Dub Reggae Production

[post.aux.fader]

Anyone round these parts ever hear of dub reggae? It's basically reggae with an emphasis on drums and bass, with lots of echo and reverb... it doesn't so much have to do with playing instruments as it is playing the effects processor.... It basically turns the producer into the artist.... Legends like Lee "Scratch" Perry and King Tubby pioneered this in Jamaica in the 60's and 70's, they did some pretty amaizing stuff with the limited amount of equpiment they had....

Here's more on it from Wikipedia-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_music

Anyone a fan/interested in it?

 

[stethedrumgeek]

Yep, cant get away from Dub in Leeds, its an old student favourite I guess. Lee Scratch Perry played at a community centre down the road... missed it. Got a distinct sound to it, although the genre can sound a little samey in places to my ears.

 

[peopleperson]

One of my favorite live mixing jobs is a local "classic" reggae band. They are more than happy to let me "dub on em" while they play live, and it's so much fun. Just grab the ol Yamaha E1010, throw it on an aux, set the time and feedback, leave the return open, and open auxes (snare, vocal, guitar) into it at the right point in the rhythm. Yes, mixing dub is incredibly fun.

 

[Teacher]

I thought all reggae emphasized bass and drums?

 

[post.aux.fader]

Well, it is, but on dub it very clear, many times the only tracks on are the drum and bass tracks.....

What do yall use for echo and reverb?