Just wondered if anyone has any ideas on how to create riffs like the bass in this track? -
https://soundcloud.com/mixchopin/make-me-hot
The sound is cool, but its how the guy creates this kind of riff that interests me. Is it an arpeggio on a soft synth? That was my only guess. It sounds way too intricate to program and pretty sure its not played in by hand.
Thanks
How to get this style bass riff….
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- KVRian
- 1030 posts since 14 May, 2008 from Tralfamadore
Are you talking about the part that starts at around 1:26? Yeah, it sounds like it is played by hand on a synth. No arpeggio - too irregular.
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- KVRer
- 4 posts since 19 Dec, 2014
I can't believe that bass is played in by hand. It sounds like there's too many notes being played for it to be by hand. Surely that's some sort of arpeggio?
soundcloud.com/feel-this-productions
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- KVRAF
- 15263 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
An old trick is to record fast parts at half tempo. Or record it with many errors to sketch out the idea, then manually correct it in the piano roll.feelthis wrote:It sounds like there's too many notes being played for it to be by hand.
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- KVRian
- 1030 posts since 14 May, 2008 from Tralfamadore
Yeah, good players can do that.feelthis wrote:I can't believe that bass is played in by hand. It sounds like there's too many notes being played for it to be by hand. Surely that's some sort of arpeggio?
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- KVRAF
- 6419 posts since 22 Jan, 2005 from Sweden
To me it sound like mono synth - and played by two hands.
Hold one note down - and play with other hand several notes that let first note come in between.
You lift higher note, and the other lower already down sound.
Tiny bit of portamento is also cool doing that so there is a slide - not that it's used much here.
And as said - riff probably recorded realtime as midi at slower tempo. You hardly program that, takes longer than learn to play it. And with two hands it's much simpler than it sounds.
Hold one note down - and play with other hand several notes that let first note come in between.
You lift higher note, and the other lower already down sound.
Tiny bit of portamento is also cool doing that so there is a slide - not that it's used much here.
And as said - riff probably recorded realtime as midi at slower tempo. You hardly program that, takes longer than learn to play it. And with two hands it's much simpler than it sounds.
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240 - KVRAF
- 35163 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from the wilds of wanny
I know people who can play like that ...feelthis wrote:I can't believe that bass is played in by hand. It sounds like there's too many notes being played for it to be by hand. Surely that's some sort of arpeggio?
