

hmm... I don't think like that.

What?

 

[Gazhole]

And is there such a thing where I can plug a device into my amp and make drum beats? Like something to jam with.

The Digitech BP50 that i have has a selection of drum beats. You can choose the tempo, the beat, possibly the time sig, i cant remember.

 

[fufu]

The Digitech BP50 that i have has a selection of drum beats. You can choose the tempo, the beat, possibly the time sig, i cant remember.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking of. Come to think of it, my brother used to have a Digitech FXbox for guitar that had stuff like that.

 

[goob]

Fufu, here's a sugestion to bring you a more kick ass set up. Download/ buy something like this: http://site.magix.net/english-us/home/music/music-maker-11-deluxe/

...and you could record whole tracks, with virtual instruments, a pretty decent drum sequencer, audio & midi sequencer + samplers.etc.. all you need to make an album.

Plug your bass in to your pedal, run a cable 3.5mm jack out of the pedal into your soundcard (minijack or rca in- probably line in, if basic soundcard).
Run a (minijack/rca from line out on pc soundcard) to bass amp (3.5mm jack).
Voila! Mini (almost fully functional) recording studio for less than $80.

You can use the powerful effects on the program to alter the sound of your bass (though you may have to do this after recorded)

 

[maniclion]

Actually I'm not sure if it was a violin effect what John was doing. I think it was just volume swelling without any distortion which made it sound violin-ish.

Thats basically what my effect pedal does, it's almost the same sound you get when you play a note and turn the volume up and then down slowly and controlled....

 

[fufu]

Fufu, here's a sugestion to bring you a more kick ass set up. Download/ buy something like this: http://site.magix.net/english-us/home/music/music-maker-11-deluxe/

...and you could record whole tracks, with virtual instruments, a pretty decent drum sequencer, audio & midi sequencer + samplers.etc.. all you need to make an album.

Plug your bass in to your pedal, run a cable 3.5mm jack out of the pedal into your soundcard (minijack or rca in- probably line in, if basic soundcard).
Run a (minijack/rca from line out on pc soundcard) to bass amp (3.5mm jack).
Voila! Mini (almost fully functional) recording studio for less than $80.

You can use the powerful effects on the program to alter the sound of your bass (though you may have to do this after recorded)

That looks interesting. Your explanation just made my brain explode though.

I have a Tascam digital 8 track recorder. Works well but I can't find out how to turn the metronome on! It fucking pisses me off!

 

[goob]

That looks interesting. Your explanation just made my brain explode though.

I have a Tascam digital 8 track recorder. Works well but I can't find out how to turn the metronome on! It fucking pisses me off!

Yeah, it was'nt well written. You would see what I mean when trying to hook it up - the size of connector is different on the bass peddle and the computer, so you'd need to have a couple of cables with different connectors at either end to hook it up.
On that program, you would have a built in metronome, and the stuff you could do to recordings would be ace. Just think 'one man band'.
If you were interested you should look into this sort of stuff, I've got heaps at home, and you can make pro-quality albums with it.