How to create a dope baseline in a Sample Beat?

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How to create a dope baseline in a Sample Beat?

By Moskito Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:24 pm
Hallo everybody,
i use the Mpc Renaissance to produce my own Beats.

Now my question is how to make a dope baseline to a chopped sample
? What kind of techniques do u use?

When i sample something in most cases a base is still existing. So when I chop my sample and record the loop, the loop already has a certain kind of baseline. I think there are three ways to make a dope baseline now.
1. Take the base direkt out of the sample by using an EQ and higher the 30-120Hz.
2. Using a Hipass filter before recording the sample, record the sample in hipass mode without base. Using a lowpass filter and record the same chops on a second line.
3. Filtering the mids and highs out of the sample, record the loop and use some kind of VST.

What is your experiences for the best baseline and how to set up right?

Thanks
Moskito
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Re: How to create a dope baseline in a Sample Beat?

By marrelarre Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:49 pm
If you wanna keep the old bassline you can just copy the chops to a new program, filter and EQ those and layer em under the loop you already have.

If you wanna make your own you can filter away the old bassline and sample a synth/bass/record/whatever and do some 16-LEVELS magic. :nod:

I usually do the latter, doing your own basslines is the most fun part of the process

Did that make sense?

Re: How to create a dope baseline in a Sample Beat?

By Moskito Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:57 pm
Hi thanks for ur reply, yes it makes sense...but the problem is when i want to play my own bass whether with 16 level or VST i have to filter the bass out of the origin sample. This process manipulates the sound so it doesnt sound as warm as i sampled it before. Is that right?

And with 16 level u mean i can sample no matter what bass note and tune it by hearing that it fits to the sample?

Re: How to create a dope baseline in a Sample Beat?

By Mxlvxnn Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:20 pm
Basslines are fun. I usually record basslines that are apparent in a song and boost up the low frequencies on my mixer. I cut the his and mids to get rid of any unnecessary sounds out of the mix. Then I have it go through my EQ and I boost up the bass and add some compression. Then I record a couple bars of the notes that I want to use and chop them up. I use the "note on" feature so none of the sounds bleed over one another since I'm using the 2xl.

then to top it off I set a filter to about 20 or 8 depending on how the sample sounds. if the bass sounds TOO over the top I set the volume down on the mixer tab. hope this helps brother.
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Re: How to create a dope baseline in a Sample Beat?

By peterpiper Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:29 pm
When you want to filter out the bass on the original with a highpass filter, an analyzer or even better a spectral view analyzer can become very handy cause you'll SEE the notes of the bassline and therefore know where to set the cutoff.

When you play basslines by yourself don't overdo it. Basslines are most of the time not very complex (just a few notes at specific positions in the measure).


listen, listen listen to dope basslines on all kind of songs. Thats how you will know what a dope bassline is. It is exactly THIS bassline that really moves YOU.

peace
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Re: How to create a dope baseline in a Sample Beat?

By peterpiper Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:31 am
Wal Martian wrote:
peterpiper wrote:When you want to filter out the bass on the original with a highpass filter, an analyzer or even better a spectral view analyzer can become very handy cause you'll SEE the notes of the bassline

Low pass?


If you want to filter OUT the bass (definition: get rid of the bass) you need a filter that PASS the HIGH frequencies but CUT the LOW frequencies.

You can call it HIGHPASS or if you look at it from the the bass POV: LOWCUT

peace
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Re: How to create a dope baseline in a Sample Beat?

By Wal Martian Mon Apr 07, 2014 7:57 pm
peterpiper wrote:
Wal Martian wrote:
peterpiper wrote:When you want to filter out the bass on the original with a highpass filter, an analyzer or even better a spectral view analyzer can become very handy cause you'll SEE the notes of the bassline

Low pass?


If you want to filter OUT the bass (definition: get rid of the bass) you need a filter that PASS the HIGH frequencies but CUT the LOW frequencies.

You can call it HIGHPASS or if you look at it from the the bass POV: LOWCUT

peace

Haha sorry I thought you were talking about OP, not how to remove bass to add your own bassline, cool idea. I like doubling or tripling up samples and EQing different parts of the spectrum for more control.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zTSyEjkm3k
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