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Hello Mod Dwarf users. I saw this article - https://cdm.link/2022/05/mod-devices-made-a-guitar-synth-you-can-actually-play-like-a-synth-so-your-guitar-is-the-cv/ - and wondered whether any of you have tried triggering a synth patch using your bass? If the tracking is good enough, this is a 100% must-buy for me! REALLY hoping it's a possibility...
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Fair enough - perhaps there has been progression. I’m only judging them on what I’ve heard, and I haven’t gone out of my way to listen to anything since By The Way, so it was unfair of me to say that to be honest. I’ve only heard bits and pieces. I’ll have to watch some recent live stuff with John. Ultimately I just miss the funk and the rock - the energy that they used to have. But they gave us some great records back in the day, and I guess they’ve earned the right to do what they want.
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I haven't posted here for years, but seeing the new Chili Peppers video for some reason made me come here and see what people thought. I was a massive Chilis fan in the 90s, and Blood Sugar and One Hot Minute are both really good records. More than a little problematic lyrically in places, but I can't imagine a better Frusciante record than Blood Sugar, and One Hot Minute was exactly what I needed from them at the time. I wish Navarro had been able to do more with them. BUT... funny you should mention lead singles @Kev - when Frusciante rejoined for Californication, the lead single was Scar Tissue, and I remember thinking "stinky poo, I hope the rest of the album isn't like this - where's the damn funk?!". But that was the beginning of the end for me. The album was a massive disappointment, with a few decent songs but terrible guitar tones throughout, and not enough of what I loved about them previously. And I've got to side with @steantval on this - Frusciante's lead playing seemed to go down the toilet during those heroin years in the 90s. And I just don't hear any progression since 1999. Up until then they'd kept developing and changing. But hey, the stuff I hate is what made them more popular than ever, so what do I know?
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Yep, it's truly terrible - but now I really want to know the number 1 worst website you've seen this year! I really don't need to put a graphite neck on any of my basses, but this thread has got me tempted...
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This one:
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When you say you float, do you mean you move your thumb around and rest it in different places, or do you mean you don't rest it anywhere and just kind of hover your whole hand?
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Good question - and I'd be interested to know how people manage to play without resting their thumb somewhere. If I want to play hard and really dig in, pushing my thumb onto the pickup provides the resistance I need against the motion of my fingers. Does that make sense?
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Ok, here's a technique question. For years, I've played basses with a P/J pickup configuration. My thumb rests on the P pickup, next to the bit that sticks out for the screw. It's a good solid corner to really dig into. I recently got a G&L L2000 Tribute, which I'm loving, apart from one thing - the pickups don't have that bit for the screw on the part of the pickup where I would rest my thumb. Same problem I found when I owned a Jazz for a few months. So my thumb keeps slipping off the pickup! So my question is: Where do you put your thumb, and how do you stop if from falling off the pickup? Am I putting too much pressure on my thumb, i.e. pushing it onto the pickup too hard? And if so, how do you really dig in and play hard without leaning hard on your thumb? [Edit: just realised I should've posted this in the Technique section... mods, please feel free to move it]
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I had a plan. But I think I've realised it's silly. I am definitely rehousing the FI in a compact enclosure. That's a no-brainer for saving space on my board. Then I was going to leave the FI activated, and use a line selector pedal to route signal through the FI when I wanted the effect, because I don't want to accidentlaly step on the rotary encoder. Plus I was going to make a homemade Arduino box with program down and program up footswitches (MIDI CC 67 and 88). BUT it's just occurred to me that I could get rid of the line selector, and instead put an extra footswitch on my homemade unit to switch the FI on and off (MIDI CC 69). Then I may as well add a 4th footswitch in case I want to make it to do something else for a specific program. I know that @Quatschmacher will try again to persuade me to get a Morningstar MC6 but I think I'm happy with my plan for now. Can anybody see any flaws in this plan or does it make sense?
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Mine is usually not sideways - just need to dig out some different length patch leads to make it work. It's either that, or design a replacement top graphic so it looks like it's meant to be that way round! I know, I know... But I just don't need that kind of functionality. It would be fun but completely unnecessary!
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Here we go then. This is not the final board (is it ever?) but for now I've got: Compressor > COG 66 > LS-2 (loop goes through the Future Impact) > Zoom (only used for the A-Filter effect) > Chorus > TU-3 > VT Bass DI. I've got the LS-2 so that I don't squish the Future Impact's rotary encoder. Eventually I'll rehouse the FI in a Future Compact enclosure, and also add a homemade patch up/down MIDI footswitch so the FI can just stay out of the way of my clumsy feet. Also I'll put the COG after it - it's only where it is because of the cable lengths I currently have to hand. One day I'll replace the Zoom with a dedicated filter, but it actually sounds way better than I thought it would. Not sure what to replace it with... Spectrum maybe?
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Ha ha, yes, true... Thanks, I think so too! But again, this is my only "natural" bass. A lot of them look too "Luther Vandross" for me, but these G&L basses look like they mean business! That's what every musician says about their most recent album though isn't it! I've only tried it on headphones so far, but that combination sounds best to me too. Will be interested to hear how other settings come across in a band setting...
