anyone recommend sub bass for ableton?

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Hayz
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anyone recommend sub bass for ableton?

Post by Hayz » Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:43 pm

Hi there, I need to layer my bass line and kick with a sub, can anyone recommend any sub patches/plug ins/techniques for ableton please that would give my bass more energy?

Best wishes
Hayz ;)

danabus
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Re: anyone recommend sub bass for ableton?

Post by danabus » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:43 pm

I like dsk bluez, or maybe you could just use the resonator?

honeo
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Re: anyone recommend sub bass for ableton?

Post by honeo » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:46 pm

try it with operator it's a mighty tool :D, even for drums

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Re: anyone recommend sub bass for ableton?

Post by oddstep » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:56 pm

In Live 8 I'm getting a bit too fond of using the Hip hop sub instrument rack to add subbage to everything that might benefit from it.
There's loads on alsmost every musictech forum ever about adding subbass, check it out...
Generally- doubling kicks and basslines with a single oscillator sine wave synth pitched/transposed as low as possible is a good place to start. Another classic is to have a constant 40hz sine that is behind a gate sidechained to a kick or a bass or what ever you want to 'sub up'.
The next step is to wonder what sort of monitors you'll need to get... and be surprised by the massive range of responses PAs will have to the subbass you can just about hear through your project studio headphones. That's my experience anyway. Almost as difficult as getting compression/limiting right.....

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Re: anyone recommend sub bass for ableton?

Post by etceterax » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:01 pm

Mda has an open source (free) sub bass in both vst and au. Nothing too fancy, but it gets the job done.

http://mda.smartelectronix.com/
Drop it like it's lukewarm.

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Re: anyone recommend sub bass for ableton?

Post by spiral » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:23 am

filter delay in abelton can add sub to your signal

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Re: anyone recommend sub bass for ableton?

Post by myxomat0515 » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:18 pm

+1 for Operator.

Its very easy to create a sub bass tone that will sit nicely in your mix, especially if you're only using it to supplement an existing track. You should be able to dig up some tutorials on this topic.

ionic
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Re: anyone recommend sub bass for ableton?

Post by ionic » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:58 pm

in operator just throw some sine waves in your oscs. one with a corse of 1 and another with one of .5 to get those super low waves that you feel not hear...

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Re: anyone recommend sub bass for ableton?

Post by jimyson » Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:36 pm

Have you tried LP a sample from a bass guitar

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Re: anyone recommend sub bass for ableton?

Post by zalo » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:44 am

look up sin wave on google, download the file, then just throw it in simpler, trim it, tune it up high, then just double everything in the 0 octave(or -1 or -2 but you need special subs for that (c-2 is almost 4 Hz!!!!!!) http://www.eminent-tech.com/main.html) , if that doesnt shake the room, the rooms too big or your subs are too weak, haha


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