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I've just started to experiment with bass in Reason and here's how far I got in one day. First I made a kick drum line and added some percussion to make it sound really chippy and chappy. I then experimented with the bass by cycling through every damn bass sound from Malstrom and Subtractor to gain experience (yes, this is how you gain experience, hear every preset along with the drum line you created from your own mind) and never worry about getting caught up in a preset, this is part of the fun.
After you heard every preset find one that gives you a solid feeling inside, play your drumline. As it is playing, experiment with creative bass-note arrangements (play creatively, use intelligent patterns etc), discover how the frequency works and sounds in the mix, alter the parameters by shifting and morphing till it sounds...weird logical, fuckin addictive ear tricky etc...
oh yeh, also take advantage of the mixing levels and panning of every damn sound in your arrangement, the key is to play multi-dimensionally in every way possible, this is where bass logic comes from, not other albums...good luck!
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