Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:14 am
Valotonin wrote:Jonathan Doezesoph wrote:Hey,newb here
I'm calling bullshit on there being any "secret weapon".there is absolutely nothing in BoC's sonic repetoire that would suggest giant,expensive,analog poly.pretty much everything that could be attributed to a synth has sounded like a simple mono-synth to me, ala SH-101.even on Tomorrow's Harvest,a lot of the chords sound like overdubs of monosynths (palace posy,come to dust)
If there is a secret weapon,it's definitely not a synth.it is most likely a sampler or an obscure device for sound treatment.they play a far bigger role in the sonics of BoC than any synths do.
Then again,if i am being completely honest,there really is nothing obscure about what BoC does in production terms.it's just more about how they put it together
Cheap,grainy reverb (quadraverb,Midiverb most likely) ring modulation and frequency shifting (probably a synth with an audio input,i don't see them using moogerfoogers lol and they've been using frequency shifting and ring modulation since the old tunes days),tape treatments,vintage sampler abuse (this is basically 60% of their sound),reamping and "world-ising"
I'm not in anyway undermining what they do.just shedding some reality on the processes (there's nothing unusual about what they use)
Jesus, you came armed and ready didn't you? Happy first post and welcome, I guess. It is interesting you seem to be able to identify so much just from listening. How do you know that your ears don't deceive you ?
No hostility or anything, it's all love x
Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:43 am
Thu Jun 02, 2016 1:18 pm
Jonathan Doezesoph wrote:Ring and or Amplitude Modulation: Oirectine intro sound and throughout that,Olson main sound.Frequency shifting:anytime they do that "outisde of your head" stereo effect which is achieved by playing round with the phase of the left or right channel and a notable use,or rather a more direct use of it i,part of the voice treatments on Telepath. (would of added this to the other post,but it wouldn't let me edit the post again)
Fri Jun 03, 2016 9:54 am
Fri Jun 03, 2016 11:44 am
SonicDimension wrote:Jonathan, are you a musician? Your knowledge of production techniques is impressive. Based on everything I have read in the BoC interviews, your analysis sounds accurate. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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Peacock Tail wrote:Their secret weapon is ingested.
Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:22 am
Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:14 pm
kftkft wrote:How about this? https://soundcloud.com/kranky/justin-walter-its-not-what-you-think This guy is about to release an album basically dedicated to this rare synth called an EVI. http://www.synthmuseum.com/stp/stpevi01.html Very familiar sounds
Sat Feb 18, 2017 4:53 am
kftkft wrote:How about this? https://soundcloud.com/kranky/justin-walter-its-not-what-you-think This guy is about to release an album basically dedicated to this rare synth called an EVI. http://www.synthmuseum.com/stp/stpevi01.html Very familiar sounds
Sun Feb 19, 2017 6:10 am
Peacock Tail wrote:Their secret weapon is ingested.
Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:23 pm
Josh wrote:kftkft wrote:How about this? https://soundcloud.com/kranky/justin-walter-its-not-what-you-think This guy is about to release an album basically dedicated to this rare synth called an EVI. http://www.synthmuseum.com/stp/stpevi01.html Very familiar sounds
Here's a video https://youtu.be/o161ddNCiyg of him using the EVI, which is pretty fascinating to see and hear if you ignore the loop pedal and iPad.
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