derf beerson (notmusic@hotmail.com)
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 15:16:30 GMT
dear list: I hear the reggae guy use casio (pro model not radio shack)
which one
>From: Elson Trinidad <elson@westworld.com>
>To: Dheeraj Chand <upsettah@hotmail.com>, acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
>Subject: Re: Dancehall reggae.
>Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 23:28:07 -0700
>
>At 11:08 PM 6/20/99 -0700, Dheeraj Chand wrote:
> >Hey...
> >
> >To all musicians (from now on please note that I include dj's in this
>term,
> >otherwise I would specify them as "instrumentalists") who are on the
>list:
> >
> >What are some of the production techniques used to get that
> >PHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT bass guitar sound on Beenie Man albums? Or any
> >dub-influenced reggae albums for that matter? Effects pedals are used, I
> >know, but what kind and in what configuration?
>
>Most bass in dub is created by synths. You can recreate it on bass guitar
>--
>play at the bottom of the neck rather than over the pickups, roll off all
>high and midrange, boost up the bottom and add a heck of a lot of
>compression.
>
>E
>
>- 30 -
>
>:. elson trinidad, los angeles, california, usa
>:. elson@westworld.com
>:. www.westworld.com/~elson
>
>"funny how frustration breeds desire" - meja
>
>
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