qa2pir Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Yes, that's it. I wan't a good, preferably free bassline vst that can make deep, clean basses without distortion. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time_Trap Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 i am not into vsts, sorry, but if you have reason then it's subtractor synth or malstrom one would be more than enough i think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philter Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 hi qa2pir, if you have halion then sample a real bass preferbly one with a low b string (5 string bass), or get one from a sampling cd. real basses have a nice harmonic content. then cut some of the top end (use a shelve eq not a lp filter), compress it with a multiband compressor set to suppress the top end and to lift the bottom end (bell-type eq) (not too much !! distotion !!). set the bell-eq in the range where you are playing so that all notes even the higher ones are audiable or to your likeing. make sure however that you cut everything below say 15hz, these subsonics will only steal headroom. traditionaly reggae sound engineers recorded the bass through an amp placing the mic at the back of the amp to get that soft muffled bottom end sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest .::E.P Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 Yes, that's it. I wan't a good, preferably free bassline vst that can make deep, clean basses without distortion. Any suggestions? 285609[/snapback] Most synths can be used. That is if you know how to program them. What program do you use? If you use Cubase or Logic there's build in synths and they should do just fine. Just take your time and dont rush it. Most vsti's can be used but as I said you need to program them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slyman604 Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 absynth is great for this. there is alot of stuff that is acoustic like but still puts out a huge sub bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted June 27, 2005 Author Share Posted June 27, 2005 E:P: i tried the one that comes with cubase, vb-1. Sadly, that one is better for full-on basses than floorshaking electroaucustic ones. However i have now tweaked Triangle II enough to be able to continue composing the song without getting frustrated at the bass sound Philter: i will try it, i have halion and have used it's bass-samples with great results before, i will try your method Just wanna know what the difference is between shelve EQ and lp filter? i think i know but if i know correctly there should be no reason not to use the filter. Confused and just to make it clear, i use cubase. Thanx a lot for helping me everybody! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philter Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 hi qa2pir, first of all sorry for my spelling, im no sure if its "shelf" or "shelve"..... as you can see in the graphic below the shelf-eq is the type commonly used in bog standard tone controlls in hi-fi systems. it is the default eq in cubase for bass and treble the mids are bell type eqs. "shelf" just describes the shape of the curve, in practice this means that the centre frequency is boostded or cut less or more than the frequency extending the center frequency. to make the whole shelving thing clear: say your holding a 30cm ruler in your hands, in the left hand your holding the end saying 0 cm. in your right hand your holding it at 5 cm. if you now lift your right hand a few centimeters up the end saying 30 cm is obviously much higher than at 5 cm. analouge to that is a high shelf while boosting, lower frequencies are boosted less than the higher ones. a low pass filter will idealy (in theory) cut everything above its center fequency, in practice this is seldom the case. ie a first order lp filter will cut 6db per octave, a second order lp filter will cut 12 db per octave, a third order lp filter will cut 18 db per octave...etc... well the reason i wouldnt use a lp filter is that the steeper the cut off curve is, the less harmonics you will have. then you might as well use a clean sine wave. but if you use a first order lp you will proberbly get similar results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qa2pir Posted June 27, 2005 Author Share Posted June 27, 2005 aha. I didn't know all that, thank you! Anyway, my filter is of the kind that has several bars that can be raised to boost certain frequencies. So you can create any kind of curve you wan't. So i hope it will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Psyence Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 i get pretty good results with Pro53, actually i can easily create a whole track with only pro53's (and drum sampes off course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subsonik Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 cut everything below say 15hz, these subsonics will only steal headroom. 285970[/snapback] What'd u say about me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj mylo Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 I like subtractor in Reason rewired. and I have had awesome results with z3ta in Cubase. Actually it's good for most synthy things! and with bass I do roll-off on the eq at around 80hz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEgatherion Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 I usually use Moog Modular V or Mercury or Sounds of my Supernova oder MAM MB33Mk2(i love this one though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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