Bass

i make sampled-beats and the one thing i always have trouble with is adding bass, i find some bass-samples in songs and sometimes if im lucky it will work with the beat that im making, i was thinking of maybe gettin some kind of bass- sound module, any ideas or would like to share how you put your bass down

You can make a bass sound from anything as Lamp wisely says, you just need to really push what you've got. You've already clearly made some progress with more traditional sample-based methods so I can't see that adding a few more sounds to your arsenal is a bad thing.

But don't drop a load of money before fully exploring what you've got in your house. You'd be surprised how easy it is to make a one string guitar, and then pitch down a sample recorded from that (assuming you have a mic).

Personally I use anything I can get my hands on. Traditional synths (Korg R3 being my go-to), but I've also got a little "sound generator" kit from Maplin for like £7 which I've soldered together myself, and that has given me some very very useable sounds. It actually has 4 waveforms!!! Sine, square, triangle and saw!

Also with experimentation like that you'll find much more unique results. Every ball bag in the world can buy Trillian or an R3. But if you're anything like me you'll find it far more rewarding to try out a few of your own ideas. Don't forget that if you're really struggling there's a lot of excellent free VSTs out there. There's nothing stopping you sampling and mangling a few sounds from one of those, or your phone, or your own voice. The world is your bass-rich oyster!

I've several bass multi samples I use
Sometimes I use Reason.
Sometimes I use a loop from another song.
Same with bass chops.
My favourite one is still the low end theory.
(filter out the bass of the sample and use that)
But one of my all time favourite bass' Ive used on a beat was played by a bass player.

Don't sweat the bass, let the bass come to you.

God put the basslines in my work though.

novation bass station does bass

or go for trilogy or trillian

drukqs2369 wrote:novation bass station does bass

jpeg wrote:or go for trilogy or trillian

+1

drukqs2369 wrote:novation bass station does bass

ya got that right. But is it the hardware or software version.
It actually is my fave, but dosnt really do traditional bass guitar sounds though.

scoobylol wrote:You can make a bass sound from anything as Lamp wisely says, you just need to really push what you've got. You've already clearly made some progress with more traditional sample-based methods so I can't see that adding a few more sounds to your arsenal is a bad thing.

But don't drop a load of money before fully exploring what you've got in your house. You'd be surprised how easy it is to make a one string guitar, and then pitch down a sample recorded from that (assuming you have a mic).

Personally I use anything I can get my hands on. Traditional synths (Korg R3 being my go-to), but I've also got a little "sound generator" kit from Maplin for like £7 which I've soldered together myself, and that has given me some very very useable sounds. It actually has 4 waveforms!!! Sine, square, triangle and saw!

Also with experimentation like that you'll find much more unique results. Every ball bag in the world can buy Trillian or an R3. But if you're anything like me you'll find it far more rewarding to try out a few of your own ideas. Don't forget that if you're really struggling there's a lot of excellent free VSTs out there. There's nothing stopping you sampling and mangling a few sounds from one of those, or your phone, or your own voice. The world is your bass-rich oyster!

all my christmas money is gone now so i guess i wont buying any new equipment anyway , is there any tricks on the mpc to like make 1 bass sample into say 12 different keys instead of me having to change the pitch of the sample each time on the computer and putting them up indivdually on the mpc?

16 Levels bruvvv. Google it or check your manual.

I used to have the same problem.

But, a lot of the stuff I do is based on the old school hip hop prior to 1995. I find if the chops I'm using have bass, I will copy the samples, low pass them, and layer. Oldest trick in the book.

But, if my samples have no bass, or no bass that's worth using, I will low cut the samples and use a good old sub. I rarely want any definition to my basses, just something to occupy the lower end.

Modifying an 808 can be nice too if you get it right.

Of course, you can digg for a bass but I find this very tedious to get right at times. A lot of Jazz has some nice usable bass.

Bass Guitar! If you don't mind learning a new instrument.

play the notes in a higher octave to make sure they are in the correct key. its easier to hear up there and then once you got your notes move back down to the bass range and knock that shit out.