Where do you get your bass?
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- KVRAF
- 6596 posts since 21 Jun, 2004 from Secret Underground Hideout
plastique, A D E F is a sad song. 
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- KVRist
- 137 posts since 2 Sep, 2004 from St. Louis, MO, USA
Hardware synth.
- KVRAF
- 8072 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
VA, FM, PM, PD, single note samples, whatever sounds good. No bass at all sometimes (<i>really</i> making way for the kick drum).
- GRRRRRRR!
- 17720 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere you're not!
For squelchy, analogue bass I always turn to WaspXT. For a more digital/FM kind of bass I use LOVEkILLER [phase distortion] or kARMAkILLER. I even use polyIblit on one track.
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- KVRAF
- 2744 posts since 5 Dec, 2003 from Harlan's World
I use both sample players (ie, Kompakt) and FM synths (ie Sytrus)...Guess most use more than ove source. Oh, and I play guitar so I sometimes record the bass part from the guitar and pitch it down.
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- KVRAF
- 3125 posts since 6 Dec, 2002 from Ljubljana/ Slovenia
MM has really cool bass sounds (and the varietyplatinumears wrote:Where's the hardware synth option? Most of my fave bass patches live in my Micro Modular..
I usually record bass with MM (both midi and audio), and later record a friend playing either jazz bass or G&L 5-string.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1278 posts since 24 May, 2004
Vote for VA / FM synth plugins if the hardware synth is VA / analog / FMplatinumears wrote:Where's the hardware synth option? Most of my fave bass patches live in my Micro Modular..
Vote for Physical Modelling if you're using a hardware PM synth
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- KVRist
- 454 posts since 2 May, 2004 from somewhere behind my eyes
I use /have used every method listed.It depends on the kind of track and what i have available.
If i want a bass guitar sound and there is one available,i,ll play it on a real guitar ,if not i,ll use Trilogy.
Sometimes the bass could simply be a sine wave or similar layered under a sample or a tuned synthesized drum from Attack or Rm4.
Or it could be a patch from a Reaktor ensemble or even a good old fashioned fm patch from a tx81z or.........
If i want a bass guitar sound and there is one available,i,ll play it on a real guitar ,if not i,ll use Trilogy.
Sometimes the bass could simply be a sine wave or similar layered under a sample or a tuned synthesized drum from Attack or Rm4.
Or it could be a patch from a Reaktor ensemble or even a good old fashioned fm patch from a tx81z or.........
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- KVRAF
- 4682 posts since 6 Jan, 2003
to get my bass i use:
- a bass guitar that i play (freted, fretless, and 8 string)
- VA
- FM
- physical modeling
- wavetable
- additive
it just depends on the track and is inspiring me at the time.
-ugo
- a bass guitar that i play (freted, fretless, and 8 string)
- VA
- FM
- physical modeling
- wavetable
- additive
it just depends on the track and is inspiring me at the time.
-ugo
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- KVRAF
- 3125 posts since 6 Dec, 2002 from Ljubljana/ Slovenia
jeeee, do you need some kind of a permit to use an 8-string?ugo wrote: - a bass guitar that i play (freted, fretless, and 8 string)
that's gotta be one monster (sorry, tm, c) of a bass guitar.
k
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1278 posts since 24 May, 2004
I mostly use Quantum 64 for sine wave basses.
I then run them through Kjaerhus Master Limiter and set Treshold knob to 0% (-20db).
I then filter the overtones out using a filter.
If someone could tell me if the result is a simple sinewave or something better, it'd be well appreciated!
I then run them through Kjaerhus Master Limiter and set Treshold knob to 0% (-20db).
I then filter the overtones out using a filter.
If someone could tell me if the result is a simple sinewave or something better, it'd be well appreciated!
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
5-string American Standard Jazz by Fender over here. It's actually my dad's, but he rarely plays it these days so I can borrow it whenever. I think he's just happy that I'm making music. 
I know this is narrow-minded, but when I hear "bass" patches on a synth, I never think of them as bass. I just think of them as... synth patches. It's not that I'm against synths (love'em!) just that the kinds of patches I'm thinking of usually sound better to me as leads than for true basslines.
Disclaimer: I already know I'm an ignorant f*** when it comes to electronica. I've tried, but in a lot of ways I still don't "get" it.
I know this is narrow-minded, but when I hear "bass" patches on a synth, I never think of them as bass. I just think of them as... synth patches. It's not that I'm against synths (love'em!) just that the kinds of patches I'm thinking of usually sound better to me as leads than for true basslines.
Disclaimer: I already know I'm an ignorant f*** when it comes to electronica. I've tried, but in a lot of ways I still don't "get" it.


