Flayer Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 All of us have heard of Chris Ptiman's legendary sub-bass contributions to Chinese Democracy, though few if any of us have ever actually heard it. But I think I might have uncovered it while blasting Scraped on a set of speakers with the bass settings dialed way up.Hear for yourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockerRoller Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Is that what people mean when they talk about all the tinkering axl had done to songs to "perfect" them? Bleh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 I've got a sub bass button on my Teac stereo so I've been stirring cake mix with Scraped for 7 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreakDown2014 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 The multitracks are the better way to appreciate Pitman's contribution. He does some incredible stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblefeet Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 The multitracks are the better way to appreciate Pitman's contribution. He does some incredible stuff.Well is it only him though? There are more pro tools people listed. And is he the one responsible for using that copyrighted sample for the intro of Riad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post T-Minus Posted May 9, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2015 Balls to the sub bass, i wanna hear his all important sub-hand claps and sub triangle isolated! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Pitman does great work with a towel. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Never in history have we seen such a shitty album so analyzed to discover all of its shitty building blocks. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Never in history have we seen such a shitty album so analyzed to discover all of its shitty building blocks.It's only been out for 7 years. You need to give it another 23 years, then you'll get it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 I love the album, but I really don't see what Pitman added to it. I know he added some things to CD, If the world and scraped and a few others but to me it's barely distinguishable in the mix. I'm a huge fan of GnR and I listen very closely to the records and live recordings and I have little to no idea of what he does. I know what he is said to do, but to my ears it adds so very little that if he didn't show up on any given night the difference would be almost unnoticeable. That's my opinion, I know some of you share it, and that some of you completely disagree and would argue that Pitman saved GnR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustycage Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 When listening to the multitracks it sounds like most of Pitman was cut out. You can hear effects in the background in some of Axl's vocals as if it were in his headphones at the time of recording but was cut out of the later mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evergreen_layne Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 This just reminds me of what a shit song Scraped is. I haven't listened to it since '08 I didn't really dig it back then and it hasn't aged well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magisme Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Never in history have we seen such a shitty album so analyzed to discover all of its shitty building blocks.It's only been out for 7 years. You need to give it another 23 years, then you'll get it.Damn complexity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 All of us have heard of Chris Ptiman's legendary sub-bass contributions to Chinese Democracy, though few if any of us have ever actually heard it. But I think I might have uncovered it while blasting Scraped on a set of speakers with the bass settings dialed way up.Hear for yourselves. Congrats for discovering what an equalizer is and buying a decent sound systemI love the album, but I really don't see what Pitman added to it. I know he added some things to CD, If the world and scraped and a few others but to me it's barely distinguishable in the mix. I'm a huge fan of GnR and I listen very closely to the records and live recordings and I have little to no idea of what he does. I know what he is said to do, but to my ears it adds so very little that if he didn't show up on any given night the difference would be almost unnoticeable. That's my opinion, I know some of you share it, and that some of you completely disagree and would argue that Pitman saved GnR. He wrote the 12 bar guitar intro to ITWThat was his only good contribution to Axl's band, imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatashame Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 i sub-listened to it and sub-heard it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Pitman uses orange Fanta as a mixer. That's rock n roll. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Jesus Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 When will the "Sub Bass" Drop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Never in history have we seen such a shitty album so analyzed to discover all of its shitty building blocks.I really don't find ChiDem to be a shitty album. But I agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturginho Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I'm all about that sub-bass 'bout that sub-bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intercourse Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 sub bass is sub interesting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Jesus Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Now I get the joke on SNL... When will the Bass Drop...It is about Pitman!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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