Justice Slap Synth Bass

[graysmizzle]

I really want to know how to make French duo Justice's style of slap synth bass...



i've read the "justice sound" forum and no one seems to know exactly what this is...i know its got a lot of tweaking w/compression and probably a bit crusher or something.....do you think this is from a sample set, sampled off vinyl, or a real bass??

if anyone can point me towards some good bass sample sets that would be great...any tips on how justice gets their string sounds in songs like phantom pt. 2 would also be appreciated! Thanks[/url]

[Optomadic]

Compressed/pitch bent to hell and back slap bass. Listening to D.A.N.C.E right now and if this were any other group or band it would actually critiqued as an awful sounding bass. Almost sounds like it was overly eq'd or something. I think its the way they combine everything together that gives this 'good' illusion.

[graysmizzle]

nice thanks....do you think most of their basses are some type of slap sound from a sample set layer some type of distorted saw type synth....what do you mean by pitch bent??

[afreshcupofjoe]

Not a synth. Definitely sampled. Probably sampled and chopped from some old record.

[dj ray]

Sampled, distorted, compressed and chopped. These guys are heavy into sampling. Just use any old funk/disco slap bass loop. There are tons of funk bass sample CDS. Here's one:
http://bigfishaudio.com/4DCGI/detailDem ... :::::::303
Alternatively, you could try the Sonivox collection. Much cheaper and they actually have a dedicated slapp bass set. Two actually, a Fender P Bass and a Spectro. Both very reasonably priced. Take your 'pick'!

http://www.sonivoxmi.com/ProductList.as ... 20-%20Slap

[Saboteur]

Doesn't one of them actually play those basslines on a bass guitar? I'm pretty sure they do, not sure who plays it tho.

[haudegen]

Gaspard, but he said that he isn't so skilled to play it "live"... they said they use garageband stuff and that is pretty close.

[dusted william]

to make a real bass sound synthy, you need an envelope follower... like the classic

http://filters.muziq.be/model/musitronics/mutron3

-dw

[Kriminal]

christ, whats with all the justice threads.....just look up all the old daft punk threads and you will find your answers

[Optomadic]

Aww, I was just about to ask how to get that sweaty bummy look downpat ..

[graysmizzle]

man u guys really think that sound comes from a real bass, considering how much these frenchies sample?? Where did you read that??

to all the haters, if your sick of all the justice threads, don't click on em.....and i've never heard this synth slap bass sound in a daft punk song

[dusted william]

man u guys really think that sound comes from a real bass, considering how much these frenchies sample?? Where did you read that??

to all the haters, if your sick of all the justice threads, don't click on em.....and i've never heard this synth slap bass sound in a daft punk song

I'm sure that many times they sample real bass performances, so yes I do think they come from a real bass.

dw

[Ldizzy]

I know exactly how they did (6)

just keep in mind that justice is a highly conceptual band... u can tell they were influenced by the whole prog rock era...

if u wanna talk about it i guess we'd better add ourselves on messenger..

damn i sound like an e-rapist mahahahah

[Ldizzy]

Oh and how the fcku does a sampled bass sound from, say, the seinfield theme (its an eg), would differ from a ''real bass'' one... ... as long as its sampled from a song that displayed a real bass... it comes from a real bass...

[Arnelizzz]

this actual bass is over compressed bit crushed and distorted. the sound might be a real bass guitar since at some points u can hear a bass guitar slide but not sure.