Re: bass punchiness [was Re: [linux-audio-user] I'm back with some music]

From: Loki Davison <loki.davison@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Fri Apr 07 2006 - 04:20:24 EEST

On 4/7/06, Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> Loki Davison wrote:
> > On 4/5/06, Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> >> Loki Davison wrote:
> >>
> >>> Side chain compressors can also help a lot. Having an env on frequency
> >>> is really nice too, dropping the frequency with time.
> >>> http://loki.theworldsbestdomain.com/notbigfish.ogg example of quite a
> >>> big punchy bass.
> >>>
> >>> Loki
> >>>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Picking up this thread again.
> >>
> >> I have tried the various suggestions and it has definitely made the bass
> >> more sound fuller. However, The sound being generated is a constant
> >> drone or pulse. Fluctuating, rhythmic and melodic but still constant.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have a tip for making the bass stop at set times.
> >>
> >> For the purposes of this experiment I am using this chain:
> >>
> >> Trigger->envelope->wavetable->moog filter->oscillator->compressor-output
> >>
> >> Which creates a sound like this:
> >>
> >> http://djcj.org/audio/kotau/bassline-040506.ogg
> >>
> >> While this is actually quite a desirable sound for me I would also like
> >> to be able to trigger when it stops, not just when it starts.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers.
> >>
> >
> > Is this using om? Just copy one of the example patches to work out how
> > to do env's correctly. There are a lot of good/decent bass patches in
> > the om examples
> >
> > Loki
> >
>
> Easier said than done. Every patch I load has missing plugins. It's
> gonna take a while to get them all installed.
>
> However I now have om and patchage installed which is pretty useful.
>
> If you have a patch using only swh plugins then I could probably load it.
>
> Cheers.
>

You really need at least blop, omins and cmt. Those 3 are needed to
use the smack packages, and a few more are needed for most om
examples. There is a list here http://atte.dk/om-wiki/GettingPlugins
urpmi/apt-get/etc should make it pretty easy to grab all the packages.

Loki
Received on Fri Apr 7 08:15:36 2006

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