[LAU] Piano and bass

[david]

Rob wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 December 2007 18:40, Matthias Schönborn wrote:
>> Am Dienstag 04 Dezember 2007 21:15:43 schrieb Miguel M:
>>> Hmm, if you want a realistic sounding bass I would suggest
>>> plugging in your guitar to jack-rack (or some similar effects
>>> program) and use a pitch shifter to shift the pitch down by 50%.
>> I did that - kids, don't try this at home!
>> (Sounds like everything except a bass ;-) )
> 
> It can be a pretty cool effect though (same for double speed bass as a 
> lead or rhythm instrument.)  Guess I've listened to too much Mike 
> Oldfield to be offended by that sort of thing ;)

Emerson, Lake and Palmer used to use it live, when Greg Lake needed to 
play guitar and bass in the same song. I think they used an analog 
frequency divider.

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