Bass Synthesis

I want to start creating my own bass programs using tones from Sound Forge and I need some help...

What is the best tone to use? (i.e. Sine, Saw, Square, etc.)

What frequency is the best? (i.e. 60 Hz, 70 Hz, 80 Hz, etc.)

Any other tips?

I used to create bass tones in adobe audition generate -> Tones

Also goldwave has a button for entering in a function

http://www.futureproducers.com/forums/s ... n+and+wave <-- a good thread about tones

brush up on trig and understand graphically what u r doing then check this out

http://amath.colorado.edu/outreach/demo ... hMusic.pdf

use a 100Hz sine for rumble bass or a couple of detuned saws throug a filter for a fat bass.
dont ever use a square... they're good for nothing

*edit typo*

I use a 808 drum that has been looped and filtered.

RundFyrkant wrote:use a 100Hz sine for rumble bass or a couple of detuned saws throug a filter for a fat bass.

Thanks, I'll try that. I processed a 100 Hz FM Bass sine tone and it sounds pretty good. The only problem is that I can't filter out all of the harmonics. Would EQ'ing the bass tone get rid of the harmonics?

grimaybeats555 wrote:I use a 808 drum that has been looped and filtered.

I've tried that before but I can't get it to sound the way I want. Maybe it's because I'm not filtering it enough. I'll have to experiment with that a litte more.

using a sinewave is as pure from overtones as it gets.
to fit it in the mix youll have tweek it with EQ