How to get this sort of bassline?

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Posted by Smiley :D on Nov-23-2007 19:39:

How to get this sort of bassline?

Hey guys

i'm not sure if its the bassline/percussion or both that get this sort of effect, but i'm trying to get the boppy randy katana sort of groove going

heres a sample of the sort of thing i'm trying to do:

Link

any help on the bass/percussive patterns would be awesome, cheers

Posted by Eldritch on Nov-23-2007 19:49:

Your link does not work.

Posted by Smiley :D on Nov-23-2007 20:26:

oops, fixed now

Posted by TaylorR on Nov-26-2007 23:52:

don't know how to get that exact sound but start with a square wave or two.

Posted by Limit on Nov-27-2007 00:43:

its a pretty simple thing to do..but no matter what you do its not going to sound right without the percussion doing its job.

Posted by B_man on Nov-27-2007 06:10:

I'd say it's square waves. Maybe the oscs are slightly detuned and the filter has a good closure over some warm resonance that is very slight... I dunno...

Posted by T-Soma on Nov-27-2007 07:09:

Sounds pretty squarish to me.

Think about the timbre of the sound, work the ADSR of the amp and filter accordingly.

Also, remember that when it is in the mix it will sound different and have a different feel.

Posted by Smiley :D on Nov-27-2007 17:55:

cheers guys i will have a go

also how do i go about creating the boppy groove? i presume its not bass on every offbeat

thanks

Posted by Sean Walsh on Nov-28-2007 18:36:

Dunno, the percs sound pretty simple to me and you should be able to recreate that pattern pretty easily if you try to dissect it. You're basically dealing two highhat patterns and 3 unique high-hat sounds; two in the first pattern and one in the secondary pattern used at 3 different pitches. Add a simple enough snare and you've got it.

As others have mentioned, it's your basic enough punchy square bassline, medium cutoff and 2 notes played, the lowest of which is underneath every second kick.

Posted by LionsLair on Nov-28-2007 23:45:

sounds like a mix of mostly Square wave and Triangle or Sine waves on another osc. Its not entirely a Square, but for the most part it is.