Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
By Leroy56 Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:26 pm
one thing I struggle with on the MPC is how to get that heavy hiphop bass for example if you listen to songs like by snoop dogg and doc dre they all got that heavy hiphop bass. Another example is I was listening to this song on the radio with Drake and Future call "diamond dancing" and when that heavy bass drop I was like wow how can do that . Can anyone give me any tips on how to gain that heavy hiphop bass/ bassline i'm pretty sure a lot people would like to know I would be forever greatful.
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By bliprock Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:03 am
moog synth. not all hip hop is just samples, some use synths and the moog is all over Dr Dre and Snoop dog, cos Dre got a moog.
Now you could sample a moog synth and then assign chromatically to the pads and this will give a good version but not exact, and of course you can filter this to. Resonance on the filter will add some oomph to, but its kinda specific to a frequency and might be problematic for that said reason.
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By Lampdog Mon Jul 25, 2016 3:25 pm
Animoog on ipad is my Moog. I love it.

I use to also take sinewave samples from Sound Forge, place them in mpc 2kxl and mess with resonance and
bam, instant heavy hip hop basslines.

So yeah, +1 on resonance being super useful.