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Title: Recording of my alembic
Post by: hieronymous on August 13, 2006, 09:15:33 AM

I wanted to share a tune I recorded recently. I originally posted it  here in the Spoiler showcase (http://alembic.com/club/messages/411/30494.html?1155171284 target=_blank), where it seems to have become lost. You can see pictures of the bass over there.
 
The tune is called  circumambulate (http://hieronymous.us/music/circumambulate.mp3 target=_blank). The drums are by Greg DeGuglielmo, and come from a completely different improvised piece of music. I overdubbed the bass bass part with my '76 Rickenbacker 4001 (through an F-2B), and then overdubbed the other parts with my '85 Exploiter through a Roland RE-201 Space Echo.  
 
The Alembic parts are all with the Q switch engaged, and I had fun playing with the low-pass filter at different settings. This is the first time in a long time that I've recorded with the Alembic.  
 
I forgot to point out in the other thread that the Alembic is tuned to 5ths - CGDA.

Title: Recording of my alembic
Post by: FC Bass on August 13, 2006, 10:56:12 AM

You can also bump the  
Member CD Releases (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=19972) thread

Title: Recording of my alembic
Post by: pauldo on August 13, 2006, 07:32:45 PM

that was a nice stroll around the studio ;-)
 
Great Recording!

Title: Recording of my alembic
Post by: keurosix on August 17, 2006, 08:07:02 PM

Harry,
That's really nice. I am inspired by it. It really ebbs and flows, really wonderful.
Kris

Title: Recording of my alembic
Post by: hieronymous on August 18, 2006, 09:24:47 AM

Thanks pauldo & keurosix for the kind comments!
 
I just wanted to give props to my friend Greg DeGuglielmo who plays drums on the track. Believe it or not, the original drum track was for a piece that wasn't in 6/8, but swing 4/4! I lifted it out of the original track and recorded the new bass part. But now I'm beginning to wonder if maybe he was playing in 6/8 on the original track, even though I was playing in 4/4?!!! (Here's the original:  afternoon stroll (http://hieronymous.us/music/afternoon_stroll.mp3 target=_blank) - played on a Fender Japan Jaguar Bottom Master 6-string bass.) Nah, it sounds pretty natural in 4/4 too...

Title: Recording of my alembic
Post by: tbrannon on August 18, 2006, 02:15:21 PM

That was really nice.  My wife actually picked her head up from her work and said, What's that?  It's nice!
 
Good stuff.

Title: Recording of my alembic
Post by: pauldo on August 18, 2006, 03:52:56 PM

That was VERY nice!
 
What did you use for your grizzly tone?

Title: Recording of my alembic
Post by: hieronymous on August 19, 2006, 09:19:42 AM

Thanks tbrannon!
 
RE: What did you use for your grizzly tone?
 
If you mean on afternoon stroll, it's a Budda Phat Bass distortion through an Electro Harmonix Small Stone phaser. Actually, there are two tracks of bass - one effected and the other clean.
 
Maybe I should point out too that the bass and drums were recorded to 2 tape, then recorded into ProTools.