KVR Audio

nicolasvr · Post by **nicolasvr** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 11:04 pm

hey
was wondering on how to create a smooth 'growling' bass sound like the one that starts at 0:42 in this song.
https://soundcloud.com/sivey/rendez-vous
have no clue on how he managed to get this result, i really dig it.

cheers

priyankeshu · Post by **priyankeshu** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:02 pm

that's a yaya sound

In Synth1, u create any saw wave sound with long decay and then put an effect "Deci"

youtube search about Yaya sound + synth will give u some ideas

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:41 am

Ramp wave, low pass filter with envelope decay, give it some slide.

tranel · Post by **tranel** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:00 am

That's a classic sawtooth funk bass sound. Lowpass filter, low resonance and an envelope with a bit of attack.

You can spice it up a bit with this (awesome) technique that I stumbled upon a while back.

Use a bass patch that is strongly centered, preferable completely mono. It should also be a sound with some presence, like a saw or square wave. Sine / triangle will be too indistinct.

Duplicate your bass track. Leave one track completely fx-free and fully centered, preferably mono - this track will anchor the low end of the song. Now, bitcrush / distort the copy of the bass track and put chorus on it so that you achieve a wide stereo effect. Roll of a bit of the low end on this track, and you might also want to use a low pass filter to tame some of uglier high frequencies that emerge.

Layer the two, and adjust the balance so that the dry sound remains dominant but it underpinned and "enveloped" by the chorus-y distortion.

Quite cool...

Anders

NystagmusE · Post by **NystagmusE** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:24 pm

Sounds like a saw or ramp wave with a resonant lowpass filter with it's envelope. it's also got slight decimation/bitcrush on it. or maybe ring modulation. It has a fairly quick decay on the filter envelope.

nicolasvr · Post by **nicolasvr** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:30 am

thanks for the responses, will try it out!

annode · Post by **annode** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 5:52 am

It`s a variation of the Herbie Hancock Cameleon synth bass.
He uses an Arp Odyssey. Here someone shows you how to set it up.
http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/ ... sey-620055

Use the Oddity demo if you wish to experiment;
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/oddity- ... ce/details

GeorgeZ · Post by **GeorgeZ** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 1:57 am

What synths do you have / do you want to create this sound with?

nicolasvr · Post by **nicolasvr** » Mon Jun 13, 2016 7:53 am

GeorgeZ wrote:What synths do you have / do you want to create this sound with?

wow i see your reply just now.. i have Massive

Googly Smythe · Post by **Googly Smythe** » Mon Jun 13, 2016 9:01 am

Did you manage to make it?

MogwaiBoy · Post by **MogwaiBoy** » Mon Jun 20, 2016 4:40 am

Why not go oldschool proper and do it for real

+ I can definitely hear some bitcrush aliasing (like a whistle) in the left channel from it.

Rob Mixvibes · Post by **Rob Mixvibes** » Wed Jun 22, 2016 10:25 am

Operator on ableton works well to create this kinds of bass

nicolasvr · Post by **nicolasvr** » Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:20 am

Ayorinde wrote:Did you manage to make it?

I tried through Massive but it didn't really sound the same

annode · Post by **annode** » Thu Jun 30, 2016 12:48 pm

annode wrote:It`s a variation of the Herbie Hancock Cameleon synth bass.
He uses an Arp Odyssey. Here someone shows you how to set it up.
http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/ ... sey-620055

Use the Oddity demo if you wish to experiment;
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/oddity- ... ce/details

I guess this was too easy to do?