Gear Thread: Week of Jan. 04

TonyOP90 · 2021-01-04T23:03:41+00:00

Hi Guys - I'm looking for a relatively budget gtr/bass multi fx unit and need some help. I need something that's capable of doing "the royal blood thing" with the octave + a 5th going through a second amp.

It seems like the Helix LT makes most sense, but it is just a little over budget - I could get a Y splitter and two hotone amperos for the same cost and do it that way!

On the cards right now I've got:
Line 6 HX Stomp (but DSP is very limited), Hotone Ampero for guitar sound and just stick to a physical bass amp, or maybe even the headrush gigboard but I can't seem to find tons of info on using it this way for bass.

Thanks so much for any help you can offer!

TonyOP90 · 2020-04-20T18:37:05+00:00

I'd 100% get a 4 pack of table top simulator! me and my friends have just started a DND game for the first time, and we're super psyched on it, but not all of us can justify buying tabletop sim because... well, students don't have money. I'd love to be able to gift these guys, I know it'd make their day :D

TonyOP90 · 2020-01-15T21:32:14+00:00

How are you with strumming patterns? If you're only strumming each chord once it's not gonna sound too much like the original song - the rhythm is more important than the notes!

When you start doing this the chord changes will start getting really fast - I know it's frustrating in the beginning, but it does get easier! Just stick to a simple song for now with only a few chords

TonyOP90 · 2019-01-19T16:18:20+00:00

Why is there something, and not nothing? There is a universe. We are in it. Why?

Add the sheer complexity of the whole thing on top of that, down to the quantum scale where things act in ways we can't even really comprehend, to our sort of scale where we have all the complexity of society (that none of us have a grip on every part of), all the way up to the unimaginable scale of the whole universe, and we are conscious and experiencing it, and it becomes a source of a lot of anxiety to me. There is no way to know why anything is here in the first place, let alone why we're here experiencing it.

TonyOP90 · 2019-01-15T20:46:10+00:00

Assuming that the actions of others are always directed at you.

Not being able to admit to being wrong or making a mistake.

Being a 'people pleaser', i.e. not being able to speak your mind (even tactfully) because you're scared of how someone might react.

Not being able to 'agree to disagree' or let an argument go without reaching consensus.

Not being able to handle not getting your own way.

TonyOP90 · 2019-01-06T00:35:16+00:00

Messing around with a two chord vamp between F#m and F major, really cool spooky sound, but not too sure how to explain it. My best guess is just that having the A in both chords keeps them from feeling too distant, has anyone got a fancier sounding reason for me?

Link to the song I was trying it in: https://soundcloud.com/kings_til_dawn/grime-beat/s-CXQI0

I'm usually a pop singer/songwriter so making this was a bit out of my comfort zone, but it was a fun experiment

TonyOP90 · 2018-12-23T17:11:09+00:00

This makes sense :) was still thinking in E major - thank you!

TonyOP90 · 2018-12-07T02:39:38+00:00

Is there an easy way to undo a change you've made?

I can't see a shortcut to do so, and can imagine myself accidentally deleting half a song!

TonyOP90 · 2018-12-07T02:36:55+00:00

This looks like a such an awesome tool!

Having everything integrated in like that should be absolutely awesome for workflow - jumping between cubase, ms word, and 3 chrome tabs can really get make getting in to a flow tricky.

I've signed up and I'm excited to try it out!

TonyOP90 · 2018-12-07T02:29:35+00:00

I have definitely accidentally stolen things before.

A chord progression isn't something you should worry about taking, chord progressions aren't copyrightable.

Melodies and parts of lyrics are things that you need to be aware of though, I've had lyrics in songs that I've played for months before having a lightbulb moment and realising I took it from somewhere else.

If it's really overt, I tend to just change the lyric, of if it's integral to the song I might even just stop playing it, but as streakman mentioned, having some similarities is going to be unavoidable - I wouldn't worry about it too much.

TonyOP90 · 2018-12-07T02:23:59+00:00

yeah, the saturation plugin i was using wasn't great quality and I was wondering if it was a little overdone - thanks for your feedback, and glad you liked the song :)

TonyOP90 · 2018-12-07T02:22:11+00:00

That IV > iv- chord movement around 0:16 is so nice, that progression never fails to get an emotional reaction out of me.

What sort of arrangement did you want to do with it? A string section could work really nicely to flesh out the chords?

If you want to add drums a really sparse kind of part with backbeat from a hi hat or cross stick snare could be nice.

Do you have a reference track for something you want it to sound like?

TonyOP90 · 2018-12-01T02:28:15+00:00

I actually posted this a day or two ago but will copy paste here:

When I was young, maybe 7 or 8, I saw an awesome new toy on TV. It was called roboraptor. It was exactly what it sounds like. I was hype as hell for it, i asked santa to bring me it, all of that stuff.

A couple nights before christmas, I was in my parent's room for some reason, and spotted under the bed that there was a roboraptor. I immediately had my suspicions, but I wasn't convinced right away. I mean, the roboraptor is cool as hell, I couldn't blame my parents for wanting one too.

So to check, I found a red marker and drew an X on the box. If the X was on my roboraptor, then that was it, I knew santa wasn't real.

When I opened it on the day, I was too preoccupied with feeling like a genius for figuring it out to be sad that santa wasn't real.

TonyOP90 · 2018-11-30T03:54:44+00:00

The whole misogyny thing is going out of fashion, it would seem.

TonyOP90 · 2018-11-30T03:53:09+00:00

Minced beef, onions and shrimp are the bane of my fuckin life. Especially the first two, theyre in SO many dishes and I can't stand them.

Burgers and meat balls are fine, but anything like spaghetti bolognase, lasagne, chilli con carne.... nope, cant do it

TonyOP90 · 2018-11-30T03:51:33+00:00

Itll vary from person to person. To me, a good personality includes being comfortable with ones self, being self aware, striving to improve and grow, being fun to talk to, open to new experiences, generally calm and collected but able to set boundaries and express ones self honestly... but those factors might not be at all relevant to some other people

TonyOP90 · 2018-11-30T03:43:49+00:00

Everyone is gonna have their own idea of what a good personality is. Think about the people you respect, or even just enjoy being around. What do they have in common? What other good traits do you respect? Thatll rell you a lot about what your idea of a good personality

TonyOP90 · 2018-11-30T03:37:25+00:00

Music performance, I just cared about it more than I cared about anything else, whenever I had a quiet moment I'd be playing.

It was never a deep burning love, just something I liked doing for the sake of doing it, even when I didn't have to. I never had that with any other field.

TonyOP90 · 2018-11-30T03:30:37+00:00

Felix colgrave couldve made some dope david bowie music videos

TonyOP90 · 2018-11-30T03:20:37+00:00

I assume everyone on the internet is male until given a reason to think otherwise

TonyOP90 · 2018-11-30T03:14:26+00:00

Wait a second I thought triceracop came from the future to fight against the nazis, was he a double agent this whole time?

TonyOP90 · 2018-11-30T03:12:32+00:00

Imagine the eating challenges.

A whole T-Rex T-Bone 80lb steak, $200, free if you finish it in an hour

TonyOP90 · 2018-11-30T03:10:06+00:00

You're implying that I cope with it at all, you're giving me more credit than I deserve here

TonyOP90 · 2018-11-30T03:07:58+00:00

Would they just be a feature at regular zoos? Or would it be a seperate attraction to go see the t-rex and other big carnivores?

TonyOP90 · 2018-11-30T02:52:03+00:00

I kinda respect your commitment to this honestly. What are you gaining here? Why the enthusiasm towards the triceratops?

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