urgent help on "that" BASS sound!

bosone · Post by **bosone** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 2:59 am

i'm currently working with a friend of mine on some music that will be used on 12 december as a background of a theater acting.
we are working madly at this project every evening, and we have very short time, because on 7 december i will go to Uruguay.
so we are assembling a lot of loops and synths line, but i have a lot of problems in choosing the "right" bass sound... a bass sound that is very low and "heavy"...
basicly, also the bass line is a loop, but i want to play it by pulsar synths, because i don't have decent bass loops in my library...
so... can you give me some hint about what devices/presets use? for now i have use flexor monobass (which is great!), and a layer between juno and miniscope: but the result of this layer don't satisfact me at all...
unfortunately, we don't have a real bass to play!

Faybs · Post by **Faybs** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 3:59 am

Have you tried BASSMAN III ?
It is not freeware, but it is made especially for bass line with a special subbass section, try the demo.

Nikibuzz · Post by **Nikibuzz** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 4:18 am

Also wavelenth dubsub or Minimax

bosone · Post by **bosone** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 4:25 am

On 2003-11-27 04:18, Nikibuzz wrote:
Also wavelenth dubsub or Minimax

yeah.. the minimax... if i had the money for buy it!!

i still have the one-hour-demo sounds in my mind!!

spacef · Post by **spacef** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 5:17 am

for heavy basses i would use :
Prodissey if you have it.
Synthetic Groove bass (add Eqs, and only if it's a groovy sequence that you play

(free synth)
I've been advised Flexausorus patch too, but I don't have Flexor yet...
any synth can do lots of synth basses too.... from inferno to any other synth....

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Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 5:25 am

I have BassmanIII and vote strongly for that. But Prisma also has many good bass sounds and extra preset basses.

petal · Post by **petal** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 6:24 am

I've been using Wavelenghts DubSub a lot - I particularly like the preset "Bowel Movement" - yeah I think it's that it is called.

Thomas

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 7:44 am

On 2003-11-27 02:59, bosone wrote:
i'm currently working with a friend of mine on some music that will be used on 12 december as a background of a theater acting.
...

before choosing the one of Pulsar's super-power-speaker-blowers check out the PA of the theatre to avoid a surprise...

good luck, Tom

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:28 pm

unfortunately, we don't have a real bass to play!

So you're looking for e-bass type sounds? Or something with similar low end rumble?

What sort of music style are you composing in? Maybe that'll help.

Herr Voigt · Post by **Herr Voigt** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 6:02 pm

Astroman's warning is good. When I made some music for the theatre I worked in, sometimes I thought the PA came down the wall, so bassy was my music!
You'll have to know, how loud do they play your music? If they play pianissimo because the actors have to speak at the same time, you have to make the bass as big as you can. And if you use pads, make them fat and strong sounding, otherwise they're lost and you don't hear any harmonies. I know, this is the opposite of good mixing tips, but especially with low loudnesses I made these experiences.
If the music is played in normal or in high loudness, forget all what I've said and mix it in that way our planetz gurus posted here.
To the bass synth problem: I like the three-o-three and used it in some productions for the theatre. Low DSP usage and good sounds.
Good luck, Thomas

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 11:25 pm

There's a myriad of ways of getting a deep sound. You don't need specific devices for it. It is anough to take a hi-cut filter, and good EQ and whatever device you like. And of course, don't forget to compress it hard, it will sound great.