Hey guys, i have 2 or 3 basslines here im wondering if you can help me with.
The sequencer notes are verry easy obviously, just one note dragged out. I wanna know how i can create these specific basslines in my synth, if there are different layers needed or if i need any other plugin's then EQ and compressor to create them.
I use mostly Sylenth but i have a few other vst's as well.

1. This is a verry dark bassline without any prominent sidechaining or ducking effect (but i guess sidechaining is used here anyways).



2. These 2 are more pumping, coldharbour style. Verry deep & atmospheric basslines which barely has been used since this style of prog trance died in 2005. These 2 are my absolute favorite ones.





I really appreciate the help from those who takes the time to explain, thanks!

That first one has very minor sidechaining, it's not entirely necessary because the kick is pretty quiet. But really it just sounds like a low sine wave. It's hard to find synths that keep that kind of definition in a range that low, but I do know Absynth can do it.

I'll let someone else explain the rest better than I can.

for those type off bass lines you need to sit down and work on timing i found if you sidechain some percussion and add a sinewave bass pattern thats nice and deep you can get the groove you need. also pitch is your friend to

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Side chain , use a Sine to FM a sawtooth/square , play around with the PWM of their oscillators , Take away the higher freqs , add a unison/chorus to it , and most importantly... Layer layer LAYER!!

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If all the advice in this thread so far hasn't helped you, maybe Lolo can shed some light on how it's done


as I recall, he's done a A&B Remix with a very similar bassline

Dont think there is that much layering going on in any of those.
First one is sidechained alright, just sounds like a saw with slight chorus
Second one is heavily sidechained with a good bit of chorus, last one heavily sidechained also
All of them have a fairly low cutoff frequency it seems, could be saw or pulse waves, hard to tell.

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Originally posted by IceColdWater Side chain , use a Sine to FM a sawtooth/square , play around with the PWM of their oscillators , Take away the higher freqs , add a unison/chorus to it , and most importantly... Layer layer LAYER!!

Thanks for all the answers so far!
I will try your advice but when you say layers do you mean one sub, one mid, and a high end? Or even more then that?

hey, few years ago i was very curious on how to make the andrew bennet bass, you'll probably never replicate it, but i found a chorus and some reverb could help fill in some of the "warp space", as someone has mentioned already.

made a quick patch, nothing fancy; two oscillators of sine waves, layered with 2 oscillators of triangle waves for some more harmonics. i suggest you try saw waves cut off probably just below mid-way. sidechained obviously. Didnt feel like trying more waveforms and applying routing. synths used: malstrom and subtractor.

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not sure if you're looking for something like this, but i noticed its not mixed the same was as the tracks, as i tend to do it differently, youll notice theirs is more sparse, more effects, and eq'd down less, mines is boomed up.

also, theres probably a few ways to attain that sound, with use of delays, reverbs, you have to utilize some creativity.

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Love this Track!

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Originally posted by trancedanne Thanks for all the answers so far! I will try your advice but when you say layers do you mean one sub, one mid, and a high end? Or even more then that?

I wouldn't use FM for sub bass , only pure sine waves. Though you can try FMing low basses , but make sure they don't clash with the sub bass.
FM is usually done on mid bass , for example you can check out Mat Zo's The Found and Nuclear Fusion. Both of them have mid basses that should (Yeah I'm just taking a guess here) be done with distortion synthesis , especially using FM. That's just how it sounds to me , I'm not sure if I'm right since I haven't actually tried to recreate the sound.

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