Ive read some posts recently about off beat bass being dated and uncool. So how and what are people doing as alternatives. Im relatively new to making tunes compared to lots of people on this forum and am interested to improve my production skills.

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Always do what everyone else is doing. If you can't do it yourself, use samples.

imo the offbeat bass is back! it makes it all so groooooovey

im asking so i can improve. New techniques and that... then I will be more likely to be original eventually.

just stick to a good simple off beat bass then build stuff around it that way you can make things more ineresting and not get to fed up along the way.

try using 2 bass patches, one offbeat sub bass to to help drive the kick drum and then add a more melodic/rythmic bass on top, eq carefully so they gel together and dont clash. then route all 3 to a group and compress to taste

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Originally posted by blowa Ive read some posts recently about off beat bass being dated and uncool. So how and what are people doing as alternatives.

As alternatives, people are using different bass rhythms/patterns. Are you looking for a list of all the possible rhythms that can be put into a four bar loop, plus all the variations in note length etc?

Try out some different patterns, do what's right for your song. You haven't specified what style of trance you're into, which artists you like. Maybe offbeat basslines are all you need.

I could ask a similar question - "I've read that talking about guns and women and bling in rap songs is dated and uncool now. What should I rap about?"

Sorry if this sounds a bit harsh. I'd say grab an arpeggiator/ trance gate and try out different rhythms, see what you personally like. Listen to bass rhythms in songs you like and try those out.

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Originally posted by studiobob try using 2 bass patches, one offbeat sub bass to to help drive the kick drum and then add a more melodic/rythmic bass on top, eq carefully so they gel together and dont clash. then route all 3 to a group and compress to taste

why not just get one bass that sounds good?

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Originally posted by floyd741 why not just get one bass that sounds good?

There are many options, both in choice of notes as in choice of bass layers - sometimes a single bass works well, sometimes two or three basses operating in different spaces and frequency ranges sound fantastic. Whatever works for a particular song.

my current track has 3 bass section 1 sub 1 mid and a high sound to it.

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thanks for the tips. Will try some new options.

my current track has one subbass that's pretty much a couple of detuned sine waves at the same octave in a 3xOSC. i use it as a rhythmic stab during certain segments of the phrase instead of trying to make it into a big, overdone melodic deal.