Extracting bassline from a disco loop
Extracting bassline from a disco loop
Hi
I have a really good disco loop and part of it is a really cool bassline.
I tried EQing the entire loop and the bassline sounds good, even with some of the other frequencies heard slightly.
However, there is a lot of hiss and it's a bit muddy. Is there a better way of making a clean bassline from a disco loop?
thanks in advance JJ
I have a really good disco loop and part of it is a really cool bassline.
I tried EQing the entire loop and the bassline sounds good, even with some of the other frequencies heard slightly.
However, there is a lot of hiss and it's a bit muddy. Is there a better way of making a clean bassline from a disco loop?
thanks in advance JJ
Re: Extracting bassline from a disco loop
As you know, you can't turn a cake back into eggs, flour and sugar. So be prepared to compromise:
1. Low pass filter. Should remove all hiss.
2. Replay with synth (sampled bass patches are usually horrible)
3. Replay with bass guitar. Lots of bassists around, many who will work for beer.
1. Low pass filter. Should remove all hiss.
2. Replay with synth (sampled bass patches are usually horrible)
3. Replay with bass guitar. Lots of bassists around, many who will work for beer.
mendeldrive wrote:NOBODY designs their own sounds... There is ZERO point in reinventing the wheel.
Re: Extracting bassline from a disco loop
great advice - thanks.beatmunga wrote:As you know, you can't turn a cake back into eggs, flour and sugar. So be prepared to compromise:
1. Low pass filter. Should remove all hiss.
2. Replay with synth (sampled bass patches are usually horrible)
3. Replay with bass guitar. Lots of bassists around, many who will work for beer.
but are these; 3 separate suggestions or are all 3 reliant on each other or in an order of priority.
sorry to be pedantic, but really want to know the best way thru' this.
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Re: Extracting bassline from a disco loop
4 - use melodyne
Re: Extracting bassline from a disco loop
No, not all three - ranked in reverse order of ballache/authenticity.jezjonson wrote:great advice - thanks.beatmunga wrote:As you know, you can't turn a cake back into eggs, flour and sugar. So be prepared to compromise:
1. Low pass filter. Should remove all hiss.
2. Replay with synth (sampled bass patches are usually horrible)
3. Replay with bass guitar. Lots of bassists around, many who will work for beer.
but are these; 3 separate suggestions or are all 3 reliant on each other or in an order of priority.
sorry to be pedantic, but really want to know the best way thru' this.
3 being maximum of both.
Can't speak for melodyne. Are we sure it can do this? May be able to retune it, but solo it? Is it that clever?
mendeldrive wrote:NOBODY designs their own sounds... There is ZERO point in reinventing the wheel.
Re: Extracting bassline from a disco loop
No.beatmunga wrote:...Can't speak for melodyne. Are we sure it can do this? May be able to retune it, but solo it? Is it that clever?
Re: Extracting bassline from a disco loop
Thought not.Rampus wrote:No.beatmunga wrote:...Can't speak for melodyne. Are we sure it can do this? May be able to retune it, but solo it? Is it that clever?
mendeldrive wrote:NOBODY designs their own sounds... There is ZERO point in reinventing the wheel.
Re: Extracting bassline from a disco loop
how about a program called transcriber
it will allow you to slow down play back rate and use a keyboard(has one built in)
or any instrument you play and transcribe it your self
http://www.seventhstring.com
i use it to learn guitar and bass parts all the time
devobtch
it will allow you to slow down play back rate and use a keyboard(has one built in)
or any instrument you play and transcribe it your self
http://www.seventhstring.com
i use it to learn guitar and bass parts all the time
devobtch
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Re: Extracting bassline from a disco loop
low-pass filter, then melodyne, then extract to midi. will require some editing of the midi file but you'll be quite close
Re: Extracting bassline from a disco loop
It's a sad day when technology has so distanced the user from actual music that a person can't even sit at a midi keyboard and work out a monophonic disco bassline.lunabass wrote:low-pass filter, then melodyne, then extract to midi. will require some editing of the midi file but you'll be quite close
Reminds me of the 'how do i get realistic shakers' thread: several pages of advice on sample libraries and subtle timing shifts in the midi editor...
mendeldrive wrote:NOBODY designs their own sounds... There is ZERO point in reinventing the wheel.
Re: Extracting bassline from a disco loop
jezjonson lost his fingers in a horrific texting accidentbeatmunga wrote:It's a sad day when technology has so distanced the user from actual music that a person can't even sit at a midi keyboard and work out a monophonic disco bassline...
Re: Extracting bassline from a disco loop
Manages to use Ableton, EQs, and start threads. Putting a few notes in a bar should be a piece of piss.lunabass wrote:jezjonson lost his fingers in a horrific texting accidentbeatmunga wrote:It's a sad day when technology has so distanced the user from actual music that a person can't even sit at a midi keyboard and work out a monophonic disco bassline...
The nose, or any other semi rigid singular physical peninsula, would be an adequate substitute for the missing single finger needed for this kind of shit.
Or did he lose his sense of rhythm, harmony and timbre when he started using Ableton live, like so many others..?
mendeldrive wrote:NOBODY designs their own sounds... There is ZERO point in reinventing the wheel.
Re: Extracting bassline from a disco loop
It's a sad day when technology has so distanced the user from actual music that a person can't even sit at a midi keyboard and work out a monophonic disco bassline.
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disco bassline?...cmon. figure it out and play it. yes it takes time, but the more you do it the easier it gets. thats the musical way. dj way= low pass filter.
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disco bassline?...cmon. figure it out and play it. yes it takes time, but the more you do it the easier it gets. thats the musical way. dj way= low pass filter.
Re: Extracting bassline from a disco loop
jezjonson, so it seems playing bass-lines with any protruding cartilage is quite easy. i've tried it but my nose is rather large and i find it difficult to play just one note at a time, things may be a little easier for you. i also find the application of after-touch impossible without sneezing, how did you get on?
Re: Extracting bassline from a disco loop
I'm sorry to hear that lunabass. Your proboscal surplus is the 'Radelaide' Jackin' scene's loss.lunabass wrote:jezjonson, so it seems playing bass-lines with any protruding cartilage is quite easy. i've tried it but my nose is rather large and i find it difficult to play just one note at a time, things may be a little easier for you. i also find the application of after-touch impossible without sneezing, how did you get on?
mendeldrive wrote:NOBODY designs their own sounds... There is ZERO point in reinventing the wheel.