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Synthman2000 · Post by **Synthman2000** » Thu Aug 24, 2017 9:28 pm

Thought I would present this here..latest offering SoundCloud to the track in the sig... pretty pleased with it.

Distorted Horizon · Post by **Distorted Horizon** » Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:56 am

Time to wake this thread again

Anything new guys? Have you tried that Melda tool I mentioned earlier?

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:02 pm

Nothing new here... the art of making the bass which doesn't suck still escapes me

What do you think about the bass here?

https://soundcloud.com/recursion-loop/s ... he-machine

wickfut · Post by **wickfut** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:10 pm

'tiz rather nice that.

Distorted Horizon · Post by **Distorted Horizon** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:01 pm

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You've been talking about your venture to find The Perfect Bass for so long, that I have to ask that how would you describe that The Perfect Bass?

For some reason I'm not into bass hunt almost at all. For me if the bass sits and supports the song, it's perfect.

Terrafractyl · Post by **Terrafractyl** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:32 pm

I think i have been out to find the 'best' basslines i could for 20 years now. It never ends, but I wouldnt use the word 'perfect' as I dont think that exists in music or art. What i think of as perfect now will probably sound bad to my ears in 10 years. Its happened to me more than once over the years. Hell i started trying to make goa trance in the 90s and some of the kick/bass sounds I used to Love sound like blergh to me now haha.

Recursive one I know your after a south african early 2000s kinda vibe though.. i dont know your monitoring situation, but have you spent much time/ money on treatment or anything?
One thing i have learnt over the years is when trying to make snappy, crisp sounding basslines, the synth envelopes amd the freq response of your room isnt the whole story.

Room/modal issues creating huge tails on certain low freqs can be your biggest enemy.
Its horrible looking at a waterfall display of your room to realise certain vitally important freqs are 'hanging around' in your room for a very long time in comparison to others.
I dunno if its your problem, but it could be in part!
A lot of people dont find this stuff worth doing, but trust me a good sounding room is way better than a nice pair of speakers!

Trance Euphoria · Post by **Trance Euphoria** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:07 am

Hello All

Trance Euphoria are proud to release ‘PSY Trance Anthems For Vengeance Avenger’ featuring 128 x Top Quality Presets & 10 x PSY Trance Construction Kits as heard in the demos.

https://soundcloud.com/trance-euphoria- ... or-avenger

Whats In The Pack?
* 128 x Vengeance Avenger Presets.
* 10 x PSY Trance Construction Kits (WAV/MIDI & Avenger Presets).
* 100% Royalty Free.
* 448MB Zipped | 567MB Unzipped.

Patches Broken Down:-
10 x Arps
26 x Basses
20 x FX
21 x Leads
16 x Pads
18 x Plucks
15 x Synths

Construction Kits Details
* Kit BPM ranges from 138 -145.
* Each kit folder is BPM and KEY labelled.
* Each Kit Contains folder of MIDI Files for all main parts.
* Each Kit Contains folder of Avenger Presets used.
* Each Kit has Kick, Percussion Inc Top Loops, Toms, Snares, Crashes etc and any additional FX Used (WAV 24-Bit).
* Each Kit has WAV Stems - Basslines, Leads, FXs, Synths, Plucks etc (WAV 24- Bit).
* 120 x WAV Files (24-Bit).
* 36 x MIDI Files.
* 100% Royalty Free.

* Please Use Avenger Version 1.2.5 Or Higher.
* Please Note : Keep your software legal and up-to-date to avoid any issues when loading your new presets.

Price & Availability
Price Is £20 and is available at sellfy at the moment - Purchase -->HERE<--

Will be released this week on Producerloops & Dance MIDI Samples
And Beatport Sounds at a later date.

Thanks MW

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:06 am

Distorted Horizon wrote: how would you describe that The Perfect Bass?

