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bassline loosing power on different notes
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| danielrong |
| anyone else have this problem? iīve been tweaking this bass for like 2 hours only to notice that it looses alot of energy when i play it on different notes to make it go with the melody |
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| Seric |
I could suggest safely with 99.9% accuracy that its A) Conflicting frequencies (I.E. Bd, low leads, etc) or B) Slow Lfo. Just try to (reasonably) EQ the bass out of everything. Wait.. Did you solo the bassline, and it's still being jumpy? If so, is it always in the same spots? aclwerhoaxniuwenycruiwe So tired
Ohyeah.. Maybe the freq. of the bass is so specific that lower notes just don'tget any projection. Try octaving the bass up +1 or +2. Then get back to me about what it's doing. |
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| danielrong |
well it still looses power when i solo it..its the bass sound itself, when it goes up a couple of notes it looses alot of the low end.
i was just hoping someone would have some tips how to tweak it to give it some low end even on higher notes
putting an osc an octave below isnt the answer because thatīll make it sound ed up when playing the lower notes |
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| Seric |
I was trying to troubleshoot whether or not it was an amplification error, or a soundcard, or speaker, or even internal program problem.
If it doesnt change amplification at higher octaves, then the latter is true. If it still changes, then it's a problem with the voice. |
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| ccpurno |
The cutoff frequency might be coupled with the
note value. So with higher notes the cutoff freq is also
higher. This causes extra loss of low end freqs.
-Try to take this coupling away by editing in the MOD matrix
or tweak some knobs.
If you use a sample it's also possible that with
higer notes the sample gets pitched up and get shorter, thus
losing more power..
-Try to use a sampler with time independant pitchshifting or put two
base notes behind eachother. You could also use soundfont samples
with built in looping.
Greetings CCPURNO |
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| halo |
There might ba alot of reasons for your bass losing energy.
ccpruno said the cutoff could shift depending on the note played cutting some of the lower end but that would only ally to you high passing your bass...
My quess goes the other way... your using alot of resonance and a very low cutoff for the LP. Higher notes are out of the frequency range you designed your bass for. As the cutoff may slip below note frequency all of it's harmonics, including the original freq., are cut off, resonance can add no enerqy as it takes place below the note.
Just make the cutoff follow your key or sample the original bass note and pitch that. |
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| danielrong |
| thx everyone for replying:) |
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| The Designer |
| quote: | Originally posted by danielrong
anyone else have this problem? iīve been tweaking this bass for like 2 hours only to notice that it looses alot of energy when i play it on different notes to make it go with the melody |
Use a compressor on your bassline to compensate for the volume fluctuations. ;) |
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| ccpurno |
halo,
Higher cutoff can give less resonance and thus less
energy. The thing is that the coupling is the thing
to look at.
danielrong,
i'm interested in hearing what method
worked for you..
Greetings CCPURNO |
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| hey cheggy |
| Yeah, I get this problem with one of my nice bass patches in Atmosphere. Some notes play louder and more accentuated than others. Haven't been able to figure out why yet. |
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| dj-sean |
| Same deal cheggy, I usually just compensate by extreme external eq'ing, hehe. |
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| BassAngel |
| quote: | | halo wrote: or sample the original bass note and pitch that. |
I've had this problem too on my current tune and I didn't think of this one at all. Nice one. |
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