David Donaldson
Active Member
The Bass Banjo plus Bang-On Sidekick DrumChum and Banjelis synths!!
Yes, now everyone can enjoy the great sound of Bass Banjo.
Some history.
Back in the mid eighties, when we were struggling musicians with plenty of time on our hands, a band mate and I made a bass banjo for use in our outdoor marching band 'The Outsiders', which was basically a protest band, as at the time there seemed quite a lot to protest about. There was still nuclear testing in the pacific, nuclear armed and powered warships coming into New Zealand waters and the sinking of the Rainbow warrior by the French government being some of the issues here at that time.
The Bass Banjo surpassed our expectations and once it had done its job of helping New Zealand become nuclear free became a staple on many recordings and soundtracks that we've created over the years, as it has such a distinctive sound. It really is a one off.
It was made using a marching Bass Drum and an old double bass fingerboard and as well as having a unique bass sound, also has great percussive possibilities, being made from a drum. We've made full use these the drum possibilities in conjunction with the Drum Computer function within Kontakt.
This is the Bang-On Sidekick DrumChum section of the virtual instrument.
But wait there's more!
We've also taken the raw material and massaged them into some weird and wonderful pads. This resulted in the Banjelis Synth patches.
The Bass Banjo is going out at the incredibly low price of US$25 until the end of May when it will go up to US$35.
Here's a promo vid of the library in action, if you watch the second half of the video you can see the midi sequence we mimed to, in case we did such a great job of miming you thought we'd played it.
For more info, purchase and download go to.
www.modwheel.co.nz
Yes, now everyone can enjoy the great sound of Bass Banjo.
Some history.
Back in the mid eighties, when we were struggling musicians with plenty of time on our hands, a band mate and I made a bass banjo for use in our outdoor marching band 'The Outsiders', which was basically a protest band, as at the time there seemed quite a lot to protest about. There was still nuclear testing in the pacific, nuclear armed and powered warships coming into New Zealand waters and the sinking of the Rainbow warrior by the French government being some of the issues here at that time.
The Bass Banjo surpassed our expectations and once it had done its job of helping New Zealand become nuclear free became a staple on many recordings and soundtracks that we've created over the years, as it has such a distinctive sound. It really is a one off.
It was made using a marching Bass Drum and an old double bass fingerboard and as well as having a unique bass sound, also has great percussive possibilities, being made from a drum. We've made full use these the drum possibilities in conjunction with the Drum Computer function within Kontakt.
This is the Bang-On Sidekick DrumChum section of the virtual instrument.
But wait there's more!
We've also taken the raw material and massaged them into some weird and wonderful pads. This resulted in the Banjelis Synth patches.
The Bass Banjo is going out at the incredibly low price of US$25 until the end of May when it will go up to US$35.
Here's a promo vid of the library in action, if you watch the second half of the video you can see the midi sequence we mimed to, in case we did such a great job of miming you thought we'd played it.
For more info, purchase and download go to.
www.modwheel.co.nz