Bass! your technique?

[Dialect]

Anyone want to share some tricks/ techniques for making great bass?

i really like the sound Andy C gets with his type of Drum n Bass. i know hes useing sampled bass - prob from distorted analogue/or nord lead then hi pass filters in an EMU sampler.

I'm trying to finese my bass technique so any ideas would be great.

[deccard]

my tip is using more than one bass to enhance the basssound.
a simple sinewavebass for the (very) deep frequencies and a second one for the mainsound for example.
maybe a third one for some special nuances when filter is open(rest of the mid to low frequencies killed).

for transforming da bass into a giant worm rollin over ya i would say filta(hi or low pass) and additional work with the eq.
both methods together can make some severe damage.

[Dialect]

Yeah at the moment I'm working this tune with two analogues for the bass

Waldorf Pulse
& EX800 (just finished mod for filter on this, next to add CV control)

gonna sample combined result and do some hi-pass filter sweeps combining+subsituting with the synths own low-Pass filters.

also gonna add some pitch modulation with aftertouch for breakdowns and that.

I think I'm gonna have to get an EMU Sampler for that nice rich sound they have plus the synthesis options on them are very cool.

At the moment I use an A3000 which i have found to be up to par for what i do - up till now!

[deccard]

emu´s have really cool filters(maybe the best for samplers). the output is not that loud as it could be but it´s ok. akai has more power in the outputs btw.

[Sheridan]

I am not a seasoned producer so I don't know a lot of
techniques, but I have heard that if you want to get
that really low bass like the one used in hip hop just
compress the shit out of it. I have heard that producers
take a bass wave and run it through a compressor a couple
of times and it gives it that ripple effect.

[namshub]

i crunch and mangle all my basses thru various shaper algorythms in my k2000... fuking evil:o)

[maikeru]

yeah the k2000 is amazing....

actually got some tasty nord patches... and also try a pulse from waldorf or there natty new q synths.... use the distortion on my 01v desk and it sounds pretty tasty. compress that bitch!

michael. an unashamed waldorf and nord fan....

[d-stroy]

Originally posted by maikeru


actually got some tasty nord patches...


' mind posting them on the board?

[Derb Mukeman]

the one and only, not only for bass: L2 from waves...

[maikeru]

they are nord modular.... i'll post them on over the weekend if I can...

they are on my laptop which doesnt have a network card so we will need to work something out like....I had swopping floppy disks and shit....

depends on how nice everyone is...

:)