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The recent post about the cheap orange L2000 Tributes at Andertons got me thinking, but even with the discount I couldn't justify getting one, plus I wasn't keen on the colour. So when I saw this one second hand I couldn't resist! This is my first non-Fender for over 20 years - it's also my only current bass with a chunky neck (I have 2 bitsas with Geddy Lee necks, and a Reggie Hamilton Jazz) so it might take a bit of getting used to. But the first 30 minutes I've spent with it have been very enjoyable. I'm a happy boy 🙂
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Lots of improvements, and that new skin is a VAST improvement! Excellent stuff.
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What you're assuming here is that the keyboard has a MIDI INPUT, and can then merge the input signal with its own MIDI information and send it all to the computer via USB. It's more likely that if the keyboard has any MIDI ports at all, it will be a single output. I would suggest 2 simple solutions: 1. Get a MIDI Mouse (there's one on eBay at the moment with a £50 starting bid) and a basic 1 in, 1 out MIDI interface for the computer. Assign a different program change number to each patch in MainStage and you're good to go. 2. If the keyboard has any buttons on it which send CC messages, you can get MainStage to respond to 2 of these as Next/Previous patch commands. It requires a small amount of setting up but it's not too tricky. Then you can drag your patches into the required order in MainStage and that's pretty much it. No extra purchasing necessary.
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That's good to know, but yes, it would make sense of they WERE accessible on a per-patch basis somehow. Ideally as part of the preset and programmable from the editor, but CCs would at least open that option up to those of you with fancy MIDI controllers 😉
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Sorry, life is hectic and I'm not getting much of a chance to even think about replying! Would it be worth replacing the 2 filter levels with a single level, and then being able to choose a lin or log curve on the flexi output? I'm sure I'll get used to everything, but like I said, I've only really dipped a toe in so far. I'll hopefully have some time in January to properly explore it. I've used a lot of synths over the years, starting with Roland digital stuff in the 90s, up to soft synths like Massive, Pigments, Aalto, Bazille etc etc, and relatively standard analog synths like the Moog Voyager. And one of my jobs is programming keyboard sounds and backing tracks for touring artists. So it does surprise me when I can't just instinctively find my way around a new synth. If I think of anything that might make the whole thing more accessible or intuitive, I'll let you know, if you're interested of course!
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I've programmed a few sounds - the editor/architecture is pretty odd compared to most synths that I've used (log and lin levels for the filter output for example, and both must be above 0 to hear anything). It would be much more user friendly if the layout and architecture was a little more intuitive. Having said that, there's obviously a good variety of sounds that an be created, so I'm sticking with it. One question: the note on and note off level settings are only accessible on the pedal itself, right? And they're global, which seems a bit limiting considering the quick start manual mentions that higher note off level settings are better for staccato lines. What if I have a patch for staccato lines and another patch for long sustained notes?
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All good - that free AppCleaner thing did the trick. It would be really helpful if the Panda website could include details of what needs to be deleted to eradicate the previous version (location of files in the user Application Support folder for example) because this would negate the need to download AppCleaner. Anyway, it all seems to be working - I haven't had a proper chance to get to grips with the editor but will do asap.
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Thanks @stoo, that’s all really helpful info. I think I need to come to terms with the fact that I need to do some soldering! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it's much appreciated.
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Hey @stoo, and everyone else, this is all really interesting stuff. I've been thinking about building a very simple program change up and down box and Arduino seems to be the way to go. The only problem is that I have very little experience with the relevant skills I'll need. I'm confident that I'll be able to get my head around the programming, but I'm absolutely horrible at soldering. So, do you think it's possible to build a 2-footswitch controller, to send program change messages (hold current program number in a variable and use one switch to decrease that variable by one and send it as a program change value, and the other switch to increase it), without doing any soldering? And is it possible to power an Arduino circuit from a standard pedalboard power supply rather than USB? My other option of course is to buy something like the Tech 21 Midi Mouse, but I really don't need a display on it as I'll be using it to control a Future Impact which has its own display on it, and it seems silly spending a lot of money on something that I think might be possible to build myself. Any thoughts gratefully received!
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Will do - my pedal arrived yesterday but sadly I won't get a chance to do anything with it until Monday at the earliest. I'll have a crack at sorting out the software then.
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Hmmm, I've fallen at the first hurdle... Just installed the v3.0.0 editor on my Mac (running Sierra 10.12.5) and it's just refusing to open - every time it starts opening, it quits unexpectedly. Any ideas before I spend time delving into it?
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Oh, I have no doubt that I'd lose many hours of my life in a very enjoyable way if I were to delve deeper. I've built several MIDI/playback rigs for touring artists and if only I had the time and the musical outlet to be able to build an amazing system for myself, I would do it! Right now I need to keep things simple - the FI will simply be so that I can play synth bass lines in my function band so I really don't want to let myself go down any rabbit holes, fun though they may be!
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Ah ok, I didn’t realise there were 2 modes before. Definitely a good idea to change the default to how it is now. Based on your answer to Higgie, I believe it’ll be possible to do what I’m suggesting (use external midi controller for patch up and patch down) but not till 3.01, right? Presumably right now I’d need the external controller to be intelligent (i.e. send out program change numbers rather than single CC messages for the FI to interpret) The MC6 does look cool but it’s way overspecced for what I need to achieve. I just want to find the easiest way to navigate between patches and activate the pedal without stepping on the pedal itself.
