Audio Astronaut Ep. 17 - Reentry (Shoegaze/dreampop with Catalinbread Soft Focus, FX500, and FX500B)
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
- In episode 11, I introduced some shoegazey sounds combining fuzz, reverb, and bitcrushing via the Polarbear Drowner, but in this episode, we’re going to re-enter the ethereal atmosphere of classic shoegaze using the Catalinbread Soft Focus pedal, alongside the rack effect unit that inspired it, the Yamaha FX500.
I’ll explore various preset sounds of the FX500 - because it can do far more than just patch 40! - and I’ll also introduce the FX500B, which is marketed bass but is actually capable of the same sorts of sounds as the FX500… including the Soft Focus settings!
Then I’ll demo the Catalinbread Soft Focus, which ventures into the same type of terrain but is actually quite different in its sound and capabilities.
Finally, we’ll go through the song recording process, using both the Catalinbread pedal and the FX500 - along with TC Helicon VoicePlay, EZDrummer, and and Izotope plugins - to create a washy, dreampop-infused shoegaze version of Man on the Moon by R.E.M.
If you're interested in buying one of these incredible effects units, keep an eye on my Reverb shop, where at least one of them will likely go up for sale soon: reverb.com/shop/blue-sky-bending
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Squier Affinity Stratocaster guitar: amzn.to/3tBKyyB
Squier Bullet Telecaster guitar: amzn.to/3xP1O5Z
Catalinbread Soft Focus pedal: amzn.to/3M0U5to
Ozone Elements: amzn.to/3G0sWmg
Amplitube 5: www.ikmultimedia.com/products...
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0:00 Introduction
0:32 Yamaha FX500
3:19 FX500 Preset Demos
6:59 Reverse Reverb into JCM800
7:53 FX500B
9:09 Creating Soft Focus in FX500B
10:31 Catalinbread Soft Focus pedal
14:02 Comparison: Catalinbread vs FX500
14:43 Recording a shoegaze song
17:40 Man on the Moon
20:07 Conclusion
#guitar #dreampop #shoegaze #guitarpedal #guitarpedals #catalinbread #musicproduction #yamaha 
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This was surprisingly peaceful listening to the narration. What a pleasant effect!
I have this pedal and love it! It’s so funny you did this video in space because whenever I describe my favorite music which is Indie, Dreampop, Showgaze whatever you want to call it, I always describe it like I’m floating in space or that I would love to just be floating in space listening to this music with headphones and probably never want to come down
When I shared my video of cover songs, somebody said my music reminded them of Spiritualized, which I had never even realized but unconsciously know they have hugely influenced me, because this is one of my favorite songs: ruclips.net/video/iB7E1D_3Na4/видео.html
PS. I am currently working on my first dreampop album (original stuff, not covers... also incorporating some shoegaze, slowcore, hauntology and hypnagogic pop) Stay tuned!
Thanks for the review. I bought my FX500 in 1991 and wrote tons of shoegazy type songs before I knew what shoegaze was. It just lends itself towards those sounds. I'm glad Catalinbread made a pedal to simulate the soft focus but it is definitely not the same. Sounds nice though.
From what I read the Catlinbread is missing the delay part of it due to the DSP not having enough memory, so you have to use your own delay pedal to add to it.
I will pick one up and try that...Thanks!@@GeneOh
does the yamaha fx500b has reverse reverb
Catalinebread Soft focus or Keeley Parallax?
I haven't tried the Parallax, but I have been very underwhelmed by the sounds of other Keeley soft focus pedals (Loomer and Realizer)
Did you record the FX500 direct to the interface or through a guitar amp? Thx!
DI directly in... I am actually ampless, and use Amplitube (or pedals) for amp simulation when recording... when playing live (tiny venues), I feed them into a clean JBL portable stereo PA system
For several of the examples, I used Amplitube in Ableton to simulate Marshall or Vox amps
@@theaudioastronaut How did you connect the FX500 in stereo? I want to have the best sound results.
@@serenorocha I use a Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 recording interface, which has 6 mono inputs (but I just now got a new 4i4 today! Fewer inputs, but it's a newer generation)
Do you want my 6i6? I'll send it to you for free if you DM your address and live in the States. (if you don't, then the first person who says they want it, gets it!)
@@theaudioastronaut thanks! Unfortunately i'm from Portugal!
@@serenorocha I'll be in Lisbon next week 😏
11:39 what chords? ❤️
The telecaster is tuned to FACGCE, and then they are simple 2-finger chords as shown at the 11:07 mark. I learned them from Trevor Wong... check out his video! ruclips.net/video/CV-lrw6uNXA/видео.html
Ruh-VERB, never heard it said that way before.
I think a lot of people get tripped up because the Reverb app / resale site pronounces it as RE-verb, probably to emphasize the "RE" as in reuse/resell/retail etc. (so I try to emphasize the first syllable when I refer to my REverb store)... but the word "reverb" is short for re-VERB-erate. I don't personally think there's a right or wrong way to say it... but, for what it's worth, Google dictionary (Oxford dictionary) pronunciation guide audio clip puts the emphasis on the 2nd syllable like I do: www.google.com/search?sxsrf=APwXEdeRPzMDM2q4EJzEv5OtnRr7WDEHPw:1680135000562&q=how+to+pronounce+reverb
‘Reverberation’ = Re-VER-beration. However most people pronounce ‘reverb’ “RE-verb," as it’s become its own word irrespective of its source.