Imitating cello

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Imitating cello

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I was pursuing cello imitation with bass guitar for some time now and I want to share my best try:

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/saintshish/cello-bass[/soundcloud]

That's Copilot Android going into room reverb from Line6 M5. 100% wet reverb kills the attack of the bass signal and I like the result with M5 the most out of my reverbs (although RRR very cool too, but I like to have decay control; Blue Sky didn't work that well). Android set for "dying overdrive" setting and adds harmonic content. Also I'm playing on neck pick-up with highs rolled out on the bass pre-amp.

Now I really need to go through that "Bach for bass" book :)
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That's really cool, I was able to cop some cello with the EHX Microsynth... Do you have an Ebow or even a vol pedal??? My neighbor plays cello so I get to hear it all the time and really like the range and tone of a cellos... Keep it up... :thumb:
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Did not expect this to sound so good.
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Achtane wrote:Did not expect this to sound so good.


No kidding. I was expecting some very fake cello sound. That was pretty spot on.
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That was pretty good, Shish.

Apparently, this may work too:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAWwBEx3Qkc[/youtube]
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nice! I've used a slow gear in the past for a bowed strings sound. thats really finicky though and everything has to be just right. that was great!
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awesome! pretty excellent approximation.
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That's great man!
Some other options that I use to create a cello like sound are: Pigtronix Philosopher King or Electro Harmonix Superego on faster swell settings.

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holy shit, that was WELL DONE

you, sir, are doing your experiments right :)
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Wow, like everyone else I didn't expect it to sound that good!
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Good show.

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Wow that rules
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really, really nice. that's an approach to making that sound i wouldn't ever have come up with.
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Chankgeez wrote:That was pretty good, Shish.

Apparently, this may work too:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAWwBEx3Qkc[/youtube]


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Also, that shit in the OP sure sounds exactly like a cello. Well done, for real.
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Thank you all, guys. I'm glad you enjoyed it and I'm thinking of recording some more stuff for this thread.
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