Recommended box for Bass duties in a live band

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I’m currently deciding on an elektron box for Bass guitar duties in a live band. It will be synced to a live drummer via midi and I will rely heavily on song mode.

I’ve owned Syntakt, Digitone, Digitakt, AR, A4. I currently own zero.

Looking at Bass, Syntakt is great for that. Bonus of having the fix block to mangle the love guitar a little bit.

DN - good bass
DT - good bass?
Tonverk - nice multi-sampled bass??

Thanks!

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A dedicated Bass Synth would be my choice. Like the Moogs (Minitaur, Messenger, …).

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A 303 of course!

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Hm. Keeping in mind that I’m choosing an Elektron product, I don’t think those options are right for me.

I was also considering an Analog Keys for it’s beefier bass

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WTF, your Avatar @cbdocb !

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I have created bass sounds I like from the single cycle wave forms on the DTII.

I imagine the DNII would have better options but I am not familiar enough with the device yet to say.

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Interesting concept! But where do you plug the cable in?…

Back on topic I don’t think you can go far wrong with an OG DN. not too pricey at the moment either (pre owned obv)

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Tony Levin(famous bassist). came up with the concept. He used it to sync his bass to Midi drums in groups/artists like Peter Gabriel. He talks to Rick Beato about it.

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I think the joke was lost in translation… was just picturing a drummer with in, out and thru ports

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I wanted to make a joke about why did the guy need to be fat to be the band’s bassist :woozy_face:

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I am primarily a bass player and the Analog Keys is a pretty good substitute. The preset Just Bass on the AK is a good starting place.

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The drummer will have mics in the kick and snare. That audio goes into CLOCKstep:MULTI and this sends midi clock to the synth/groovebox. It wasn’t feasible before the recent fw update for CLOCKstep:MULTI

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Love that preset tbh. I am thinking I will start with a Syntakt, and add an Analog Keys down the road.

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…grab the syntakt again…at least if u don’t need any real e bass and accustic bass sound sample stuff…

while i’m not convinced, that ur plan, the drummer will trigger it, will work…
since one and half decades, all live drummers might start such stuff, yes, but then play along to some halfplayback or classic clicktrack…

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Check out the video on the clockstep’s new feature.

I totally know where you’re coming from and I have struggled over this setup all year.

I gave up completely until this latest update. I’ve done some additional testing and it holds up pretty damn well.

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Syntakt is a good shout for nice bass tones.

I’d really look at preprogramming it and having the drummer play in time to the synth, rather than the other way around though. That’s got New Order on Top of the Pops written all over it.

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Syntakt it is!

I’m thinking we will do a bit of both for syncing the drummer. The clockstep will send out a click AND listen to the drummer’s timing, which helps keep it super tight but still allows for a push and pull of the tempo based on human interaction.

I’ll be sure to follow up with a video whether or not the project works out.

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Very interesting!

Please post your thoughts when you’ve used it for a while!

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