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Reggae skank question!?

Post by LordBid » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:19 pm

The search function wasn't really giving me any help so I thought I would ask, I want to know how to make those distant reggae chords as heard in kode9-Sine Ive been tampering with piano sounds and various effects but cant seem to nail it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUf4y5NiETA

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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by FSTZ » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:25 pm

gotta play some chords on the upbeat....

run dem throoo ya space echo

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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by LordBid » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:26 pm

smoke dee spliff mon

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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by nitz » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:29 pm

Its just a triad (3 note chord ) that comes on the 2th and 4th
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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by nitz » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:29 pm

nitz wrote:Its just a triad (3 note chord ) that comes on the 2th and 4th
check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npuppho6mNw

hes quite good!
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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by deadnoisesystem » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:34 pm

FSTZ wrote:gotta play some chords on the upbeat....

run dem throoo ya space echo
shabba!

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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by LordBid » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:34 pm

oh i know what a chord is and how to do the reggae skank im talking about the effects at work here cus they sound so good obv delay and reverb, but anything else?

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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by nitz » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:35 pm

put it on like a 1/3 delay and high feedback... then your rolling

Plus

If it dont sound big enough, add more notes into your chord.
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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by FSTZ » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:37 pm

gald you have a sense of humor....

:twisted:

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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by LordBid » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:38 pm

doppppeeeeee and that guy on the guitar is pretty awesome

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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by deadnoisesystem » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:41 pm

try an electric piano like a fender rhodes, and layer up delays

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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by LordBid » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:41 pm

honestly your post made me laugh out loud

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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by nutrician » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:30 am

for a good skank you need a spring reverb, good tapedelay and phaser and try to detune your piano/guitar a bit. ad some distortion or guitar amp for some more gritty sound

and try to experiment with the order of effects.

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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by nowaysj » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:03 am

There is a formula for proper skank sounds, but I'm not telling. Keep pushing, keep experimenting. Develop your way of making a skank sound.
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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by deadly_habit » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:30 am

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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by scraping micha » Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:50 pm

hi,

yeah, its just a guitarchord through a spaceecho (tapedelay+springverb)

i use this one very often: http://www.genuinesoundware.com/?a=showproduct&b=26


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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by egoless » Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:05 pm

scraping micha wrote:hi,

yeah, its just a guitarchord through a spaceecho (tapedelay+springverb)

i use this one very often: http://www.genuinesoundware.com/?a=showproduct&b=26

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Exactly,

the chord is played muted (by applying little pressure gently to the strings and hit 'em hard) . Then the sound travels through a delay and then the reverb...

Micha, this plugin sounds very good... Is it a cpu hog?
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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by scraping micha » Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:19 pm

egoless wrote:
scraping micha wrote:hi,

yeah, its just a guitarchord through a spaceecho (tapedelay+springverb)

i use this one very often: http://www.genuinesoundware.com/?a=showproduct&b=26

greets,

micha
Exactly,

the chord is played muted (by applying little pressure gently to the strings and hit 'em hard) . Then the sound travels through a delay and then the reverb...

Micha, this plugin sounds very good... Is it a cpu hog?
nope, its not, its very lean. but i use it anyway just as sendfx.

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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by nowaysj » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:42 pm

deadly habit wrote:Image
Is that a new version or an old version of dubstation? Mine don't look like that.
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Re: Reggae skank question!?

Post by egoless » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:53 pm

scraping micha wrote:nope, its not, its very lean. but i use it anyway just as sendfx.
I tried it out, well worth the money... probably the best emulation I've tried...
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