what ya'll do for bass........

i read somewhere that pete rock uses a rhodes for bass......can anyone confirm this?.........and curious what ya'll use as well.............

access virus c

wat is virus c. a keyboard?

DM0NEY wrote:wat is virus c. a keyboard?

a synth module......the virus CK is a keyboard and pete rock does not use either

Rhodes. The virus C is dope. but acording to an interview he likes the rhodes for bass.

Now Who doesn't like a rhodes bass?

elmacaco wrote:Rhodes. The virus C is dope. but acording to an interview he likes the rhodes for bass.

Now Who doesn't like a rhodes bass?

Yeah he does use Rhodes.....

Whatever you use, a simple sinewave is pretty good for adding some omph to your basslines.

I just borowed a Rhodes a few weeks ago. I liked the sound a lot. So much in fact that i've now signed up for piano lessons
I've found a plugin that does a mean Rhodes emulation. It's called lounge lizzard, and it sound really good. I've layered it with a filtered acoustic jazzbass, and that sounded really dope to me.

http://www.mpc-samples.com/section.php/5/0

Rhodes keyboard PGMs and various bass PGMs for your MPC...

sample really loud and filter bass sounds down so thats most of what you can hear. sometimes this works sometimes this sounds too muddy.

if i find a good bassline, or if i chop and create my own, ill filter with its low end and layer the two for some extra boom.

^^ word, same here, i sample basslines, either chop em up and make my own out of what i sampled, or just leave it how it is if its an ill sequence, sampling the bassline adds some fullness to the track too

If you haven't heard about it check out the SE-1 (Studio Electronics 1) It's an analog bass module. Not too many modules can get lower. This piece of gear never will be obsolete.

there is always the old "sample the feedback from your tech1200" trick. Pull the RCA cable about half way out of the plug on your mixer (or sampler) and sample the resultant feedback. pitch and/or filter as needed. It works in some cases, epecially if you layer it with a cleaner bass and mix the two.
just a thought.
sean

a trick i use for bass is to have 2 copies of the same bass on seperate faders. shift one a few samples until the phase problems clear up. on one channel of the bass you'll be really concerned with getting your low end tight using eq and compression so that it pops with the kick (always tune your Kicks). then with the other track you'll want to filter out everything below about 140. then use a chorus to widen it a little and tweak the mid range. this will give the bass a bigger sound without taking over your whole mix. then if you have the MaxBass plug in, get nasty with those sub harmonics till you're happy.

sample something a little higher pitched (not too much) and faster bpm on it-like an organ or guitar. Then just pitch it down. you can sample individual hits, or even keep the loop.

Or i just filter out the high end of a good loop that O.G. has some sort of bottom end to it. Later when you track, you can eq it to fine tune the low end and earase any high end scraps. This is cool because you can keep the same melody of your loop, but make it just a bassline. That way there is not recomposing bass lines.