Tunning Synths

[mja]

Am I the only person who finds it really difficult to tune a bass patch proberly..

I could spend an hour fucking about with the detune and octave of a patch, and I still wouldn`t be happy with the results.

I`ve finished loads of tracks,but I can honestly say that I have never been happy with any of the basslines I`ve created using plugins.


Does anybody have any wise words for me before I drive myself insane ??

[Ed J]

Join the club.

Look at it this way: If you're ever genuinely happy with something you've done, you've lost, because you won't be spured on to try harder the next time, and the next.

Well, that or you're just shit

I always find that I'm happier with my basslines when they're low in the mix, have a decent punchy envelope, and have a HP filter somewhere around the kick drum freq. Oh, and no detune/multivoice, it seems to make it munch into the space of the lead. Depends what you're trying to do though!

[Suicide Server]

What helps a lot in my opinion is to get a decent hardware synth. There is nothing wrong with all those nice plugins and controllers these days but its still not the same like creating a new sound on lets say a Clavia Nord Lead 2 for example. This helped me a lot to understand how to get what i want.

Cheers

[beats me]

Layer multiple bass sounds.

[Moody]

Befriend a bass player.