Question about a song...

[TelePaul]

What's that synth thing in the start of Van Halens 'why can't this be love?' is it a bass through an autowah or is it even a bass?

 

[Greg_L]

I've always wondered that too. I always thought it was a palm-muted bass line heavily processed with stuff.

 

[TelePaul]

I've always wondered that too. I always thought it was a palm-muted bass line heavily processed with stuff.

I was wondering whether it's low enough to be a bass.....it seems a bit mid-rangy to me.

 

[Greg_L]

I was wondering whether it's low enough to be a bass.....it seems a bit mid-rangy to me.

Maybe it's gated. There's no telling what they did. Fuck that song sucks anyway.

 

[Anfontan]

Probably an arpeggiator on a synthesizer-just play a chord on it and it sequences through the notes of the chord-either playing them up or downward or both.

 

[TelePaul]

Maybe it's gated. There's no telling what they did. Fuck that song sucks anyway.

NOOOO!!! It rocks!!!!!!!!!

 

[TelePaul]

Probably an arpeggiator on a synthesizer-just play a chord on it and it sequences through the notes of the chord-either playing them up or downward or both.

Hey tony hows you? We gotta have ourselves a tele colab!

 

[Anfontan]

Hey tony hows you? We gotta have ourselves a tele colab!

Sounds like it will be a fun thing to do-any song in mind?

 

[Gorty]

Sounds like it will be a fun thing to do-any song in mind?

I think he is thinking "Why Can't This Be Love"