Best synth for bass bases ?

Discuss music production with Ableton Live.
Just32
Posts: 21
Joined: Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:54 pm

Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by Just32 » Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:35 pm

Wich one u use ?

8TROW8
Posts: 117
Joined: Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:37 pm
Location: West Yorkshire, England
Contact:

Re: Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by 8TROW8 » Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:48 pm

bass bases? Do you mean sub bass or ?

Explain more and I'm sure we can help.

hacktheplanet
Posts: 2846
Joined: Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:37 am
Location: Chicago, IL
Contact:

Re: Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by hacktheplanet » Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:40 pm

A thick saw wave + bass guitar. Totally awesome. :D
Image

Just32
Posts: 21
Joined: Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:54 pm

Re: Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by Just32 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:53 am

Yes Sub bass, arround 100 Hz or so.

Angstrom
Posts: 14921
Joined: Mon Oct 04, 2004 2:22 pm
Contact:

Re: Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by Angstrom » Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:47 am

Just32 wrote:Sub bass, arround 100 Hz or so.
100hz

sub bass?

wat?

:?

antarktika
Posts: 1006
Joined: Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:54 am

Re: Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by antarktika » Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:03 am

"Sub-bass is a term used to describe audible sounds below 90 Hz and extending downward to include the lowest frequency humans can hear, typically 20 Hz."
-Wikipedia

Tarekith
Posts: 19072
Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:46 pm
Location: Ableton Forum Administrator
Contact:

Re: Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by Tarekith » Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:19 am

Honestly, basses are some of the easiest and simplest sounds to create, so pretty much any decent synth will be great for them if you know what you're doing. Popular ones seem to be Massive, Trillian, Zebra2, and Omnisphere.
Tarekith
Ableton Forum Administrator
https://tarekith.com

8TROW8
Posts: 117
Joined: Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:37 pm
Location: West Yorkshire, England
Contact:

Re: Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by 8TROW8 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:23 am

Tarekith wrote:Honestly, basses are some of the easiest and simplest sounds to create, so pretty much any decent synth will be great for them if you know what you're doing. Popular ones seem to be Massive, Trillian, Zebra2, and Omnisphere.
How's trillian tarekith heard about it?

Basic Waveform
Posts: 12
Joined: Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:08 pm

Re: Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by Basic Waveform » Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:20 am

Waldorf Largo.

timothyallan
Posts: 5788
Joined: Wed Nov 24, 2004 11:05 pm
Location: Melbourne Australia
Contact:

Re: Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by timothyallan » Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:39 am

a few ms of a snare drum loaded into simpler works great

Saxer
Posts: 384
Joined: Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:43 pm
Location: Frankfurt/Germany

Re: Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by Saxer » Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:44 am

nearly every synth with a filter can do basses.
i find myself using "ace" for synth basses and trilian or scrabee for electric or acoustic bass most of the time.

necho
Posts: 995
Joined: Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:39 pm
Location: (y)UK

Re: Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by necho » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:27 am

I'm loving Herr Doktor Heckmann's Tyrell N6 for bass at the moment.

http://www.amazona.de/index.php?page=26 ... le_id=3372

Sounds amazing and its free.

But it causes the dreaded CPU spikes in Live. Fine in other hosts.
_________
sigs suck.

Khazul
Posts: 3185
Joined: Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:19 pm
Location: Reading, UK

Re: Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by Khazul » Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:03 am

Saxer wrote:nearly every synth with a filter can do basses.
i find myself using "ace" for synth basses and trilian or scrabee for electric or acoustic bass most of the time.
Those scarbee basses are really excellent if you actually play rather than program your bass parts.
Nothing to see here - move along!

triss
Posts: 128
Joined: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:10 pm

Re: Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by triss » Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:33 am

if you don't own one learn on simpler using FX/instrument racks.

i wish I'd taught myself this way. Now a days I have a very expensive (CPU wise!) NI Massive habit.

80% of sounds are achievable in stacks of simplers though imo.

Tweaking Knobs
Posts: 1162
Joined: Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:36 pm
Location: Berlin
Contact:

Re: Best synth for bass bases ?

Post by Tweaking Knobs » Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:37 am

a sinewave at C2


how about that ?

:wink:

Post Reply