mmh I think most softsynth has no bass...
...glad I have a bassstation


What synths (soft or hard)do you use for bass sounds?

..is there any softsynths that is good for bass??

simonhans73 wrote:

mmh I think most softsynth has no bass... ...glad I have a bassstation What synths (soft or hard)do you use for bass sounds? ..is there any softsynths that is good for bass??

what's the point, if you've already got basstation?
however,
iblit is a monster bass on its own. throw baxxpander on it, and it becomes a crippler.
see links top right.

Bazzoid

-edit- jens, we posted it at the same time!

Bazzoid:

http://www.kvr-vst.com/get/969.html

Check out the demo.

Personally, I think Z3ta+ makes fat bass sounds...

- cheers, Pheeleep

ooh, just got around to checking out bazzoid.


and that first patch put me in the mood for meat beat manifesto..so...

ive alwyas used Alibino (2 and 1) for bass.....the synth themselves are not that exciting but seem to have a brilliant quality for bass.....also of late this has changed into RAVITY.,..what an awesome synth!! totally not as widely used as it should be!!

one thing tho with bass its all down to your EQ and how it works with your kick!!

bass and kick must be as one!!

Bazzoid> Ya it's cool. Unfortunately I am not allowed to buy any other vst's or vsti's this year, even for that dirt cheap price... but indeed, after using the demo, I was tempted. But you have to stop at one point...

It is on my list though! Maybe in 2005.

hmm...well Emagic ES1...the bass synth for prog house.
I use it all the time now. The "lowbass" patch is fantastic!

simonhans73 wrote:

mmh I think most softsynth has no bass... ...glad I have a bassstation What synths (soft or hard)do you use for bass sounds? ..is there any softsynths that is good for bass??

I love Unison for bass

here are some basses in sytrus. Those are enhanced DX7 presets, because FM is good at basses.

http://www.flstudio.com/gol/BassTest.mp3

Definitely VB-1.

jens wrote:

Bazzoid

cheers, Jens.

pheeleep wrote:

Bazzoid> Ya it's cool. Unfortunately I am not allowed to buy any other vst's or vsti's this year, even for that dirt cheap price... but indeed, after using the demo, I was tempted. But you have to stop at one point..

I think I'd make an allowance for this one.

valley wrote:

jens wrote: Bazzoid cheers, Jens.

cheers, Valley - have forgotten to reply to your reply
about me praising Bazzoid in the Zebra thread

I'm glad if I could help you filling out that gap which I had as well before I bought Bazzoid
and I'm glad if Maxx gets more sales because he really deserves it for his awesome and inexpensive synth

I think I'd make an allowance for this one.

Noooooooo... ddddoooonnnn''''ttttt tttteeeemmmpppppttttt meeeeeeeeeee

I spent about $1300.00 this year on music stuff. That's insane... we're not even half way through the year.

I am going to relax, and just use the tools I already have until 2005 ( this excludes free plugins, of course ).

I'll have a budget in 2005 ( bonus money from work ).

PS: It's weird. I have reached a stage in my life when I have to save for everything. A downpayment on a house, a baby that should be conceived in the 2 years to come ( my very first ), an expensive ring.. But, I do have my bonus money from work! And that is just for me! It's my treat to myself.. at least until the baby arrives.

Damn! How come I haven't heard of Bazzoid until now!?! I'm here everyday, but this is the first I've heard of it. A must purchase

It's a cool little synth, definately worth it's small asking price. It debuted here about 2 months ago. I don't cosider it an end all be all, but it's nice for fleshing out tracks.

Of course not, but the perfect bass sound is one of my obsessions. So anytime I find something that adds to my palate them I'm pretty happy.

for what Bazzoid does, I like Tau2 better, same price, like a dollar difference or something. Just sounds better to me. Then there's tau pro, which I like even better

Thanks...
very useful comments

sickle666 wrote:

for what Bazzoid does, I like Tau2 better, same price, like a dollar difference or something. Just sounds better to me. Then there's tau pro, which I like even better

I don't know, Tau2 has always seemed more geared towards 303 type sounds. Bazzoid is a bit more diverse IMO.

don't 4get the fl3a

Normally Albino for me, but I just got v-station and hit has a real depth to it's bass tones so I'm using that instead of Albino lately.

