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DiMT
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Posted : Oct 21, 2005 02:47
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Hi all!
I'm trying to make my first psy-ambient track, but can't tweak fat bassline sound like ones in Shulman, Entheogenic and Ott's tracks. What is the principle of creating this kind? |
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Pypedream
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Posted : Oct 21, 2005 03:00
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I could be wrong, but what you are hearing in some of the Shulman music is a combination of the F.A.T. freebass, precision monitoring and EQ, and some nice mastering work.
I like some of the sounds I am getting using thicker virtual analogue presets with the Frohmage filter, or a series of filters and FX chained together. I'm trying to do the same as you.
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dlx
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Posted : Oct 21, 2005 15:06
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Yes, this is something i would love to hear aswell. Any chill/ambient gurus who want to share there thoughts on the matter? Exactly the artists DiMT mentioned i wondered the same thing, also Abakus has this great bass sound in his music. Where to start? How to create it?  |
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Pavel
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Posted : Oct 21, 2005 22:17
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Sounds to me like a sine wave with some eq work. I might be wrong though.
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shachar
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Posted : Oct 21, 2005 22:17
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spectrasonic`s TRILOGY. |
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sundrop
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Posted : Oct 21, 2005 22:18
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You can get nice bass notes like this with Reason subtractor (if you like Reason), tweak the Bass Guitar setting.
Many other programs will do this too, VStation can make some cool ambient bass sounds. |
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kajola
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Posted : Oct 22, 2005 13:22
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EYB
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Posted : Oct 22, 2005 14:40
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Also very good works the init v-station preset bass for downbeat bass. Some little tweaks maybe and there u go.
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AvS
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Posted : Oct 22, 2005 17:32
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On 2005-10-21 22:17, Pavel wrote:
Sounds to me like a sine wave with some eq work. I might be wrong though.
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Eq'ing a sine wave is pointless because it's only contains one frequency, so you will only be able to control the overall volume of it with an eq.
Ive never heard Shulman or Entheogenic but OTT sound like a very overdrived saw wave into a lowpass filter to remove the high freq content. It could also be a sampled electric bass-wave. |
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DiMT
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Posted : Oct 22, 2005 19:21
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DiMT
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Posted : Oct 22, 2005 19:28
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Colin OOOD
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fuzzikitten
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Posted : Oct 22, 2005 21:46
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Compression is also key. Check out Ott's blurb on compressing live bass that I posted here http://forum.isratrance.com/viewtopic.php/topic/15412/forum/2/start/58
I really like the Trilogy, especially the SH101 patch.
I believe the key to writing good ambient/psydub basslines is to keep the low end at the right volume - that means loud enough but not too loud and when the notes jump up in frequency they need to be EQ'd so as not to sound louder than the lower notes. It's an art though and I'm still learning.
Watch those transients! |
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dlx
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Posted : Oct 22, 2005 22:01
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Thats great info...thanks! |
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AvS
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Posted : Oct 23, 2005 13:28
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DiMT>> Thats quite nice but i tink it would be hard to use it in a mix because its very "singing". I mean listen to the last note it really rings and i bet it would make your house shake if you had a big sub!
I also made an example. Not really trying to sound like OTT, Shulman or whatever just trying to make a nice sound:
www.steinholtz.dk/snd/sh101dubbass.mp3
It might have to much midfreqs. Dunno.
Man, its really hard to make a cool sub/dub bass!
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