Re: Cleaning Up A Muddy Bass?
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:54 am
I've notice with many softsynths the bass characteristics go out the window when you bring in high freq content (e.g. when the filter is more open)
That being the case if I make a bass sound, it is often the mid range part I make. Then I take the same preset, remove anything like detuning / chorus, anything thatll cause phasing, then tweak the filter so I just get the bass thunk. Maybe use resonance to add punch. Then record that and layer it in with the original. Maybe put a low cut on the midrange one.
I think, generally, any standard 'bass' part will have at least 2 layers. If its non-standard, like an overtly subbass or high range one, then obviously its different.
PS: What I have noticed, based on comments on soundcloud, is that what listeners call the bass is often no at all a bass part. I've even seen tutorials that make a fairly high acid synth preset and call it a bass. Think it had the word 'dub' in it which seems to mean anything and nothing...
That being the case if I make a bass sound, it is often the mid range part I make. Then I take the same preset, remove anything like detuning / chorus, anything thatll cause phasing, then tweak the filter so I just get the bass thunk. Maybe use resonance to add punch. Then record that and layer it in with the original. Maybe put a low cut on the midrange one.
I think, generally, any standard 'bass' part will have at least 2 layers. If its non-standard, like an overtly subbass or high range one, then obviously its different.
PS: What I have noticed, based on comments on soundcloud, is that what listeners call the bass is often no at all a bass part. I've even seen tutorials that make a fairly high acid synth preset and call it a bass. Think it had the word 'dub' in it which seems to mean anything and nothing...
