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b0b


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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 19 Jul 2022 2:06 pm    
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I've been listening to a lot of ambient music lately, and it's almost all computer-generated synths. I wondered what that style would sound like on steel. Here's my attempt - 4 stereo D6th tracks through the pedalboard into a Zoom R8 recorder.

Ambient music doesn't usually change chords at all, so I didn't. It's just a big mess of notes from D major pentatonic scale: D E F# A B. What do you think?

https://soundhost.net/2022/07/indeed-ambient-pedal-steel/



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Joe Hensley


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Boise, Idaho, USA
Post  Posted 19 Jul 2022 3:22 pm    
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I think you nailed it bOb, sounds great!
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Steve Cattermole

 

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California, USA
Post  Posted 21 Jul 2022 1:26 pm    
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Very cool bOb, not exactly my cup of tea, but really cool that you're trying something different. I should give it a try, I might like it. Thanks for starting the Forum, what a great idea. I've really learned a lot from it
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Dennis Montgomery


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Western Washington
Post  Posted 21 Jul 2022 3:58 pm    
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The 1st thing I thought of was how much it reminded me of the title track from the mid 70's Fripp & Eno album, "Evening Star" (minus Fripp's solo). I love the use of pedal steel in non-traditional genre's...well done b0b Winking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VC6FEfQaO0
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b0b


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Post  Posted 22 Jul 2022 11:04 pm     another improvised ambient recording
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I recorded another today, this one in the key of B minor.

https://soundhost.net/2022/07/beamer/

It uses the D6th Chromatic copedent on a Desert Rose S-10. The tuning doesn't have the low D string of the D6th - it has a C# as the 2nd string instead. I used a Sub-n-Up effect box to get the bass part.


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Allan Revich


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Victoria, BC
Post  Posted 23 Jul 2022 8:38 am    
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Totally digging these b0b!
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Ethan Shaw

 

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Texas, USA
Post  Posted 23 Jul 2022 10:10 am    
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That's cool, bOb!
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b0b


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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 24 Jul 2022 10:39 am    
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Here's a video of Beamer showing waveforms for each of 4 tracks. https://vimeo.com/732999996
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Brandon Schafer


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Indiana, USA
Post  Posted 25 Jul 2022 6:05 pm    
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I think this is a fantastic endeavor, b0b! I really enjoy the textures.
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George Redmon


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Muskegon & Detroit Michigan.
Post  Posted 25 Jul 2022 8:24 pm    
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Sooo Kool b0b
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