Jojo Mayer & Nerve - Bass effects?

[EskimoBassist]

Hey.

Recently I've really started to get into DnB and just general electronica and simply I would love to emulate the classic sounds that live bassists use in this style.

Here's a fantastic example, Jojo Mayer & Nerve:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvUbl0fWqzU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvUbl0fWqzU[/url]

What is the effect that Nerve is using throughout? He's using an expression pedal as well to control the rate of something? I've got a great feeling, that with an expression pedal, I can get similar sounds to these from my G5. Yes? No? Maybe?!

Here's another great video, taken from Bass Day UK 2007, Bond's Modulation Video.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvF736L9rbo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvF736L9rbo[/url]

Now if anyone would love to give me a run through the different effects that he use through the video and HOW he uses them, that would be fantastic. I'm particularly interested in that sound around 3:00.

Here's a photo of his board for reference:



Thanks for everyone's help as usual!!!

Rich

[dudewheresmybass]

i believe he posts on tb.
might be worth asking him directly

[thisnameistaken]

He's posted his board on TB before. His main pedals are a Boss OC-2, Woolly Mammoth and a Moog MF-101 (where he uses an expression pedal on the filter cut-off control) probably in that order. He also uses various weirder fuzzy-noise-producing pedals - a Bugcrusher, CoPilot Orbit, ... er... I forget. Other stuff. There used to be a Bassballs and an old DOD Phasor and a DL-4 in there somewhere too.

[tayste_2000]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='564944' date='Aug 10 2009, 01:36 PM']He's posted his board on TB before. His main pedals are a Boss OC-2, Woolly Mammoth and a Moog MF-101 (where he uses an expression pedal on the filter cut-off control) probably in that order. He also uses various weirder fuzzy-noise-producing pedals - a Bugcrusher, CoPilot Orbit, ... er... I forget. Other stuff. There used to be a Bassballs and an old DOD Phasor and a DL-4 in there somewhere too.[/quote]

He also has a Subdecay Noisebox on there as well

[steve-soar]

[quote name='EskimoBassist' post='564849' date='Aug 10 2009, 12:11 PM']Hey.

Recently I've really started to get into DnB and just general electronica and simply I would love to emulate the classic sounds that live bassists use in this style.

Here's a fantastic example, Jojo Mayer & Nerve:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvUbl0fWqzU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvUbl0fWqzU[/url]

What is the effect that Nerve is using throughout? He's using an expression pedal as well to control the rate of something? I've got a great feeling, that with an expression pedal, I can get similar sounds to these from my G5. Yes? No? Maybe?!

Here's another great video, taken from Bass Day UK 2007, Bond's Modulation Video.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvF736L9rbo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvF736L9rbo[/url]

Now if anyone would love to give me a run through the different effects that he use through the video and HOW he uses them, that would be fantastic. I'm particularly interested in that sound around 3:00.

Here's a photo of his board for reference:



Thanks for everyone's help as usual!!!

Rich[/quote]Gothic Futurism at its best, sept for Squarepusher.

[bozzbass]

the stuff on the jojo mayer clip sounds a lot like an EHX Bass Micro Synth

the bond stuff sounded great. judging by where his left hand is all the way through the clip he is using an octaver with the straight signal blended out. If you do this and then play high up you get a solid and even monophonic synth style bass sound. I do this a lot with an EHX octave multiplexer, it doesn't track quite as well as an EBS but it sounds way deeper and phatter. If you then run this into some fuzz - which i'm guessing he gets from the sansamp and the BMS - and then into some sweeping filter - he's got the moogerfoogers i'm guessing with an expression pedal on the cutoff sweep- you are good to go.

the main thing is switch the ocatver only signal in and then play high up on the neck. You could even do this and feed it into your G5, I'm sure it would sound great. I got this from some video on bassplayer.tv by justin meldal johnson where says he does whole hiphop albums with this setup and about 4 notes .

i've never heard of bond, good stuff though. hope the above helps in your quest for dubstep heaven.

Edited August 11, 2009 by bozzbass

[bozzbass]

almost forget, try and use a fuzz with a blend control so you keep some clean, octave down signal if that makes sense. I think the G5 does have a blend on it. It's important cos a lot fuzz circuits have a high pass filter that will rob you of that deep sound out of the octaver.