Ha, that's easy - any bass from any psy track released in last few years which is not mine

Terrafractyl wrote: i dont know your monitoring situation, but have you spent much time/ money on treatment or anything?
One thing i have learnt over the years is when trying to make snappy, crisp sounding basslines, the synth envelopes amd the freq response of your room isnt the whole story.

I mix mostly in headphones

Because of two kids in the first place. I also have a half-decent pair of speakers but no room treatment. I do understand that this is utterly important but I can't afford having a dedicated production room with decent acoustic treatment at the moment. Real-life priorities and shit

So my goal is not to make the biggest and fattest bass on earth, rather a bass which works reasonably well in a track and doesn't sound like ass at any other audio system.

Terrafractyl wrote: Recursive one I know your after a south african early 2000s kinda vibe though

I do really dig this vibe and I have some tracks made in that vein but now I'm after more modern proggy sound, like E-Clip, Sideform etc.

wickfut wrote:'tiz rather nice that.

Trance Euphoria wrote:https://soundcloud.com/trance-euphoria- ... or-avenger

This actually sounds quite nice and much better that the official Vengeance psy expansion demo. TBH that's actually the first audio I'm hearing from Avenger which I like. Some good basses in there btw.

andymcbain · Post by **andymcbain** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:44 am

Distorted Horizon wrote:My dear fellows in Psy.

Your wait is over.

The solution to that nasty phase issue in bbb is now found.

May I represent to you..

https://www.meldaproduction.com/MFreeformPhase

Vojtec if I ever see you, I'll grab your cheeks and kiss you like a beast.

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This intrigued me but I found drawing freehand on that tiny melda screen (I only have the free version) was a bit annoying. Which phase issues are you using it to solve?

andymcbain · Post by **andymcbain** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:03 am

recursive one wrote:
Trance Euphoria wrote:https://soundcloud.com/trance-euphoria- ... or-avenger
This actually sounds quite nice and much better that the official Vengeance psy expansion demo. TBH that's actually the first audio I'm hearing from Avenger which I like. Some good basses in there btw.

Avenger rocks for bass - I wish I could afford to buy it! When I had the demo I managed to knock up the tightest bass sound I'd ever made within a matter of minutes... just your basic saw, 24dB low pass (forget which one) and simple envelope settings - but the icing on the cake was being able to adjust the harmonics of the wave in the editor. I seem to remember cranking every harmonic up to max *except* the 3rd - which kinda gave the overall sound some overdrive but kept the pitch stable - as it was emphasising the fundamental frequency and the harmonic 1 octave above that.

After that I ran it through a multiband compressor on default settings - which often has a pleasing effect on psytrance bass - and is why some producers still have really old versions of Cubase so they can use the original Quadrafuzz plugin! No further compression or EQ needed after that.

For a tight, proggy bass - you won't go wrong with Avenger. No need to buy preset banks for it

Sylenth is still the daddy too... a friend of mine who runs a label and performs internationally swears by it, and the old Quadrafuzz. It's all in the synth, not the processing

Oh and having the most solid kick you can find helps as well!

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:26 am

andymcbain wrote:Avenger rocks for bass - I wish I could afford to buy it! When I had the demo I managed to knock up the tightest bass sound I'd ever made within a matter of minutes... just your basic saw, 24dB low pass (forget which one) and simple envelope settings - but the icing on the cake was being able to adjust the harmonics of the wave in the editor. I seem to remember cranking every harmonic up to max *except* the 3rd - which kinda gave the overall sound some overdrive but kept the pitch stable - as it was emphasising the fundamental frequency and the harmonic 1 octave above that.

After that I ran it through a multiband compressor on default settings - which often has a pleasing effect on psytrance bass

I think, the same thing should be possible in the new synth Thorn by Dmitry Sches. It also offers control over individual harmonics in a wave and also has a "boost" effect which seems to be a sort of multiband compressor. Thorn is much cheaper currently.

