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Originally posted by echosystm perhaps i misinterpreted this. anyways, amp sims do this sound well. you can put almost any kind of bass through an amp sim and get something live-ish sounding with enough knob twiddling. i have to say, to be honest phyrrus, you should really look into rewiring reason into another daw. reason is awesome for instruments, but it is very lacking when it comes to effects. maybe try reaper, it's very cheap.

I already am rewiring into ableton 6. but the closest ableton comes is the "vinyl distortion" effect, which isn't very close at all.

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there's no easy answer to your question. i think everyone heard the justice album and went "how in the f*** did they do that?"... you're def right that it is a bass guitar playing a slap style. that is a bit over driven with something like amplitube. however the grittyness comes from a synth with distortion on it... there is usually a bottom layer as well. youre best bet is to have 3-4 layers all heavily compressed together

I think I will take Zombie0729's suggestion and try a combination of everything, ie. slapping the shit out of a real bass guitar and layering a distorted synth over it.

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