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Posted by Dilmeet on Apr-20-2007 18:47:

I want to make a bassline

I really want to make a bassline. The prog I currently have is a cubase and ableton, im ordering a midi keyboard within the next week. What else should I get? Am I on the right track?

Posted by ASFSE on Apr-20-2007 18:51:

the bassline
is movin up my spine...

damn man, you bought cubase and aLive, yet you dont know how to make a bassline...coooooooooool.

Posted by Dilmeet on Apr-20-2007 18:54:

well... i can make one, but the snare kinda sounds tacky? i need one like 16 bit lolitas style. i just don't know where to start

Posted by mysticalninja on Apr-20-2007 19:04:

16 bit lolitas are so boring imo =/

Posted by ASFSE on Apr-20-2007 19:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Dilmeet
well... i can make one, but the snare kinda sounds tacky? i need one like 16 bit lolitas style. i just don't know where to start

oh i see, it's all clear now.

Posted by substorm on Apr-20-2007 20:51:

Maybe you should get a synth also to make the sound? A midi keyboard doesnt give you that much of soundoptions!

Posted by DigiNut on Apr-20-2007 22:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Dilmeet
well... i can make one, but the snare kinda sounds tacky? i need one like 16 bit lolitas style. i just don't know where to start

I can see why you're having trouble - you won't get very far trying to make a bassline with a snare.

Posted by camsr on Apr-20-2007 23:43:

Posted by SMC on Apr-20-2007 23:44:

quote:
Originally posted by DigiNut
I can see why you're having trouble - you won't get very far trying to make a bassline with a snare.

Precisely my thought.

Posted by A1C on Apr-21-2007 00:01:

This thread must be a hoax. If after reading the producers forum for even an hour of your day, and this is the most substantive question you can generate, then I'm afraid you're off your rocker

Posted by CReddick on Apr-21-2007 00:20:

I'm more curious about the root of the inquiry. Like, did someone once say 'wow, check out that bassline' while Dilmeet was listening to some music... and rather than uderstanding what the person really meant, heard the music as a whole to be the 'bassline' instead of the bass part.

Posted by Eldritch on Apr-21-2007 07:46:

quote:
Originally posted by substorm
Maybe you should get a synth also to make the sound? A midi keyboard doesnt give you that much of soundoptions!

Yes, an Access Virus TI and an Alesis Andromeda A6 would be great starter synths.
I mean, why not two synths when you already have two sequencers?

Posted by camsr on Apr-21-2007 08:52:

Re: I want to make a bassline

quote:
Originally posted by Dilmeet I want to make a bassline

I want to make a sandwich.

Posted by SeanDeaz on Apr-21-2007 10:56:

make me one too

Posted by RickyM on Apr-22-2007 21:54:

Re: I want to make a bassline

quote:
Originally posted by Dilmeet
I really want to make a bassline. The prog I currently have is a cubase and ableton, im ordering a midi keyboard within the next week. What else should I get? Am I on the right track?

It's just as well that you ordered the midi keyboard...it's pretty impossible to make a bassline without one.

Posted by djms on Apr-23-2007 08:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Dilmeet
well... i can make one, but the snare kinda sounds tacky? i need one like 16 bit lolitas style. i just don't know where to start

get a synth - go for Vanguard, V Station, Z3ta+ etc etc

Create a midi track then place a midi note on any key in between evey kick drum you have. You now have the basis of a bassline. Try adding notes, changing keys with the notes, adding delay to the track, sidechain it....... The amount of variables you can use to make a bassline are endless. It's getting it pumping and Eq's into your track thats the hardest bit (sometimes)

Posted by DJSentinel on Apr-23-2007 12:24:

quote:
Originally posted by djms
get a synth - go for Vanguard, V Station, Z3ta+ etc etc

Create a midi track then place a midi note on any key in between evey kick drum you have. You now have the basis of a bassline. Try adding notes, changing keys with the notes, adding delay to the track, sidechain it....... The amount of variables you can use to make a bassline are endless. It's getting it pumping and Eq's into your track thats the hardest bit (sometimes)

he is not talking about a bassline...

Posted by djms on Apr-23-2007 14:29:

quote:
Originally posted by DJSentinel
he is not talking about a bassline...

i thought he was cause thats his opening post

Posted by DeZmA on Apr-23-2007 15:08:

quote:
Originally posted by Eldritch
Yes, an Access Virus TI and an Alesis Andromeda A6 would be great starter synths.
I mean, why not two synths when you already have two sequencers?

Skip the TI, you'll need at least a korg oasys and andromeda to make a bassline. If you want it to have some punch you'll need a roland sh 201 too if you want one. Layer 3 parts from these synths and you might have a good bassline.