Only backing track I heard was for the electronic sections. I heard literally no bass. There's no bass on Weightless, it's a pitch-shifted guitar.
I thought the Bass on the s/t was a pitch-shifted guitar as well...?
Only backing track I heard was for the electronic sections. I heard literally no bass. There's no bass on Weightless, it's a pitch-shifted guitar.
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I thought the Bass on the s/t was a pitch-shifted guitar as well...?
Saw AAL last Friday, here's my report on their performance:
Matt is absolutely killing it, and to be honest, I prefer him in the band over Navene. Very clean/tight performance from him. Tosin and Javier played great as always, but after seeing them 5+ times, I'm starting to realize how 'weak' they sound live. Their playing isn't exactly weak, but I don't get that 'oomph' feel that I usually get with seeing bands live. I felt my organs shaking during Meshuggah (but then again it is Meshuggah so...) but I didn't really feel much other than the drumming for AAL. IMO, they REALLY could use a bassist to beef up their live sound. Also, those Ionizer pickups...very brittle sounding. Not sure if I dig 'em. I wasn't even that close to stage and some of Tosin's clean sections were hurting my ears because the sound was so brittle and 'clicky'
Also, they played Do Not Go Gently. Nearly shit myself when I heard the electronic intro to it. Pretty sure this is the first tour that they have played the song on.
Overall, amazing show, but I've seen them a shit ton and really think they need a bassist.![]()
Only backing track I heard was for the electronic sections. I heard literally no bass. There's no bass on Weightless, it's a pitch-shifted guitar.
Only backing track I heard was for the electronic sections. I heard literally no bass. There's no bass on Weightless, it's a pitch-shifted guitar.
My guess is that the bass on Weightless was some sort of sine honestly. Listen to the way it fades in in the middle section of Odessa. Same bass as the rest of the album, but it sounds very synthy there.
You sir, are incorrect. We have a bass track throughout every song. There is also "bass" on "Weightless" provided from a Native Instruments plug-in called Massive. It's basically a sine wave, so it doesn't have much articulation but is very full and round in it's timbre.
It's interesting that you mention a lack of low end, because Fredrik was actively admiring the fullness of the low end we were achieving during a sound check and wanted to know exactly what we were doing to produce it.