Effects can make any lead, pad etc sound pretty decent (for the most part). But bass is mostly about the source sound.

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Yeh honestly bass is what I find myself putting the littlest work into it. I just find something thick and fat and make sure nothing is intefering.
I agree sound source is important for bass. I'd never used Nexus. Vanguard or V-Station for bass. For various reasons (ie: nexus has limited filter as its sample based not synth)

I love z3ta, hypersonic and sometimes pro-53. But the wonderful thing with basses is at that pitch everything in the sound gets thicker and grittier. As opposed to leads the higher the pitch the thinner and less gritty the sound.

But I agree most of its sound source/compression/isolation and a bit of equal. That bass in the sample doesn't even sound compressed either imo.

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Originally posted by kadomony hm still not getting the sound i'm looking for actually. i think Mr. Ross has the right idea. i tried layering 2 basses, one centered, and one split full right and full left with various fx to give it more space, but it still sounds really flat. here's an example of what i'm trying to achieve: http://www.sendspace.com/file/t4win2 im trying like mad to get that fat wide resonance in the low end but i'm missing something. in the sample, i can hear the two basses, there's the mid-range one (sounds a bit widened?), and then the really deep and wide one that generally follows the same melody. can't figure how to get that key resonance and separation in the low end. here's my effort: http://www.sendspace.com/file/utbxr8 in this i have 2 basses, the lower of which is split full left and right, but still sounds flat and centered without that forceful resonance that's in the other clip. any help?

Missed this thread at the time, but just wanted to say I think the track your working on sounds really good. I like the feeling of space between the elements, their separation, and the choices of sounds.

What reverbs are you using out of interest and have you used any stereo widening FX?

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Missed this thread at the time, but just wanted to say I think the track your working on sounds really good. I like the feeling of space between the elements, their separation, and the choices of sounds. What reverbs are you using out of interest and have you used any stereo widening FX?

Thanks
I'm not at my production computer but in that sample I believe used the native reverb in Nexus along with Waves TrueVerb and Fruity Reverb.
The only widening FX I used was the channel separation knob in Fruity.

I decided a really wide bass sound wouldn't fit this tune so I'm keeping it in phase.

Experimented with the wide sound in this new thing:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/daa1h3

Used Fruity Stereo Enhancer to widen the low bass on a couple notes.

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making your bassline sound fat has more to do with the mixing of the other elements. you need to leave "room" for it. some plugin isn't really gonna fix it if you haven't properly mixed the song.

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