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?

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.

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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.

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.

Hey dickie,

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

EQ them so they dont conflict with eachother?

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

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.

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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

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