I'm still not sure about Avenger. It's technically very high quality engine but what I've heard from it sounds somehow boring, except for that TE demo. Clean, characterless, a bit thin sound. I understand that it is very complex synth where you probably can build whatever sound character you want but I prefer more "coloured" synths like Spire, which sound great with minimum effort.

Distorted Horizon · Post by **Distorted Horizon** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:42 pm

recursive one wrote:
andymcbain wrote:Avenger rocks for bass - I wish I could afford to buy it! When I had the demo I managed to knock up the tightest bass sound I'd ever made within a matter of minutes... just your basic saw, 24dB low pass (forget which one) and simple envelope settings - but the icing on the cake was being able to adjust the harmonics of the wave in the editor. I seem to remember cranking every harmonic up to max *except* the 3rd - which kinda gave the overall sound some overdrive but kept the pitch stable - as it was emphasising the fundamental frequency and the harmonic 1 octave above that.

After that I ran it through a multiband compressor on default settings - which often has a pleasing effect on psytrance bass
I think, the same thing should be possible in the new synth Thorn by Dmitry Sches. It also offers control over individual harmonics in a wave and also has a "boost" effect which seems to be a sort of multiband compressor. Thorn is much cheaper currently.

I'm still not sure about Avenger. It's technically very high quality engine but what I've heard from it sounds somehow boring, except for that TE demo. Clean, characterless, a bit thin sound. I understand that it is very complex synth where you probably can build whatever sound character you want but I prefer more "coloured" synths like Spire, which sound great with minimum effort.

Thorn, Diversion, MPowerSynth, Fathom, KarmaFX Modular, Serum.... Just to name few.

recursive one wrote:Ha, that's easy - any bass from any psy track released in last few years which is not mine

Ahh.. Sweet self punishment and criticism

andymcbain wrote:This intrigued me but I found drawing freehand on that tiny melda screen (I only have the free version) was a bit annoying. Which phase issues are you using it to solve?

Bass. When you toss a highpass to a bass, it may create a several dB peak. With this little tool you can remove that.

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 7:41 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvqRBRHovaM

That sound (and the melody) at 2:20 -is it a preset? I'm sure I've heard it in some synth, probably Z3ta

andymcbain · Post by **andymcbain** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:14 pm

recursive one wrote:
I'm still not sure about Avenger. It's technically very high quality engine but what I've heard from it sounds somehow boring, except for that TE demo. Clean, characterless, a bit thin sound. I understand that it is very complex synth where you probably can build whatever sound character you want but I prefer more "coloured" synths like Spire, which sound great with minimum effort.

Precisely the reason I haven't bought it yet. The first thing I usually check when demoing a synth is "does it psybass?" (I'm sad like that) and while I was able to create my ideal bass sound really quickly I found I was happier with the results from my other synths when it came to stuff like FM, acid leads, etc. I absolutely love the FM in Serum for example - it seems to have a lot of depth and movement to my ears.

So yeah, I can't quite justify 199 EUR just for sawtooth bass lines quite yet!

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:27 pm

andymcbain wrote:
recursive one wrote:
I'm still not sure about Avenger. It's technically very high quality engine but what I've heard from it sounds somehow boring, except for that TE demo. Clean, characterless, a bit thin sound. I understand that it is very complex synth where you probably can build whatever sound character you want but I prefer more "coloured" synths like Spire, which sound great with minimum effort.
Precisely the reason I haven't bought it yet. The first thing I usually check when demoing a synth is "does it psybass?" (I'm sad like that) and while I was able to create my ideal bass sound really quickly I found I was happier with the results from my other synths when it came to stuff like FM, acid leads, etc. I absolutely love the FM in Serum for example - it seems to have a lot of depth and movement to my ears.

So yeah, I can't quite justify 199 EUR just for sawtooth bass lines quite yet!

Yeah, next to Virus, Serum is my favourite source of the FM leads

As for the acid stuff, Spire, Diversion and good old Sylenth are pretty good at this (as well as the Virus ofc).

I just bought Ultrabass which to my ears makes these saw basses just right and it is only 27 EUR

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