The Mother of all BASSLINES thread

On 2007-11-28 15:51, Work4Acid wrote:
hey Boobytrip thanx for the advice, im going to try that one for sure! but tell me something (or anybody):
Whats the difference between doing that and using an envelope shaper? if im not mistaken,you can make the envelope shaper to be triggered for each note, so luckly if you tweak it enough you can avoid using your bass as an audio file ... i saw this in the Andi Vax video but i couldnt get the Dynamic Envelope Shaper that comes with Cubase 4 (if somebody can pass it on i would be very happy)
Im very interested in this because im finally getting really close to the bass sound i want, i think the envelope shaper will make this adittional improvement.

On 2007-11-20 00:02, Human wrote:
hey williamsk,

i wouldn't use a multiband comp. in the bass at all, personally.. it's much easier to mess a sound up with a multiband comp. than to make it sound better, imo.. i use a normal compressor, if any..

also try varying with the position of eq and compressor. an eq before the compressor will have a different effect than the same eq after the compressor.

if you're working with fullon basslines, try using quadrafuzz, first preset with some slight variations will do i think.. see if you like it, it's a matter of taste

as for the delay; it really depends on your style and what you want to achieve.. i would, however, put the delay and AFTER that a sidechain linked to the kick, so that the delayed part doesn't get in the way with the kick.

good luck,
human

On 2007-12-02 23:10, Human wrote:
of course i can, sonictransportsystem ;-)


i use following side chainer, because it's freeware and it works well for me (most of the time.. *smile*)

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2054.html
(twisted lemon sidekick)


ok. first open the plugin on your kick-channel. don't do anything, just look to which virtual channel it sends the audio input (if you haven't opened it before in that project, it will be on "alpha").

now do whatever you want with your bass, add the delay and after the delay open another sidekick. here you do the following; put the effect on "ducking", deactivate the "bypass", and activate "alpha" under "use virtual channel" (assuming the plugin on the kick-channel sends to alpha).

now mess with the threshold, release and attack.. i usually set the attack very low for such purposes (though i haven't tried putting a delay on bass lately.. i think i tried that a couple of years ago, but i can't remember)

i hope this explanation is clear, if not you must excuse, i'm in a lot of pain today, feel free to ask again tomorrow.. ¦oP


enjoy!
human

On 2007-12-03 21:34, Elad wrote:
BassLine !
dagagagagagadaggagagagadagagaga

ha ?

i use more and more albino3 this days for basses , nice touch! less compressors and eq , just slight Lp Filter , sweet sounds

On 2007-12-06 12:45, Nomad Moon wrote:

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On 2007-12-03 21:34, Elad wrote: BassLine ! dagagagagagadaggagagagadagagaga ha ? i use more and more albino3 this days for basses , nice touch! less compressors and eq , just slight Lp Filter , sweet sounds

Funny u say that , i was playng around with albino 2 for bass yesterday and still couldn't figure it out , VB-1 is still the one who does it for me cos of the pumping range at 250 ,and i tried lot's of them (tau,trilogy,basstation,vanguard,etc),i think i don't eq them right dunno ,so if u can share some advices as for the use of albino ...
Thanx
Nuno

On 2007-12-08 11:45, Nomad Moon wrote:

Right now it up on my list of bass weapons above audiorealism, vanguard, albino, tau and of course vb which i really never been fond of, and cant understand the fixation so many psy have with it.
but on top on my bass arsenal is cronox (thanx Enertopia for pointing that out) and trilogy.
1. cronox
2. trilogy
3. alien303

On 2007-12-08 22:56, Zoopy wrote:
Alien303 sounded pretty cool to me but it's definitely not very diverse...also.. you might want to change your demo protection because you can just sample the bassnotes