Reflection - Solo Fretless Bass

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Here's one I wrapped up recently, or at least it is as close to finished as I am likely to get it right now. It is a solo fretless bass composition, so yeah...not the type of thing that would attract much of an audience. I enjoyed working on it though and I hadn't tried writing anything like this in an eternity, especially on a fretless. Felt pretty good to just focus on bass playing again.

I lack the time to practice enough to play this without any mistakes...so I recorded it in pieces, and still made some mistakes. One day maybe I'll go back and redo this in a single take.

https://soundcloud.com/ugo-audio/reflection

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Well done Ugo.
The title lives up to its name.
Sounds very good.

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Beautiful - almost a meditative piece Ugo :)

Like you I used to play bass a lot but not so much
the last couple of years.
So I know the fretless can be difficult to tame
when it isn't played on a regularly basis.

Those mistakes you speak of are only little imperfections
which to my ears makes it all more human and worth listening
to.

Cheers :tu:
Sound C loud
Band C amp
Clicks and pops is all I get

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Nice track. I love this kind of thing. This is great music to help empty my head before (and probably during my next mix). It has such a warm and relaxing sound. I love the growl you're getting on the low notes. Much enjoyed here.

Good work :)

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Thanks guys! :)

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Nice work, ugo! I'm also a fellow bassist, although I sold my fretless earlier this year. :(

I like the tone of your bass. I'd love to know what gear/processing you used. Thanks!
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Sounds fine to me exactly as it is. Something different to chill out to.

P.S.
Sometimes what we think are mistakes, our listeners regard as 'character' :)
It wasn't me! (well, actually, it probably was) - apparently now an 'elderly' so maybe I forgot!

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lovely track

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Relaxing tune.

Nice harmonics technique! :tu:

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Thanks everyone! :)

Cryophonik....here's the gear list for this track:

Pedulla Pentabuzz:
- Neck pickup (P) only
- Low mid boost switch on
- Bass with a 50% boost
- Treble with a 75% boost

The bass ran into an A-Designs REDDI, then into an NI Komplete Audio 6, and into Live.

Within Live, the signal first went into two chain rack:

Chain 1:
- Slate Virtual Channel
- DMG EQality

Chain 2:
- Recabinet (for a bit more body)

The output from the rack then was fed into the following, all in series.

- PSP Vintage Warmer
- Slate Virtual Mixbus
- Nomad Echoes (x2, each with different modes)
- CamelSpace (more delay)
- SoundToys Crystallizer (reverse delay)
- Guitar Rig (Stereo Tune and Reflektor)
- Blue Cat MB-5
- Ozone 4 (more reverb and harmonic exciter)
- EQuality (another tweak)
- Slate Virtual Tape Machine
- Elysia Alpha Master (for a bit of extra shine)

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