One Man Band Set Up (no looper)

Recorded "ONE MAN BAND LIVE" (no looper, no overdub)
#ortega #horsekick #bossoc5 #tchelicon
All instruments are played and recorded simultaneously direct live without using a looper, overdubs or sequencer.
Drums : 3X Roland SPD ONE
Bass : Boss Octave OC5
Backing vocal : TC Helicon Voicetone 1 or Harmony Singer
Guitar multi effects : Ampero stomp 2 or Mod Dwarf

[@JW_Mayfield]

Cool song!! Great sound!!

[@montysweetmusic3458]

Great stuff man!!

[@bigl6322]

I like your song, well done. Very thick sound too, I’m definitely gonna steal a couple of your ideas. Your vocals make me think of Mark Knopffler a bit. I’ve gone through a few of the Ortegas and I’m not a fan. I am a drummer and guitar player and I just have never gotten comfortable with the responsiveness of them (I am asking a lot more of them than you are, granted) and I have not found them durable (I shouldn’t pull it out of an airplane overhead to find the wood cracked clear through the frame from someone else stuffing a carryon in after when It was inside my carryon suitcase), and I’ve not found the company to be responsive in general either. I’m leaning pretty heavily toward the farmer foot drum (yeah, when I win the freakin lottery! They about the cost of your whole setup) Anyway, thanks for sharing.

[@denizhonores]

Thanks about the song and voice. About Ortega I m all agreed, but if you have seen my other videos I m using now Roland spd x3 a huge improvement.

[@bigl6322]

@@denizhonores I will take a look, thanks

[@RussClarkRocks]

Well done brother.

[@denizhonores]

Thank you, (ps: this was my « old » set on this video)

[@RussClarkRocks]

@@denizhonores I'm working to grow a small channel myself so I appreciate the amount of effort that goes into these things!

[@marksmusicCC]

Good stuff, gives me some ideas

[@denizhonores]

Happy that help ))

[@ivanwildboy]

Brilliant!

[@toneranger]

The second mic with the preset harmony is genius, I use a TCPA and I was watching your feet thinking "how is he keeping the beat going while harmonizing" 😂 well done

[@denizhonores]

Thank you, that s an option I highly recommend, backing harmonies are bringing so much more presence in live gigs. And the second mic is no brainier.

[@toneranger]

@@denizhonores I agree

[@floordrum]

Well done. I am also in Footdrums. I build a system with 8 sounds but you sound good also with 2 .

[@denizhonores]

I have upgrade since this video, no using 3 Roland spd, way better, so the Ortega is my spare set at home and i m using the spd for my live set.

[@floordrum]

Yes i know the ortega. but i always thought that most sounds are not so useful. and having only one sound is a bit to less.

[@denizhonores]

@@floordrum getting the right gears is a long and expensive journey

[@UncleDanBand64]

Great sound

[@jbowen1101]

Thanks for posting. Great full sound. Im getting back into my music again and after reflecting upon what direction I should travel, becoming a full one man band sound became my clear destination....thanks for letting me see and hear what is possible.

[@denizhonores]

Good luck and enjoy, OMB is a very fun journey

[@brianknapp2000]

I've been going down the rabbit hole of "one man band" and footdrums and where you landed with this is almost 100% where I was heading. Wow. This is very cool.

[@denizhonores]

Thanks, it was « almost » at the time, much better now after replacing Ortega with 3 Roland spd one

[@salamadestron]

What do you use for an amp? I’m playing an electric ukulele and am looking at adding a cajon and a snare box with pickups to add the percussion. The octave pedal should work to add bass to my set up too and I like your mic setup but not sure how to send it all through one amp or if it’s even possible. Mostly been playing acoustic before getting the electric ukulele.

[@denizhonores]

For the guitar I use a modeller, Ampero 2 or mod dwarf, the power amplification for the all set is a column polar 10 (after passing through behringer x air mixer)

[@salamadestron]

@@denizhonores thanks

[@gerimayawhyte154]

I beatbox and body percussion for my rhythm but I have to say that the Ortega Stomp sounds really good especially for rock. Cheers! Sounds really good!

[@denizhonores]

Also more practical than body percussion for a guitarist ))

[@ashman5911]

Awesome! Does it get tiring to stomp with both feet for bass and snare for an extended period? Most of my gigs are 3-4 hours.

[@denizhonores]

I play 3 to 4 times a week, same as you. 3 to 4 hours. It does take energy and you will feel it but the fun helps to go over it and it will get easier overtime, it is a bit of a sport.

[@albklang1272]

👏👏👏

[@pa_maj.MARTINI-van-MAN]

Got my sub 👍👏👏

[@miikkatoikka5055]

Thanks for a great video and performance. Would you feel like sharing the cost for a setup like yours?

[@denizhonores]

Sure, for what I use on stage … HK polar speaker amplifier = 800€ Digital mixer Xair 12 = 400€ For drums, Roland spd 3*250 = 750 € Mic shure sm58 2*110 = 220 € Stand, cables etc … = 100€ Bass pedal , Boss oc5 = 160€ Vocal harmoniser 170€ Guitar effect Ampero II 500€ Pedalboard with battery 160€ iPad = 500 € Guitars … well … never ending )))

[@justinnaramor6050]

At some point I'm gonna try a foot-drumming thing myself. I'm gonna do it while playing piano though (I don't play guitar at all really). I can explain the foot-drumming layout I have in mind if you're interested; it'll require a somewhat lengthy explanation though if you're OK with that.

