mbv - orange squash mix bass

[Talos]

Although it is hard to tell because the bitrate is very low.
To me it doesn't sound like a Bass guitar (if it is, it's sampled) I think it's an analogue synth, so it should be no problem recreating it.

The main ingredients are Pitch bend, Unison & Distortion, pitch is probably achieved with an envelope although you could just use the pitch wheel and automate it.
There are similar presets in the TI that you could tweak to get this sound.
I don't think you will get this exact sound with the onboard distortion, try a real analogue distortion or a good emulation.

iand: FYI, Lush were an early to mid 90's band, and crappy is a subjective term. Although I'm not a fan, untalented Chesney Hawkes types they were not.

[solconnection]

Originally Posted by Talos

Although it is hard to tell because the bitrate is very low.
To me it doesn't sound like a Bass guitar (if it is, it's sampled) I think it's an analogue synth, so it should be no problem recreating it.

The main ingredients are Pitch bend, Unison & Distortion, pitch is probably achieved with an envelope although you could just use the pitch wheel and automate it.
There are similar presets in the TI that you could tweak to get this sound.
I don't think you will get this exact sound with the onboard distortion, try a real analogue distortion or a good emulation.

iand: FYI, Lush were an early to mid 90's band, and crappy is a subjective term. Although I'm not a fan, untalented Chesney Hawkes types they were not.

thanks mate, some helpful advice here, do you think the pitch mod is happening in all oscillators and what sort of values are we talking here, just a couple of semitones or a whole octave?. If you ever get the time and would be able to point me in the direction of a couple of these TI patches that would be great, if not, no prob im sure ill find a good starting point. Agree the TI's distortion could not do this, though i have lots of great distortions to play with.

I actually am not a big fan of the tune myself (though i think MBV are great) but the bass has always really grabbed me.

thanks again for the help, much appreciated
-Dan