I posted this originally in the wrong section so here goes in this one...

When i listen to some tracks by say, day din or digicult, there may be small sections where theres almost nothing going on except the kick drum and bassline, however the track keeps moving driven only by a quantized kick and quantised typical trance bassline.
When i try to do it, (just a kick and trance bassline )it sounds completely static almost clockwork and i cant figure out how they pull it off.
Is anyone good at this? or have any good advice? Im not talking about eqing the bass to fit the kick or vice versa. How do they get it to roll along when nothing else is going on?

Delay?

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ok
heres an example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOngEhkizT8
this is a song called magic by digicult.
from around 25 secs to 40 secs in the track theres little going on but the kick and bass seem to be able to provide a drive that I cant get.
I know theres some other stuff going on but there isnt anything thats contributing to what I mean..
hope the link helps

Well it's just a rolling bass with some atmosphere.

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if i want to upload a loop so i cant post a link to it is soundcloud the best place? if not, any suggestions...

my last message should say "can" not "cant" fluffin small keys!

when you say perhaps the wrong kick sample, do you think its easier to use a sample, as opposed to say a synthesized sine sweep or would that need layering?

what is the 2nd sine for? you mention an "additional" one
sorry if it seems a dumb question..

it's psy trance, look up "how to get a fat psy trance bassline" on youtube.

you might try some layering, everything is in 16th notes, and the bass line is just the 3 note offbeat pattern.

so use a sinwave mixed with a saw wave for your bassline and use some filter envelope modulation to make it have a rolling feel. you know have the filter envelope openiong and closing over a long period of time like 16 beats..

thanks for the replies..
its good of you to do a loop for for me to listen to clay
Ill upload something soon and you can give me some pointer on it..

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Originally posted by clay heres something i made now in five minutes using three instances of subtractor from scratch [[ LINK REMOVED ]] i dont know if that something youre after.

that clip has the secret development sound to it lol

ok so heres a link. I tried that speedyshare..
i havnt used it before so if theres any probs, let me know..
Just a small loop. just kick and bass..
Let me know how you think I can get better

http://speedy.sh/YjBRj/kicknbass.mp3