How does one make that growling bass sound that's prevalent in DnB? I haven't experimented much yet, but my initial impression is that you would start with a sub, distort it to hell, and cut out the mid? I am noobsauce to this stuff, go easy.
Growling Bass (DnB)
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- KVRer
- 5 posts since 8 Sep, 2006
How does one make that growling bass sound that's prevalent in DnB? I haven't experimented much yet, but my initial impression is that you would start with a sub, distort it to hell, and cut out the mid? I am noobsauce to this stuff, go easy.-
- KVRist
- 227 posts since 10 Aug, 2006 from europe
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- KVRer
- 26 posts since 28 May, 2007 from Dallas
yeah im a big fan of DnB as well and im trying to make some tracks, but i cant figure out how to do the bass. I hear these deep, deep basslines that shake the mirrors in my car but i cant figure out how. It seems like the deep bass is the same everytime i hear it. any help on how to make that deep bass would be much appreciated...thanks!
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- KVRAF
- 4345 posts since 8 Mar, 2005
Try this : Osc1 : Square Osc2 : Sawtooth transposed to +5. Increase amp attack to a judicious amount. Filter set to LPF, and a lot cutoff value. Make an envelope to open the filter on each note on.
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- Banned
- 4026 posts since 27 Jan, 2004
Spot on!WiLDaNiMuS wrote:
FluutyRoops is great for dat.
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- KVRist
- 159 posts since 24 Mar, 2007 from Colorado
i am a big fan of bass and it takes a bit of work. a good place to start is with 808 or 909 types sounds, these refer to Roland Drum Machines. 808s are used fro DnB and Hip Hop and the 909 is used in Trance and other dance styles. got to www.wikipedia.org and look them up if ya don't know what they are. these are not the only sources of basslines you can get a good sound from most synths. find a intial patch on any synth (the one that resets everyting so you can make your own sounds) select the sine wave (the one that looks like a 's' on it side play the lowest note you can and boom a real simple 808 bass sound. though that is a good er, basis for a sound usually needs signal processing aka pugins or effects to get it to sound as big as pro stuff does and the best method is compression. u say ur a noob but that is ok. compression sounds like a bad thing ie why would i want to make my bass smaller? well compression narrows the dynamic range meaning the volume level, it makes it more consistent so you don't clip your levels (that awful red light on your volume meter). all this makes it so you can turn up the level so it sounds louder overall. also certain seetings can create artifical sustain which makes the sound well sustain or simply last longer. ever seen a guitarist hit one note and it lasts a long time? that is sustain, many distortion pedals also compress the signal. a bit of the psychology of sound is that signals that last or sustain seem louder than sounds that are of the same volume but don't last (or sustain) for as long. okay one more thing and i will hit you with practical advice. saturation is also very important in bass making. the lower the signal is in our hearing range the less we can really make sense of what we are hearing. that is one reason why sub bass should be in mono or at least panned in the center, (usually straight up on yr pan knob). saturation or subtle distortion adds harmonics or more sound information for our ears making it easier to decipher. making it seem louder without actually rasing the volume of the signal, it only rasies the percived volume it just SEEMS louder. so compression, sustain and saturation can can really help get that huge bass sound heard in DnB Hip Hop and other electronic styles. alright so the practical advice goto ww.digitalfishphones.com and download the free fish fillets package in AU or VST. it contains and absoultely stuning blockfish compressor. load your bass patch and play your bassline, insert blockfish in your 1st plugin spot, make sure your track level is set to zero dbs not a negative no sound setting just no gain, call up blockfish interface set the saturation and volume knob to full (turn down your speakers first), turn the compression knob till it you see 3 or 4 LEDs of compression ( the little lights around the dial) turn the response knob to slow, engae the lowcut switch (top left) and turn the stereo light off (top right) and boom. instant bass. well that is lesson one. distortion and overdrive plugins can really dirty up the sound as well. look at audiodamage's fuzzplus and camel audio's CamrlCrusher (both are free) for more mayhem!!! i hope that helps. free bass for all!-Gospel
