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By decaf Wed Jun 09, 2004 7:23 am
Ok...
I have tried to read examples of how to find good bass sounds to play out.
Is there a specific kit, not for pre played bass lines, but simply bass notes that you can d/l or make (w/o) live instruments that sound phat (like the average bass note that accompanies kits in every hip hop track you hear). I am a digger who is looking to expand the sound beyond only analog...can someone break it down for me...thanks
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By stereoroid Wed Jun 09, 2004 12:22 pm
I have a couple up at http://stereoroid.com/sounds/samples/ .
Some hip-hop has what sounds to me like very low pure sine waves, so I made the "PureSine" PGM for that. It's a very small PGM, the samples are tiny.
Sounds wimpy? Send it through the Bit Cruncher ... then hit two adjacent pads at once for some nice "aliasing" :twisted:

The k5k samples are a lot bigger, might be too hi-tech for you, but "k5k-crystalz" and "k5k-bells" sound good to me at the low end.

later...
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By The VOiD Wed Jun 09, 2004 2:42 pm
You can Find Plenty of Bass PGMs also at Dustmightz.Net, These are a bit big, around 3mbs, but Because they are 16 Multi Samples. Lowest Key Is usally D2, They are From Hardware Synths I own that Ive sampled So I dont need to carry them around with me 1k, most of the time.
Anyways.

www.dustmightz.net/site/downloads.php?cat_id=3

MFDM
VOiD
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By effekt Wed Jun 09, 2004 3:25 pm
yo Stereoroid ! u got a K5000 ? :)
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By stereoroid Wed Jun 09, 2004 3:44 pm
effekt wrote:yo Stereoroid ! u got a K5000 ? :)


K5000S. No, you can't have it... 8)

By hazeyamind Wed Jun 09, 2004 3:53 pm
theres gotta be a machine you can buy for pure bass sounds

Im bout to buy a bass guitar and get my pops to play it out 4 me
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By stereoroid Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:01 pm
hazeyamind wrote:theres gotta be a machine you can buy for pure bass sounds

Im bout to buy a bass guitar and get my pops to play it out 4 me


Well, there is the venerable Novation BassStation series... (http://www.novationmusic.com/). They don't make the physical rack any more, maybe e-bay has them, but they now sall a plugin virtual version of the same thing...
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By The VOiD Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:14 pm
hazeyamind wrote:theres gotta be a machine you can buy for pure bass sounds

Im bout to buy a bass guitar and get my pops to play it out 4 me



"Any" Synth Can be used for Bass, with a lil bit of Programmin Knowledge.

www.dustmightz.net
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By effekt Wed Jun 09, 2004 8:36 pm
you can make your bass from almost everything, and then apply some effects on ot, like a simple EQ, will do miracles.


Stereoroid: I got a K2000VP and I love it, so I can only imagine how great the K5000S must be .
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By The Introvert Wed Jun 09, 2004 10:11 pm
It definitely rocks. I can vouch for that (K5000S in my rig as well)

The keyboard action is also absolutely amazing. Another overlooked gem is the Novation Nova. They can be had for almost nothing now...
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By The VOiD Wed Jun 09, 2004 10:16 pm
The Supernova II is Sick. Great Lead s and Basses.

By elmacaco Thu Jun 10, 2004 12:40 am
effect, the k5000 is a kawai product, is the k2000 a kawai or a kurz?

I have the S too, nice keys except the black are too skinny.

great sounds.
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By effekt Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:28 am
El: K5000S is from Kawai, and the K2000VP from Kurzweil.

By elmacaco Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:56 am
I know, I just missed where the K2000 comes in?

By decaf Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:45 am
yo not to get all emo and ish...but props to everyone for not being snobs bout all the knowledge....word