Spoombung Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Impressive http://youtu.be/gDVEP4kX-Bs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoombung Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Hmm interesting designs from this company including this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Any more information? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 That's been around a while now. There are other videos of it that sound a whole lot better. They don't detail prices on the web site which is annoying. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Convolution-Instruments/149260701807548 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Synthetic strings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wty6jkbteVg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhncEjUrBFw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Do their other basses know any different tunes, or does it just come with the one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebass66 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 That's kinda cool, but I don't think it sounds especially like an upright, I know that if my upright sounded like that I'd be swiftly changing the EQ on the ol' fishman! Just doesn't have any depth to the sound... Just IMO of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I'm not really convinced by that as a "double bass" sound. Yes, it has a touch of acoustic sounding woodiness to the attack, but it doesn't get close to the complexity and growl of a good double bass IMO. It somehow ends up being whinier yet plunkier (at the same time!) than I would look for on double bass. It's still an interesting instrument that the right musician could do something good with though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I like the way you can nail it....the bottom horn I mean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I prefer my Stagg thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 You just can't beat the sound that the longer scale gives. It's why I've abandoned fretless... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I emailed Convolution Basses for more info. Their instruments are mainly built to order and cost from 1,100 Euros up. The bass uses the principle of 'convolution' and recorded 'impulse responses' from a real double bass. This impulse response is then applied to the natural sound coming from the piezo bass to create the sound that you hear. The processing is done externally to the bass using a laptop and software. This extract from the wikipedia entry on convolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convolution) says it better: "In electronic music convolution is the imposition of a spectral or rhythmic structure on a sound. Often this envelope or structure is taken from another sound. The convolution of two signals is the filtering of one through the other." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoombung Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 I didn't realise there was so much involved in achieving that sound. Quite surprised. I agree with others that its more a of a hybrid sound - but a good one at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 It can maybe be looked at as another different instrument rather than a replacement for a double bass. Nothing will ever replace that. Even an acoustic bass guitar will never sound like a double bass. You could never make a trumpet sound like a tuba. In the right hands this could sound great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I asked them a couple more questions, replies below: Q. Does the piezo bridge produce an audio signal that can be amplified and used like a regular piezo bass? I realise that the convolution process is what makes it sound like a double bass but I wondered whether it also had a natural sound of its own (ie. without having to go through the external software). [b]A. The bass can be amplified like a normal piezobass. But you need phantom power to do so. A mixing table usually has that option. But you need the ASIO card with laptop and software to get the double bass sound like the sample. The bass itself has a very lownoise preamp. And you can mix the fingerboard sound with the piezo bridge sound. The fingerboard has a piezo too. Important for doublebass sounds. That's why the fingerboard is longer then usual on our bass. The bass has 2 volume potmeters. 1 for the bridge, one for the fingerboard.[/b] Q. Is all of the convolution signal processing done externally or are there also onboard electronics? [b]A. All signal processing is done external.[/b] Q. Does it use regular bass strings? [b]A. Flatwound strings or rope cords can be delivered. The rope cords are real double bass strings. When roundwounds are used you'll get a sound not like a double bass.[/b] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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