I use Beast - it works 4 me!!

sickle666 wrote:

for what Bazzoid does, I like Tau2 better, same price, like a dollar difference or something. Just sounds better to me. Then there's tau pro, which I like even better

you compare a single osc synth without even a real envelope at least for the gain with a polyphonic three osc. synth which has a five stage envelope for the osc gain and a four stage envelope for the filter?

Just to visualize you comparison :

I really prefer Attack for Basses.
Of my synths, none can do that much rumble in the lower frequencies belo 100 hz that you dont hear but FEEL...
I tested out some but most - even Iblit or z3ta + - just dont rumble enough and Attack can really sound amazingly fat.

Rich

yes, you're right - Attack can give some serious bass-punch as well

Antti's Asynth can do some great basses.

V-station is good too.

Triangle II.

Groet, Erik

another vote for Iblit. The bass from this synth is noticeably better, imho.

What? Nobody has mentioned impOSCar yet! With its "Kick-ass filter" and warm as hell oscillators that bad mother is my one destination for all things bass. Check out the demo, and try the patch "Hip-hop Bass" to see what I mean. That Basstard has more bounce per ounce than any other VA synth soft, or hard that I know of.

ATA

How do you use attack as bass

doesn`t you make didfferent sounds on every note??

simonhans73 wrote:

How do you use attack as bass doesn`t you make didfferent sounds on every note??

Each sound in the upper-12 of the sound selector can be played chromatically from C3 and up. The sound being played will correspond to the MIDI channel being received. For example, with the 808 preset if you want to play the Reso Bass sound set Attack to receive on channel 11 and then play the upper half of your keyboard.

It's kind of a non-intuitive way but it works. Attack is capable of some good sounds. And if you're a capable enough player you can play drum parts with your left hand and bass (or lead) lines with your right hand. I'll stick to sequencing for now.

One of these days I'm going to get around to doing an entire song with only Attack just for the fun of it.

vurt wrote:

ianweb123 wrote: don't 4get the fl3a

and what i meant to add was considering the title of the thread is almost bedsit synth for bass,surely fleas n bedsits are mandatorys bedfellows so to speak

vurt wrote:

vurt wrote: ianweb123 wrote: don't 4get the fl3a and what i meant to add was considering the title of the thread is almost bedsit synth for bass,surely fleas n bedsits are mandatorys bedfellows so to speak

Perhaps the question was bedsit synth for bass, in which case I would have to say any synth which has a kitchen sync option

The thing with bass sounds is that many digital synths use wavetables for synthesis and these can sound grainy when you stretch them low (artificial harmonics / "clock noise").

Fxpansion has an upcoming monosynth that has the best low end of any digital synth I've heard. I'd name this yet-released synth "Purity" if I had a say in it

Korg Legacy (MS20 and Polysix) can make some nice bass sounds too.

Iblit & Bazzoid, sometimes mixed with LinPlug Alpha.

there's one Alpha patch called "Bass (yeah)".

If I'm stuck for a bass patch to fit, this is the first one I reach for. Just reduce the envelope->cutoff in the mod matrix a wee bit and it's a really useful bass patch.

A patch for all season, if you will.

A uni-patch.

etc.

Virus Powercore

one really nice feature of the Bazzoid is that the waveshaping features allow you to come somewhere near having a seperate filter for each oscillator.

Even without touching the cutoff control you can shape the frequency range of each oscillator, which frees up the cutoff/res to act more like an emphasis control.

I'm amazed how versatile this little vsti is.

yes, definetely - you can even do some nice 'power'-pads with it and of course killer-leadsounds

no ones mentioned the old 'orange box/broomstick/string' VSTi

Somehow, I always end up using sampled bass. I think that, once sampled, the sound becomes 'harder'/more focused than on a VA. Hard to explain, try it yourself.

Peter.