bass samples

i was wondering, those of you who use strickly the mpc (all sample bassed beats).........what do you guys use for your bass samples?

I mean, obviously you use samples..but where did you get them from?

did you sample a keyboard?
did you buy them?
you dig them up from vinyl?
do you not sample them and use a module/keyb?


btw. i use 1 i bought, and the rest i create programs from sampling my mophatt, and triton. Ocasionally i use a sample from vinyl if it hits hard enough.

anyways, im trying to improve my bass techniques and figured id start with finding out what some other people do. If you all got any good tips or and insight that might get some ideas rolling...........please respond!

thanks

yeah i try to use straight vinyl and i filter it down,

or if i use a bass i use the same sample and of llooop or what ever and filter that down and lay it over the og sample gives it nice bass and also thickens the sound.

One instrument you can use is the oboe.If you filter it can make a pretty interesting bassline.A tuba also.Try to sixteen level it and see what you get.

I get bass by using the low end theory, even some of my keyboard beats I'll have a piano and use that for bass.

if u go to dustmightz.net they have lots of bass pgms for the mpc

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Try motown or the temptations. Their music is really bass driven if you listen. Use the low end theory and filter down to strictly bass and this can either give you a bassline or you can use single bass notes and use the 16 levels key to create different bass notes.

about the oboe, I use all different types of things. All you need is something to fill on the lower registers. It can be voices, synths, fender rhodes, whatever. I even used a didgeradoo once. Personally, I've been feeling bowed stand-ups lately.

I don't do anything one certain way. You can't always use the keyboard, vinyl, or whatever all the time, so for each track, you have to do something different. I do whatever it takes to get the job done.
I think the best advice I can give as far as production is to not take it so seriously. Enjoy what your doing. Don't expect to make a platinum hit everytime you turn the MP on. Sample some sounds, anything that is interesting, just sample it. chop your sounds, layer them, reverse em, speed them up/down, resample em, just try different things.. connect all your gear up and just experiment. How does that kick sound if you sampled it to the tape deck with the record gain turned up a little? I even sample sounds onto my pocket computer on a lofi setting. You have to try everything. Some experiments will give you great results, most will not sound all that great, but the process will teach you how to attain a certain result when you need it later. When you do this, you will find that you don't need a whole lot of gear to do what you need. Sampling from a cheap microphone may have the most wonderfull lofi sound to your ears that an SP-1200 may not be needed. Recording from that greasy radio in the kitchen may give your drums that perfect compression you always dreamed of.
Experiment, Experiment, Experiment!!! That's the word for the day!

yeah^

thanks for the inspiration.

thanks chorno for that link