How do i recreate this sequenced bass?
- KVRAF
- 16889 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
Lots of filter resonance, automate the filter cutoff or modulate with a LFO. I think I hear a sub-oscillator two octaves lower.
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- KVRAF
- 6038 posts since 2 Oct, 2008
Bounce to wave a synthesized Baseline as close as you can get. Add Fades to each and every note until you get it
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- KVRAF
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- 2783 posts since 3 Dec, 2006
BertKoor wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2024 12:12 pm Lots of filter resonance, automate the filter cutoff or modulate with a LFO. I think I hear a sub-oscillator two octaves lower.
Thanks Bertkoor for your input,
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- KVRAF
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- 2783 posts since 3 Dec, 2006
Tim, what waveform type and filter would you suggest?Touch The Universe wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2024 12:20 pm Bounce to wave a synthesized Baseline as close as you can get. Add Fades to each and every note until you get it
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- KVRAF
- 6038 posts since 2 Oct, 2008
Start with a square and see if you can find maybe a WT that is a square/saw shape to shift between the two, I'd say 75% square, 25% saw. Filter 24, experiment with any ladder type filters with rez around 50%. Have filter decay be around 600-700 mssurreal wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2024 4:32 pmTim, what waveform type and filter would you suggest?Touch The Universe wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2024 12:20 pm Bounce to wave a synthesized Baseline as close as you can get. Add Fades to each and every note until you get it
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- KVRAF
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- 2783 posts since 3 Dec, 2006
Thank you very much for your advice here, I definetly will try this!!Touch The Universe wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 1:57 pmStart with a square and see if you can find maybe a WT that is a square/saw shape to shift between the two, I'd say 75% square, 25% saw. Filter 24, experiment with any ladder type filters with rez around 50%. Have filter decay be around 600-700 mssurreal wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2024 4:32 pmTim, what waveform type and filter would you suggest?Touch The Universe wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2024 12:20 pm Bounce to wave a synthesized Baseline as close as you can get. Add Fades to each and every note until you get it
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- KVRist
- 225 posts since 21 Sep, 2020
Here is my recreation of the bass using Serum:
https://voca.ro/17I6gFZtVTua
I started from init preset saw waveform and manually edited the wavetable harmonics to get similar spectrum.

Then added 9 unison voices and a bit of detuning. Filter is 'MG Low 18' with 70% resonance. Filter cutoff was automated in DAW to match the original sequence. I used external effects to add a bit of gated reverb and delay.
https://voca.ro/17I6gFZtVTua
I started from init preset saw waveform and manually edited the wavetable harmonics to get similar spectrum.

Then added 9 unison voices and a bit of detuning. Filter is 'MG Low 18' with 70% resonance. Filter cutoff was automated in DAW to match the original sequence. I used external effects to add a bit of gated reverb and delay.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2783 posts since 3 Dec, 2006
Thank you very much for the very intresting information and for taking the time to try this on serum, may i ask, if you dont mind to share the preset here for Serum?bluesawsq wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2024 9:09 pm Here is my recreation of the bass using Serum:
https://voca.ro/17I6gFZtVTua
I started from init preset saw waveform and manually edited the wavetable harmonics to get similar spectrum.
Then added 9 unison voices and a bit of detuning. Filter is 'MG Low 18' with 70% resonance. Filter cutoff was automated in DAW to match the original sequence. I used external effects to add a bit of gated reverb and delay.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2783 posts since 3 Dec, 2006
Did you add a sub in the preset or this only one solo oscillator, why i ask is because when i push up resonance on a moog type filter the bass totally dissappears but in your excellent example here you still have quite a nice bass response in spite of the high resonance!bluesawsq wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2024 9:09 pm Here is my recreation of the bass using Serum:
https://voca.ro/17I6gFZtVTua
I started from init preset saw waveform and manually edited the wavetable harmonics to get similar spectrum.
Then added 9 unison voices and a bit of detuning. Filter is 'MG Low 18' with 70% resonance. Filter cutoff was automated in DAW to match the original sequence. I used external effects to add a bit of gated reverb and delay.
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- KVRist
- 225 posts since 21 Sep, 2020
Here is the Serum preset 'BA Unison Reso': The filter cutoff automation looks like this:surreal wrote: Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:29 am Thank you very much for the very intresting information and for taking the time to try this on serum, may i ask, if you dont mind to share the preset here for Serum?

No, I didn't add a sub.surreal wrote: Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:34 am Did you add a sub in the preset or this only one solo oscillator, why i ask is because when i push up resonance on a moog type filter the bass totally dissappears but in your excellent example here you still have quite a nice bass response in spite of the high resonance!
In Serum you can set the FAT knob in filter section to some high value and it will automatically compensate for the loss of bass when resonance is increased in Moog type filters.
However, in this example case the resonance setting is not changing, it's fixed to 70%. So, if you are using some other synth that does not have the automatic compensation, you could easily compensate manually by just increasing volume. You would get pretty much the same result as with Serum's FAT knob.
In my example I used Drive = 33% and FAT = 36% in filter section.
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- KVRAF
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- 2783 posts since 3 Dec, 2006
Thank you very much for you explanation and the Serum preset. This is so intresting and i cant wait to get in my Studio to try this for myself and compare it to your preset that you kindly supplied. Thank you very much once agin for your time and effort put into answering my request.bluesawsq wrote: Sat Dec 07, 2024 11:55 amHere is the Serum preset 'BA Unison Reso':surreal wrote: Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:29 am Thank you very much for the very intresting information and for taking the time to try this on serum, may i ask, if you dont mind to share the preset here for Serum?
BA Unison Reso.zip
The filter cutoff automation looks like this:
No, I didn't add a sub.surreal wrote: Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:34 am Did you add a sub in the preset or this only one solo oscillator, why i ask is because when i push up resonance on a moog type filter the bass totally dissappears but in your excellent example here you still have quite a nice bass response in spite of the high resonance!
In Serum you can set the FAT knob in filter section to some high value and it will automatically compensate for the loss of bass when resonance is increased in Moog type filters.
However, in this example case the resonance setting is not changing, it's fixed to 70%. So, if you are using some other synth that does not have the automatic compensation, you could easily compensate manually by just increasing volume. You would get pretty much the same result as with Serum's FAT knob.
In my example I used Drive = 33% and FAT = 36% in filter section.
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- KVRist
- 225 posts since 21 Sep, 2020
Glad I could helpsurreal wrote: Sat Dec 07, 2024 4:24 pm Thank you very much for you explanation and the Serum preset. This is so intresting and i cant wait to get in my Studio to try this for myself and compare it to your preset that you kindly supplied. Thank you very much once agin for your time and effort put into answering my request.
- KVRAF
- 20939 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
