Make your bass Sound full (EDM)
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- KVRist
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- 83 posts since 13 Mar, 2013 from Denmark
Hey guys!.., im searching for tips and Info about how to make your bass In edm drops Sound full and heavy.. By that i mean eq/compress/layering.. How do you guys achieve This solid Sound?
I guess sub bass is a very important thing!..,so.. Kick / sub bass / bass? Or??
Tell your methods!.. ..
Mickey
I guess sub bass is a very important thing!..,so.. Kick / sub bass / bass? Or??
Tell your methods!.. ..
Mickey
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- KVRAF
- 1780 posts since 4 Sep, 2011 from England
Saturation plugin.
- KVRAF
- 8180 posts since 22 Sep, 2008 from Windsor. UK
Good monitoring
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The 'phat' button has yet to be invented.
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The 'phat' button has yet to be invented.
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- KVRAF
- 35098 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from the wilds of wanny
This.tehlord wrote:Good monitoring
Skill
Practice
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The 'phat' button has yet to be invented.
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- 10196 posts since 12 Mar, 2012 from the Bavarian Alps to my feet and the globe around my head
For example, with a little help from a plugin:
(I don't use it but it's pretty good, though.)
(I don't use it but it's pretty good, though.)
- KVRAF
- 5223 posts since 20 Jul, 2010
The most important thing you can do for your bass is what you do to everything else that ISN'T bass. A lot of records just use a simple unmixed sine wave for a bassline (Akai Test Program anyone?!), then the impact comes from the fact that that sine wave is the only thing really happening down in the bass - it has it's own space.
As has been mentioned, saturation also helps. Gentle lowpassing and saturation are pretty much the closest you can get to a "Phat Button" - but you'll need to learn to adjust the settings for best results.
As has been mentioned, saturation also helps. Gentle lowpassing and saturation are pretty much the closest you can get to a "Phat Button" - but you'll need to learn to adjust the settings for best results.
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- KVRist
- 335 posts since 9 Aug, 2004
- KVRAF
- 5948 posts since 19 Jun, 2008 from Melbourne, Australia
- KVRAF
- 5793 posts since 17 Aug, 2004 from Berlin, Germany
Pick the right bass or program it so it's sound good. Use a second oscillator with a sine or triangle wave and tune it 1 octave below the first oscillator for the subs.
If the synth provides some "sub oscillator" stuff, this also a good option.
Use the low pass filter and a proper (short) filter envelope.
Layering of 2 different bass sounds for middle/subs and highs.
Saturation... there are dozens of options for saturation, some of the newest is from Native Instruments "Supercharger GT".
Compression to make the bass more solid, sometimes (very often) it needs also EQing of overlapping frequencies with the kick.
If the synth provides some "sub oscillator" stuff, this also a good option.
Use the low pass filter and a proper (short) filter envelope.
Layering of 2 different bass sounds for middle/subs and highs.
Saturation... there are dozens of options for saturation, some of the newest is from Native Instruments "Supercharger GT".
Compression to make the bass more solid, sometimes (very often) it needs also EQing of overlapping frequencies with the kick.
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- KVRAF
- 4590 posts since 7 Jun, 2012 from Warsaw
Keep the bass simple and clean. Any noise or resonance will cripple it. Of course you can filter these out, but then you'll loose some power.
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Tricky-Loops wrote: (...)someone like Armin van Buuren who claims to make a track in half an hour and all his songs sound somewhat boring(...)
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- KVRer
- 11 posts since 15 Apr, 2014 from Indonesia
youtube dude. They teach almost anything
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- KVRist
- 38 posts since 20 Oct, 2010 from GB
tehlord wrote:Good monitoring
Skill
Practice
Knowledge
The 'phat' button has yet to be invented.
Definitely this. I don't know what genre of EDM the OP was referring too and it would have being very helpful information to provide but a lot of EDM (particularly House music) the bass is just a simple sine wave with minimal processing applied. In terms of Electro or Dubstep obviously processing and arrangment can become more complicated and usually plug-ins like Ohmicide/WOW filter come into play more.Sendy wrote:The most important thing you can do for your bass is what you do to everything else that ISN'T bass. A lot of records just use a simple unmixed sine wave for a bassline (Akai Test Program anyone?!), then the impact comes from the fact that that sine wave is the only thing really happening down in the bass - it has it's own space
However, as the posts I have quoted state....The chances are If your tracks are lacking fullness/energy its a combination of a lot of things and the bass sound might not even be the cause. Its difficult to comment without an audio example but with practice, sample choice (choosing the right percussion and kick drum can make a world of difference), correct use of side-chaining (again creates space) and knowing how to mix/EQ (again expensive headphones or monitors in a treated room will help) will all help in creating a balanced mix to achieve the "fullness" or what I refer to as "commercial quality".
Hope this helps and if you post an audio example I'm sure people will provide more specific feedback/help .