Bass effects and stuff like that

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Bass effects and stuff like that

Postby DannyMirage » 03 May 2012 23:27

So, I've been messing around with Massive in FL studio and making some presets, but I don't really like what I'm making. I want to go for more of an xKore sound (like in scumbag), but I have no idea what he uses to get his bass to rumble like that.

I tried different effects but they don't sound right to me.
Here's what my bass typically sounds like right now.
http://soundcloud.com/dannymirage/because-wip

Is there something native to FL that I can use? or is there something I can download?
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Re: Bass effects and stuff like that

Postby vladnuke » 03 May 2012 23:35

Get sausage fattener, it's pretty good for rumble.
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Re: Bass effects and stuff like that

Postby soup2504 » 03 May 2012 23:53

I'm just gonna lurk here, because I've had massive since I started, and I almost never use it, and I am horrible with it. And before I get people crying and asking why, it's because 3xosc.

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Re: Bass effects and stuff like that

Postby DannyMirage » 03 May 2012 23:56

vladnuke wrote:Get sausage fattener, it's pretty good for rumble.

I did say rumble didn't I?
I mean something more like the bass in the chorus of this:
http://soundcloud.com/xkore/nechura-scumbag-xkore-remix
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Re: Bass effects and stuff like that

Postby DannyMirage » 03 May 2012 23:58

soup2504 wrote:I'm just gonna lurk here, because I've had massive since I started, and I almost never use it, and I am horrible with it. And before I get people crying and asking why, it's because 3xosc.

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I tried that for a while and started using automation on a filter for my bass but after a week of that I realized I'm too lazy to keep up with that lol
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Re: Bass effects and stuff like that

Postby Versilaryan » 04 May 2012 01:00

I'd imagine that with some compression and/or light distortion, and a sub-bass, you could make that wobble bass sound really rumbly. Some more EQing would work, too -- maybe if you subtract some of the mids? I dunno.

It's also a matter of register, too. The bass in the song you linked is actually /really/ low -- lower than the one you use. If you could have an oscillator dip an octave below the rest of the bass and then highpass it so it doesn't sound muddy, then you should be able to get something similar.
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Re: Bass effects and stuff like that

Postby Sugarholik » 04 May 2012 02:14

What Versilaryan said. The song you linked has way more treble than your's, so distortion may be the way to go.
Also do I hear a comb filter? Modulation reduces high frequencies, so you may want to boost them a bit. Or take it off completely and try automating an EQ band with LFO if you want something oscillating slowly in the high end.
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Re: Bass effects and stuff like that

Postby Expy » 04 May 2012 23:33

soup2504 wrote:I'm just gonna lurk here, because I've had massive since I started, and I almost never use it, and I am horrible with it. And before I get people crying and asking why, it's because 3xosc.


Same here. I can never be bothered learning how to make stuff with Massive because I use 3xOsc too much.
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