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Nicksaf · Post by **Nicksaf** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:06 am

I tried to write a rock baseline and not sure if it's good or if it resembles this style, or maybe you got other suggestions for a style. I would appreciate any help and criticism!

http://soundcloud.com/danicks/baseline- ... ut/s-upMQw

Nicksaf · Post by **Nicksaf** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:39 am

Is it that bad? lOL

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:41 am

Nicksaf wrote:Is it that bad? lOL

Yes

Nicksaf · Post by **Nicksaf** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:08 am

Well then help me make it better

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:10 am

Nicksaf wrote:Well then help me make it better

LOL.
The problem is, as you stated yourself, you don't know what it is.
You just grabbed a few instruments and banged away without a vision of what you wanted

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:15 am

Nicksaf wrote:I wrote a baseline and not sure if it's good or what style it's in.

It's OK ... and I'd say it's in a rock style. So ... let's ROCK!

Loki Fuego · Post by **Loki Fuego** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:25 am

My comment is: eeehhh?

Nicksaf · Post by **Nicksaf** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:40 am

Well i know what i wanted, a rock groove, as thecontrolcen noticed! Thanks:)
I meant to ask if it's any close. Im a starting musician so i dont mean to please high end musicians, i just want your advice on how to make it audible at least. So feel free to judge, dont just say it's bad, i know it is.

ZenPunkHippy · Post by **ZenPunkHippy** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:46 am

It's sounds "OK" but it lacks groove. You want to look in to adding "swing" or "groove" - particularly for the bass line - so that it doesn't sound so rigid. Google is your friend ... loads of info about this if you search.

Peace,
Andy.

Nicksaf · Post by **Nicksaf** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:55 am

Thanks ill looks into it! I tried quantizing it in 4/4 time, syncing it with the kick drum.

Loki Fuego · Post by **Loki Fuego** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:14 pm

Nicksaf wrote:Thanks ill looks into it! I tried quantizing it in 4/4 time, syncing it with the kick drum.

Well, the sound itself is fine, but I suggest you not to quantize it. Or at least quantize at 75%. It will certainly improve the feel and will make it more interesting to listen to.

Nicksaf · Post by **Nicksaf** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:01 pm

Thanks, well thing is im still doing it manually in order to learn the basics...

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:10 am

doing what manually? it could be good but it must be totally quantized and by the end of it it's dead in the water.

People don't play accurately to a clock; it doesn't groove at all to do that. Groove has some push and pull of the time. Also groovy music isn't so much reducable to one utterly concistent BPM. People in bands do not play to a metronome!

These are things to discover *manually*. "Swing" is more than a setting in your sequencer, it's something to discover by your hand, feeling it in the real world, interacting as a bass player with a drummer. Relying at this stage on quantize settings ['set the robot to 75%'] is not how you learn to groove. You're relying on a crutch to learn to walk.

Nicksaf · Post by **Nicksaf** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:14 am

Thanks! I meant that i quantize manually by moving the notes in the key editor manually. I think it's a little to early for Swing and all this, isnt it:

Nicksaf · Post by **Nicksaf** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:50 am

I mean i feel like right now i use the swing and groove in practice. Like something else is missing. Can you show me an example of it? Is it the location of notes when they actually a bit off?

Help with baseline and drum track