you can hear it in a lot of his songs, this one for example..
today I was also listening to axwell's 'heart is king' and noticed a similar sounding bassline coming in at 0:26 here
p.s. do you think that's the only bass they're using in the songs.. just a kick and that bassline? or is there like a deeper bass that i can't hear on a laptop that makes it sound so massive live..
Last edited by utdarsenal on Jun-04-2011 at 08:47
Jun-04-2011 08:41
Lunar Phase 7
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Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Zone 4
Live bass always sounds huge. As others have mentioned.
A lot of dance theses days gets most of it's bottom end energy from the bass drum. They have long subby tails, a lot of actual basslines are not as heavy as you think.
Detune two saw tooth waves, mess about with the filter cut off (either a high pass or a low pass depending on your taste) get it to fit with a 909 or 808 style bassdrum.
Alternatively, try layering some saws with a sine wave an octave or two below the saws, mess about with the levels of each oscillator.
The Track you posted "Tomorrow" Is deffo a sine bassline with either a square or saw layered gently over the top, then it has that running arp thing over that too.
A lot of it is the kick though.
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Jun-04-2011 10:29
Whip_lash
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Sauga, Ontario
quote:
Originally posted by Lunar Phase 7
Live bass always sounds huge. As others have mentioned.
A lot of dance theses days gets most of it's bottom end energy from the bass drum. They have long subby tails, a lot of actual basslines are not as heavy as you think.
Detune two saw tooth waves, mess about with the filter cut off (either a high pass or a low pass depending on your taste) get it to fit with a 909 or 808 style bassdrum.
Alternatively, try layering some saws with a sine wave an octave or two below the saws, mess about with the levels of each oscillator.
The Track you posted "Tomorrow" Is deffo a sine bassline with either a square or saw layered gently over the top, then it has that running arp thing over that too.
A lot of it is the kick though.
I think you're right, it kind of tricks the mind... swedish house mafia also relies heavely on the kick and they do an awesome job at it, very punchy and pounding with a long tail.
Jun-04-2011 12:29
Morvan
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2009
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
quote:
Originally posted by utdarsenal
or is there like a deeper bass that i can't hear on a laptop that makes it sound so massive live..
I think your laptop is the culprit. If you're using laptop speakers then you don't hear any real bottom end at all, so you got used to it, but listening to these boomy (and I can tell you on real speakers it sounds absolutely abysmal) live tracks the distortion and eqing makes it sound for you as if it had more low end than your tracks or regular tracks that aren't utter garbage quality wise. The solution is to buy studio monitors or at least some quality headphones.
Jun-04-2011 14:35
Rodri Santos
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Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Milan
in that video what moves the people is the kick, not the bassline. And is the start of the set it seems, everyone is excited...
Jun-04-2011 14:50
Morvan
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Registered: Aug 2009
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
What I find funny is that in that Eric Prydz video, the fog machine plays a vital role in the drop you mentioned, providing the white noise. Just listen when it suddenly stops making fog, the tracks falls apart
Jun-04-2011 15:18
Lunar Phase 7
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Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Zone 4
quote:
Originally posted by Morvan
What I find funny is that in that Eric Prydz video, the fog machine plays a vital role in the drop you mentioned, providing the white noise. Just listen when it suddenly stops making fog, the tracks falls apart
You make an excellent point.
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