I was just wondering what other people’s approach is to improvising with the Little Phatty in a band practice setting. I have issues finding the perfect sound at first and sometimes it’s hard to program patches with the whole band going. I’m up against Drums, one LOUD guitar(sometimes two), bass, and vocals. It’s mostly hard rock music. I usually come with pre-programmed patches and tweak a little bit on the fly. I try not to do anything fancy, but I kinda go with the rhythm and (root) bass notes until songs really come together(many practices later) and try to pick up on a melody.
What do you guys tend to do in this situation? I would like to try a different way for a change and prevent music from sounding similar to our other tunes and use a different approach. Thanks for the help.
ROFL, that’s what I did as well
But yes, if you are a keyboarder and have trouble with other people being too loud, one of you must go.
Jokes aside: http://jamhub.com/what/greenroom.html
Get a mixer like this one and headphones, so everyone can have his/her own mix.
Best thing would be to program a few sounds in advance (at home) and see where they fit later.
Write your own song parts and present them to the band (a simple mulititrack home recorder should do the trick,
maybe steal a distortion pedal or two from your guitar player )
when jamming, Record everything, take notes, analyze later.
Good luck and take care
Agreed. Generally, when we are writing music, we tend to get the guitars/bass & drums down to a coherent song structure before fully exploring the addition of synths. maybe get one of those little handheld recorders and come up with the parts in the comfort of your quite home. Generally, I start with the “Calibration” and go from there. Also, if there are specific parameters you want to tweak while playing, such as the cutoff or overload, be sure to select that parameter then save the preset, so next time you call it up, that specific parameter is ready to go.
Record your sessions and as you play the phatty (with the closest sound you like selected) and leave a gap in your playing during each song so that when you get on your own you can work out the perfect sound with your recorded session (hearing it best during the gaps you left during the recording) so you can play the perfected sounds during your next session. OR…You could ask the band to run through the songs without your part - record it and work with your sounds later in private with the recordings.
