So, here´s my (temporary, going to take everything apart again as soon as I need my desk again ^^) little setup for the day.
I call it: "
Sunday Cable Hell".
Just the Volca Beats connected here, signal path as follows: stereo output (well, dual mono, really) of the Beats split two ways, one path goes straight into the little mixer (behringer 1002b), for dry signal.
second signal goes to the Boss CS-3 compression pedal first, then to the SoundBlox Pro Multiwave Bass Distortion pedal, then into the Bass Envelope Filter (also Soundblox), then into its own channel on the mixer.
this second channel also sends its signal to the Alesis Nanoverb which can be seen sitting on top of my Venom synth up there, which can be set to a number of reverb/delay/chorus programs, which is hooked up on the mixer as the send/return FX unit.
... nothing fancy, but you need to try it out to be able to imagine what kind of freaky sounds you can produce with this... basically just a drum machine and effects, but you could jam with his for half an hour and nobody would miss anything else
basically, the compressor just boosts up the sustain on everything, which also sort of gives the drums a bit of a sidechain-sucking effect - which is then amplified by this CRAZY distortion, it has multiple settings, does multiband-compression and EQing as well. and last but not least, the envelope filter gives you straight access to nice variations - the "triple peak" setting I have it on here basically gives the compressed+distorted signal a real "vowel bass" character.
so, with this setup, basically I´m using the Volca Beats both for the drums, and for "melody". especially the tuned toms and a bit of PCM playback speed automation on the claves/agogo thingies can go a long way with this kind of setup.
I´ll try to record some of this soon, to show you guys how it sounds.
Hope this is a good start to this thread, now you guys have a go (pleeease? ^^)!
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