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Originally posted by 9Vibes If your talking about basses like Haris C - Back On Track(Big bang mix) Alex MORPH - Sunshine(Nitrous Oxide remix) There are probaly 2 layers of bass , or sections , the sub and the mid bass. The mid bass is probaly the most 'hearable' bass in the track , but it doesn't feel 'bassy' Mid bass are probaly those sawtooth bass you hear. And the Sub bass is the reinforcement , it kinda reinforce the mid bass , by making it more 'bassy'. They are generally not loud , but its just there for the listerner to 'feel' the bass. Most sub bass are real bass guitars(I think) or just pure sine waves. Thats what i think.

Yes, you can layer basses. But I personally feel it is better to get one sound right first before trying to make complex arrangements using many layers of bass sounds. It's tricky to mix a sine wave with other waves and not either:

a) swamp your track with muddy low end.

or

b) kill the effect fo your mid bass.

Btw, you did neither, good effort!

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Last edited by Lunar Phase 7 on Mar-25-2009 at 13:34

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Originally posted by 9Vibes I made a sample , with the bassline in it.. Tell me what you think [[ LINK REMOVED ]]

Sounds fuckin wicked on my pinny laptop speakers dude (sorry, I know thats not much help )

Yes I've found basslines to be the part of a track where I play with the most when trying to finish it, usually deciding whether to sidechain or to use raw keyboard notes.

Sidechaining bass is nice as I love to drive a track melody through the bass after each kick, allot of it is the EQ'ing pretty much for sidechain, I find it a little hard with my 5'inch cone monitors to decicde on how much bass to apply.

I do like it when the bass takes a little trip of its own during a melody but still manages to complement it, house music has this allot at breaks.

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I thought i actually made the sub bass too loud .. well ..

Anyway yeah its important to get one sound before proceeding to the next , or else the whole arrangement can just sound awful. Making trance basslines is kinda like a game of mixing and EQing.

yes 9vibes you did its slightly distorted there.