Re: Radiohead Live Loopin' on Double Bass

[Todd Matthews <gtmatthews@gmail.com>]

On Feb 7, 2011, at 4:53 PM, William Walker wrote:

> Nice work Todd, lovely tone and technique,  nice to see someone using a 
>soft step. what is your mic? I have been borrowing a DPA4099G to use on 
>my weissenborn and acoustic guitar, but to really get the most out of it  
>I will need to move to in-ear monitors  and a soft step. The DPA mic is 
>amazing and they make them for both string and brass instruments, its a 
>miniature shot gun mic that has great feedback rejection and much better 
>ambient noise rejection than typical miniature condensor mics.
> Bill
> 


Thanks Bill! I really loved your last few video. I've been reading the 
Mobius manual since I saw your last video trying to figure out how I could 
make pulsing rhythms like that out of some string chords I layer up.

I actually usually use the 4099! For this radiohead one I'm using an RE20, 
which I usually use for recording, and I did it as an experiment. It 
sounds nicer for pizz but I think I like the 4099 much better overall. The 
softstep is great because the light bulb went off for this last video that 
can loop with only mics if I'm just doing a video recording with only the 
softstep(without any clicking stompboxes). Sounds soooo much nicer than 
bowing a bass with a pickup. Usually I just loop with my pickup and kick 
in the 4099 when I play over top of the loops. Depending or not if I use 
any stompboxes on the next video I'm gonna try blending both mics. 

Todd Matthews