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highkoo · Post by **highkoo** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:31 pm

For the top of the bass I use all kinds of stuff. Anything.
Massive, Zebra, Zebralette, Circle, some Sypmtohm. Sometimes really dirty grainy sounds
Plus whatever the flavor of the month might be.

But for just the sub I use FabFilter Twin and it is fukking awesome for that.

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:40 pm

Nothing. I never try to have favorites for anything - too restrictive. I might even decide to not have a bass track, or simply use a bass guitar.

braj · Post by **braj** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:45 pm

Trilian is my bass player, but then I dont make techno. I love the arp

george · Post by **george** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:16 pm

Corona / Discovery / Discovery Pro will do.

quayquay17 · Post by **quayquay17** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:23 pm

4damind wrote:Strobe (FXpansion DCAM Synth Squad)

+1

Mister Natural · Post by **Mister Natural** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 2:11 am

IndustrialMusic wrote: . . . say Electronic/Techno.

-Sin

Operator

vata44 · Post by **vata44** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 2:18 am

Just be creative!

Oktipus · Post by **Oktipus** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 2:32 am

Rob Papen SubBoomBass is my favorite but I guess it all depends on what type of music you're making. Trillian would probably be great if you're looking for realistic bass guitar sounds but for electronic music, especially EDM/IDM/Techno/Dubstep, etc... SubBoomBass is well worth every penny of the incredibly inexpensive $100 price tag.

A.M. Gold · Post by **A.M. Gold** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 2:52 am

Poly-Ana can do some really massive sounding bass when you use unison.

osiris · Post by **osiris** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:28 pm

I also have to say I'm very impressed with how low Tone2 Saurus can go. Some presets I can play on C1 with NO distortion. I also love the mono seems to be actual 'mono' and the led's on the track level are rock solid.

jam92189 · Post by **jam92189** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:44 pm

Bubbamusic · Post by **Bubbamusic** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:01 pm

I'm shocked. I don't see Absynth on here anywhere. That synth has any bass that you could possibly want and has the engine to reproduce the low end. Absynth also has some very evil bass presets - without even trying. All previously listed synths make good basses, but Absynth basses can be special.

BDeep · Post by **BDeep** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:08 pm

Let's not forget Razor. Yes it sounds "clinical", but if you dig the sound, it is a very serious tool to sculpt basses with.

Lotuzia · Post by **Lotuzia** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:59 pm

In theory any good capable synth should be able to make some good basses, often with a particular flavor, though there are also specialised instruments like Trillian or Subboom bass as well.

Maybe you could try some demos of some synths and first determine the type of synthesis you feel will give you the type of basses you desire : VA, FM, WaveTable, Additive, Hybrid/multisynthesis or even romplers/samplers ?

Then once your search filed is a bit refined try a few more demos of some synths that use approx the same type of synthesis and decide wich is the best for you ?

LtZ

LeVzi · Post by **LeVzi** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:37 pm

2 synths leap to mind, Saurus being one, it's got some real grit to it.

Karma FX Modular being the other, probably because you can program it to be a bass beast from scratch, but I do like the 303 filter in it.

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