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Posted by nankervis on Jan-14-2005 01:18:

ideas for bass

Hey I was wondering what you guys use to get those awesome bass sounds. Should I use samples or what? I have FM7 and Junglist but the bass doesn't sound that great/clear. Should I add an effect to them?

Posted by DickieThijssen on Jan-14-2005 01:56:

u need layering

THIS IS HOW I SEE BASSLINES (BUT WHO AM I?):
3 different sounds on top of each other at least, and NO REVERB/DELAY ON THE LOW FREQUENCIES, PLACE THE SUB OFF-BEAT, eq all the basssounds for shelving...

1. Sub bass
2. Mid bass (+very little fx?)
3. High bass (+fx)

To get a real good bassline u need at least 6 basssounds and some gate fx.

Posted by Beyer on Jan-14-2005 02:34:

I don't think that you need that many layers to make a good bassline, but you can of course. I've heard excellent basslines that are only using two layers. I like the example you made there.

Posted by Zombie0729 on Jan-14-2005 02:51:

my kick never really gets more than 3 layers, but my basslines get into 3,4,5 sometimes even 6 layers depending on the rest of the track.

Posted by TVG on Jan-15-2005 03:44:

Hey dickie,

Just wondering: What does it mean to EQ all the basslines for shelving?

EQ them so they dont conflict with eachother?

Posted by No Left Turn on Jan-15-2005 03:47:

he means using shelving eq'ing as opposed to bell eq'ing

Posted by TVG on Jan-15-2005 04:00:

ohhhh my bad.

Can someone tell me why you would use shelf EQ? I thought bell would isolate the specific frequencies you want better. Thanks.

Posted by mef on Jan-15-2005 12:01:

quote:
Originally posted by TVG
ohhhh my bad.

Can someone tell me why you would use shelf EQ? I thought bell would isolate the specific frequencies you want better. Thanks.

Shelving would remove all the top end frequencies you dont want on that particular sound