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Originally posted by KulshanRecord Also with the NEWEST stuff I'm making now, trying to be a little more subtle with sidechain compression, so the bassline is a bit warmer.

Been working on a bassline the last week, trying to use just one sound and keep it clean. It's still lacking some drive so am maybe going to add a stabb to accompany one or two bass notes. Finding it very hard to get the drive with a more minimal sound.

I would post a snippet but it seems people get upset when I do this as I must be some sort of sonic whore!!

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Originally posted by Richard Butler Been working on a bassline the last week, trying to use just one sound and keep it clean. It's still lacking some drive so am maybe going to add a stabb to accompany one or two bass notes. Finding it very hard to get the drive with a more minimal sound. I would post a snippet but it seems people get upset when I do this as I must be some sort of sonic whore!!

It's a pretty obvious thing, but I never even really thought about it until recently, but have you tried playing with the velocities of individual bass notes in addition to applying mild compression?
I just did that in a tune that has a psy-like driving bassline, made bass notes immediately following the kick quieter, and made following notes louder, according to whatever deranged pattern I decide (generally make the 16th notes velocities curve in an ascending wave).

Made the velocities for both layers of bassline do the same thing, then rendered the track out, and ran the full thing through my personal mastering project file (in FL). The bass is wonderfully pumpy & thick, and has plenty of punch.

also fiddling with the Attack and Decay and Release on the main envelope can help make the bass snappier too. Adding a touch of delay, somewhere around 1/2 with most of the really bassy frequencies filtered out of the delay (to avoid phasing) really helps add drive and energy to a bassline.

You've probably already monkeyed around with these, but I thought I'd post it just in case, and also for the edification of any new producers browsing through here. :P

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From my perspective, when I create a new track, usually is base on some sound/melody/idea in my head ---> start to laying out BPM, bass with kick, adding drums and base synth with this "imaginary" sound from my head. Second step is to bring some Lead and arps to support this basic melo, add some FX to spice up nicely this atmo/groove, run this track 100 times to see where I have some holes (in terms of attractiveness to listener) and adding more lead sound to emphasize this liseter experience. After 100's of runs (when I'm satisfy), I start to work with EQ to see if I have enough clearance or some sound fighting between (I need to have clear sound of every instrument in my track so I can trace it's behavior/frequency).

So this is my usual method/path to get something (in my opinion) good or attractive created.

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