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imrae · Post by **imrae** » Sun May 30, 2021 7:37 am

I'm afraid "fat bass" is also subjective. If it only meant "a lot of low end" then a pure sine wave would be the phattest bass of all.

JerGoertz · Post by **JerGoertz** » Sun May 30, 2021 7:55 am

Poly-Ana
Megahertz
Pulsecraft Chro 8080

excuse me please · Post by **excuse me please** » Sun May 30, 2021 8:46 am

I use free vsts. Cobalt comes to mind. For a nice, moving round bass sound. Otherwise a monosynth.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Sun May 30, 2021 11:06 am

"A monosynth" - did you read that somewhere? What an absolute waste of time that comment was.

wojf62902 · Post by **wojf62902** » Sun May 30, 2021 12:49 pm

try some of the presets in vital. really like the sub ones in there, nice consistent fat tone!

Scrubbing Monkeys · Post by **Scrubbing Monkeys** » Sun May 30, 2021 2:57 pm

BONES wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 11:06 am "A monosynth" - did you read that somewhere? What an absolute waste of time that comment was.

Actually there is some wisdom in selecting a monosynth or setting one to mono. it has been my experience that mono synths tend to be fatter all the way around. And by fat I am referring to sounds that fill up the rims values. Ymmv

ramseysounds · Post by **ramseysounds** » Sun May 30, 2021 3:15 pm

Scrubbing Monkeys wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 2:57 pm
BONES wrote: Sun May 30, 2021 11:06 am "A monosynth" - did you read that somewhere? What an absolute waste of time that comment was.
Actually there is some wisdom in selecting a monosynth or setting one to mono.

I gotta disagree here. Mono will play one note at a time; will have nothing to do with the actual sound produced.

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Sun May 30, 2021 3:17 pm

correct

Biome_Digital · Post by **Biome_Digital** » Sun May 30, 2021 3:22 pm

What bass though? Analogue bass plucks, or modern wavetable growls? That's a big difference.

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Sun May 30, 2021 3:25 pm

fat bass

elxsound · Post by **elxsound** » Sun May 30, 2021 3:42 pm

VELLTONE MUSIC wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 10:06 am Thanks for reply guys
I did so many presets,but still haven't found 'perfect' fat bass synth.
To my taste most vst's doesn't sound fat enough when need really fat bass.
Surprisingly some free vst like Tone2 Firebird and PG-8X are very close to 'Fat' to my taste.
Moog filter is ok,but not enough.
Maybe ADSR settings are the key for fat bass or some mixing technique,can't say,but
sometimes i hear songs with almost perfect 'fat' bass and not sure is it sound design more important or mixing,
probably both:)
Cheers

If you’re comparing to commercial releases, it’s going to be both. In mixing stages you can expect that the synth bass track was likely passed through eq, saturation, and compression with some also passed through doublers and reverbs. There can be multiple types of saturation and compression applied in the same signal path.

sbj · Post by **sbj** » Sun May 30, 2021 4:16 pm

For subtractive "normal" fat bass sounds my two cents would be PolyKB III from Xils Lab or Repro 1 from Uhe.
For more modern I think DS Thorn does a good job and as a wild card check out Loom II.

skyman88882002 · Post by **skyman88882002** » Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:46 pm

I went through a bunch of plugins and serum presets looking for the bass sound I wanted - low but not too distorted. Surprisingly, Loopmasters Bass Master came closest for me.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Wed Jun 02, 2021 12:49 am

I remember trying that out and being underwhelmed by it. OTOH, I quite like Monoment Bass, although I don't use it all that much these days.

opochtli · Post by **opochtli** » Wed Jun 02, 2021 7:45 am

Try U-he products-its best for these things:)

Best vst for fat bass