Have A Nice Life tones?

[BoatRich]

Probably more suited to the recording section, but how would you go about getting that general feel? I'm hearing lots of distorted bass and overly compressed drums with tons of reverb. Not really sure what else I need?

[Olin]

Nice to see another fan on here. They're playing a bunch of shows soon so it should be good to find out if they're using any decent hardware. They were really into loads of layers more than individual tones I think, just piling them up until they distorted and overcompressed. Otherwise: garageband reverb used in excess.

Edit: I tried using a bunch of tones a bit like this on my last album to moderate success, a rat>big muff>any reverb was a big winner for me.

[BoatRich]

Rat-muff or elements-muff or OCD-muff definitely gets me really close. I'm gonna mess with GarageBand more for sure. Currently my rig is P-bass/lap steel/bass vi into an RV-3-OCD-small clone-elements-muff-BitQuest and then Microbrute into Wampler Faux Tape and a BitQuest. I'm trying to decide if I want to do drums in the box or use a drum machine, both options seem to work well but it's hard to get the feel of a live drummer so I may just mic a kit and run that through effects.

[Olin]

I play as a one man band (drummers are evil) and have had an okay amount of success with an MPC500. I do all the drums properly on PC or record them live then break them down into samples with midi info. Pretty good substitute for a real drummer without the dryness of an sr-16. I guess if it's convenient to mic a kit though, why not?

[BoatRich]

I play as a one man band (drummers are evil) and have had an okay amount of success with an MPC500. I do all the drums properly on PC or record them live then break them down into samples with midi info. Pretty good substitute for a real drummer without the dryness of an sr-16. I guess if it's convenient to mic a kit though, why not?

I've been thinking about an MPC really hard, but they're not quite as cheap as an SR-16 and I'm broke. I'm mostly doing this as a studio project, so I have a drummer who'd be down and is into using effects and shit on their kit it just involves another person I have to work out schedules with....

[Olin]

I got a 500 against the word of pretty much everyone who knows anything about the topic, and can see why a 1000 is better in every conceivable way, but the 500's can be picked up for cheap and are pretty useful. That sounds pretty cool though, is it going to be slow and sad? I've thought about putting together a HANL-in-a-box type pedal, which would be a flatline compressor, a rat, a muff and a belton based reverb, the temptation is resurfacing.

[Invisible Man]

drummers are evil

[Olin]

drummers are evil

Said purely out of bitterness at my inability to find a drummer I can work with. Me being a bossy cunt doesn't help.

[BoatRich]

I got a 500 against the word of pretty much everyone who knows anything about the topic, and can see why a 1000 is better in every conceivable way, but the 500's can be picked up for cheap and are pretty useful. That sounds pretty cool though, is it going to be slow and sad? I've thought about putting together a HANL-in-a-box type pedal, which would be a flatline compressor, a rat, a muff and a belton based reverb, the temptation is resurfacing.

If you don't have an RM-1n you should probably get one, it does this sort of thing in spades and I really need another.

I'm really stoked on working on this sort of stuff. What I've been doing is so much different so it's refreshing

[Olin]

Had one for a while now, favourite pedal of all time unsurprisingly; almost tempted to get a second to run synths through too.

Linkz when you record something.

[reckon luck]

I wish I still had the Deathconciousness LP, I'm pretty sure they listed their gear in the liner notes. I don't think they said anything about pedals, but I do remember them mentioning a DigiTech GNX 3 (maybe 4?) 'for recording via usb' or something like that. The GNX has built in rhythm patterns, but I couldn't tell you if they're the Deathconciousness drums. I've never touched a GNX and have no idea how they sound.

[Invisible Man]

drummers are evil

Said purely out of bitterness at my inability to find a drummer I can work with. Me being a bossy cunt doesn't help.

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[fcknoise]

Death consciousness is a great album. I don't love could probs be done with reverb>rat and a clean loud bass

[karmablock]

I wish I still had the Deathconciousness LP, I'm pretty sure they listed their gear in the liner notes. I don't think they said anything about pedals, but I do remember them mentioning a DigiTech GNX 3 (maybe 4?) 'for recording via usb' or something like that. The GNX has built in rhythm patterns, but I couldn't tell you if they're the Deathconciousness drums. I've never touched a GNX and have no idea how they sound.

I was listening to this yesterday because of this thread. I forgot that one side got ruined

[reckon luck]

^Awesome, I was right! It's worth noting that they seem to imply that the GNX was only used as a recording interface. Maybe they didn't use its effects or drum machine at all.