[@denizhonores]

I play piano too, but I have never tried the drums with it. If I can be of any help I ll be happy to.

[@justinnaramor6050]

@@denizhonores Thanks! So, here's a little bit about my foot drumming system I've thought of as a pianist: The first thing that needs explaining, is that this layout will allow me to operate the piano's sustain pedal in the way I already know how to do. This is unlike other foot-drumming pianists I've seen where they had to come up with some weird unconventional way of operating that pedal while they do the foot drumming. I got the idea from reading a post on Reddit about this topic. But long story short, my idea is to use the heel of my right foot on a bass drum pedal and at the same time, the front portion of the foot, where the toes and ball of the foot are, will operate the piano sustain pedal. This is in fact very possible to do, and not that hard either; you can even test this just by pretending you have a bass drum pedal at your heel, and tapping your heel on the ground while you play a piano and operate its sustain pedal. The challenge is to maintain the pressure of the front of your foot on the sustain pedal and not lift it up when you go to tap the bass drum pedal with your heel. The pedals I'm gonna use are not so much the typical bass drum pedals where the pedal is attached to a mallet that hits an external bass drum or electronic bass drum pad. Instead, it'll be a kind of electronic bass drum pedal that's often referred to as a "beater-less" pedal. It works by having the pedal itself (I'm talking about the actual "lever" that you step on with your foot) as the "mallet" part, and this "mallet" comes down onto a trigger pad built into the pedal's casing when you step on it with your foot. Yes, this does in fact exist. I have a pedal of this type that's made by Yamaha, but Roland also makes these, and probably other companies too that I'm not aware of. So, that's my starting point. I'd use a single one of those pedals at the beginning, then add more as time goes on; building the foot-drumming kit slowly over time. My goal is to eventually have, oh, let's say maybe up to 10 or so of these pedals, for a nice, big, full electronic drum kit I'd play with my feet alone, complete with bass drum, snare drum, hi-hats, crash cymbal, some toms (maybe, still debating on that part), and... well, I think you get the idea. I'll explain more about that part in a separate reply here if you're still interested.

[@denizhonores]

Sure I m intrigue and ll be interest to see and hear about all that. You already have some videos ?

[@justinnaramor6050]

@@denizhonores Hi again. To answer your question: no, I actually don't have videos of this. To be honest I don't even really post videos on this channel; I just use it for writing comments. Anyways, my foot-drumming layout is as follows: Starting with the left foot, the left heel will play a bass drum pedal and a snare drum pedal; the idea is to swivel the heel in between the 2 pedals to play them individually, or to position my heel such that I can hit both pedals at the same time with the heel alone. The front of the left foot will play open hi-hat, closed hi-hat, and crash cymbal pedals; the idea is, like with the heel, to swivel the front of the foot in between those pedals to play each one as I choose. Now for the right foot: the right heel is gonna play an exact copy of what the left heel does. I need the front of my right foot for the piano sustain pedal, so the front of the right foot is not gonna play any drum sounds at all. you probably can understand pretty clearly what advantages there are to this layout. Having 2 bass drum pedals instead of just one, or having 2 snare drum pedals instead of just one, means that you could get some really interesting beats and fills going on. Also, because the 3 main parts of the drums kit (bass drum/snare drum/hi-hats/cymbals) are assigned entirely to the left foot, and because I can swivel the front or heel of my foot in between any of those pedals, that means a simple beat can be performed entirely with the left foot alone. For any beats that are faster or a bit more complex, that's where the right foot (right heel) would come in, in addition to whatever the left foot would be doing at that moment. This is why controlling the sustain pedal in the normal way is even possible while foot drumming. All this might sound pretty complicated. But... that's actually just the 'basic' foot drumming layout! What if I wanted to do something even crazier musically, like really fast double kicks or snare drum rolls at very high BPM? I even have an idea of how I'd do that! :)))

[@theyoungupstarts1243]

Thank you - that was cool and informative! Now, to find the mic splitter…

[@denizhonores]

www.thomann.de/intl/k+m_235-50.htm

[@joobchrismac8706]

@@denizhonores i got some to but meinl and 1 kick ill try it like u i think i put bass to rigth ill try it to left maube ill work beter nice work

[@andygardiner5431]

excellent

[@denizhonores]

Thank you

[@ayedayed]

So goood!! ❤❤

[@denizhonores]

Thanks, you re soooo nice))

[@jwllong]

Fantastic 🎉 great stuff.

[@denizhonores]

Thank you Jeff

[@jwllong]

@@denizhonores amazing what a full sound you have. I’ve tried loopers and various devices, but I hate having to rely on a recorded loop . . . whereas you seem to do it all live. You’re the first one I’ve seen to do that and with such a full and polished sound. Great sound . . . put some more videos out there. Love em.

[@denizhonores]

@@jwllong I have update my live rig, I will shoot a presentation this evening at concert, hope to publish tomorrow

[@jwllong]

@@denizhonoreslook forward to it. Thanks

[@skinnerman100]

Best set up ive heard yet well done

[@denizhonores]

Thanks, it has involve since, for the video I do live now I use Roland sdp for drums