@ The Akai s950 Users: Your style of filtering out basslines

Hellas!

As mentioned above, i'd like to hear how other s950 Users go for filtering out those 90'ish Basslines often heard in the beats from PR, Damu etc.
Thing is, i often had success with it but nearly as often i just get a grumbling bullsh!t i dont want to soil my beat with.
Is it just sample-depending or is there more technique to it?

The way i do is pretty minimalistic...:
-Just sample the loop (with the bassline) out of the MPC into the s950.
-Edit Program -> Filter -> and then something like 10-30
-Then i just playback the loop and re-record into the MPC.

I've no clue if thats the whole trick, or if i should mess around with any other settings on the s950 like ADSR, sampling bandwith etc.
Moreover i couldn't find any tutorials on the net or threads on this board. And YES, i searched before posting..

Would be kind, if anyone doing similar things could give me some feedback!

peace

I always cut and boost already with the EQ on the dj mixer before I sample it in a low bandwith.
I like to keep my samples inside the s950 for better control like the adsr and filter envelope.
Sampling straight into the s950 gives me better results then sampling it back and forth.

Yeah, pre-EQ on the mixer is always a good thing. Remember that not all loops lend themselves to filtering very well. You just have to try it and see if it works out. If there are too many other instruments playing that contain lower frequencies you will get mud. Lower bandwidths help too.

Was listening to some Damu again the other other day and a lot of those loops aren't filtered super hard, sort of just enough to get the impression of a bassline. He's also on the 2000, so it'll have a different filter than the 950. PR was also a big fan of playing chromatically assigned bass tones, which will get you a much clearer bassline any day.

good luck.

Aiight, great help. Lemme sum up!

- Loops that have too many other other lowfrequency instruments/notes playing can be a pain in the ass for that purpose!
- EQ before (!) sampling!
- Set up a lowbandwith

Thank ya.

blipmode wrote:PR was also a big fan of playing chromatically assigned bass tones, which will get you a much clearer bassline any day.

+1

Can get almost any basstone with even vocals on top to get a nice bass sound