creating good basslines?

i have an mpc 1000 and logic pro 7...how do or would you guys create those good basslines for your songs? do i need anything else or am i totally missing something here?

midi keyboard if you are going to be playing it or you could use the pads on the mpc its alot easier to hit chords and such on a keyboard.

Wamboozi are you asking about sounds? You have to build a library of sounds in order to create anything..... Your question seems vague to me and could generate a multitude of answers, so please be a little more specific..... What are you working with, and also let us knoqw what your expereience level is....


I am new to this as well, but after reading the manual a few times and also reading as many post as I found interesting on this site, I downloaded over 10 gigs of sounds that I am currnetly going through to create programs that fit my liking... It has been alot of work and kinda frustrating, but I think the work will be fulfilling in the end.

wamboozi wrote:i have an mpc 1000 and logic pro 7...how do or would you guys create those good basslines for your songs? do i need anything else or am i totally missing something here?

Get the JJOS for your MPC and use "Auto-Chromatic Tuning" on any sample you would like to play like a bassline. Thats a great start.

Once you get more familiar with it you can do stuff like play the bassline on a synth via Midi, then resample it in if you want.

I also use a Bass guitar and sample it directly in while playing the beat.