your got to bass vsts?

[fils_here]

just wondering what everyone uses for there bass?
i've been hammering sylenth & getting some good sounds.

[kindelsesh]

You can get some really nice sounds out of Crystal been messing with that alot lately.

Logic's ESM is my go to bass atm though.

[rhythmtech]

fxpansion strobe
audiorealism bassline
spectrasonics trillian

[Jay Pace]

reason - subtractor (love love love that synth)
Albino

[Mattias_Fridell]

D16 Toraverb, 112dB Redline Verb, Lexicon hardware reverb, NI Massive & NI reaktor

[DannyBlack]

NI Massive, Sylenth, TAL Elec7ro (lovely warm sub and it's free) and a bunch of others that I can't think of.

[Mattias_Fridell]

TAL Elec7ro is a nice one for basses for sure, but I never really use it for Techno bottoms, the TAL reverb is ok for the same cause also.

[Honeey]

reese machine
trilogy
albino
junglist

[Mattias_Fridell]

Interesting that so many mentions using synths for bass, you use synths to create bass-lines all the way or? I just usually use synths for bass when I need to fill gaps in the bottom region besides that my synths are only for every other type of sound. I know poducers still today using Sinus to create their basslines which I personally think sounds pretty bad and uninteresting.

[ritaheed]

Interesting that so many mentions using synths for bass, you use synths to create bass-lines all the way or? I just usually use synths for bass when I need to fill gaps in the bottom region besides that my synths are only for every other type of sound. I know poducers still today using Sinus to create their basslines which I personally think sounds pretty bad and uninteresting.

you talking about sub bass? if so how you make your sub bass and what do you do for your basslines?

[Mattias_Fridell]

I use different methods, depends on how and in which direction the track goes. I don't know should I reveal the way I make my basses and bottoms? :) I usually get lots of questions about my basses/subs when I get stuck in discussions about productions. A hint is up there in my post what plugins I use for it ;)

[Elvio Neto]

many people use filtered toms and congas... or bass samples...

i like subtractor , reaktor , generator 1.5 (old reaktor) , albino

[DannyBlack]

for sub I use a sine run through 3x oscillator.

[Mattias_Fridell]

Danny, interesting. My guess is you step the sines together with the kick to make the kick sub more? Many minimal producers use sine, but for making fat moving bass lines and moving subs its pretty thin and useless for my own taste. Sine is so limited, compression and EQ:ing basically does nothing for it, esp EQ does nothing. Anyone know where the sine-bass craze came from?

[rhythmtech]

the reason a sine is used is that you can pick your frequency to match the original kick (say 50hz) and absolutly no harmonics or additional musical information is added whatsoever.

... meaning that there is absolutly no need to eq it.

(the reason eq doesnt work is because it is only one frequency - you could find the exact frequency and then eq will work but its pointless as all you could do is make the signal louder or quieter).

[Mattias_Fridell]

the reason a sine is used is that you can pick your frequency to match the original kick (say 50hz) and absolutly no harmonics or additional musical information is added whatsoever.

... meaning that there is absolutly no need to eq it.

(the reason eq doesnt work is because it is only one frequency - you could find the exact frequency and then eq will work but its pointless as all you could do is make the signal louder or quieter).

Exactly, that's my point when it comes to sine, hence I find it pretty bad and uninteresting to use for bass and dont get it why its such a "popular"concept and suggested by so many when people ask for ideas to bass.
So again, anyone know where the sine craze came from? I'm genuinely interested.

[Jay Pace]

Sine bass smacks on a big system. Simples

[DannyBlack]

Danny, interesting. My guess is you step the sines together with the kick to make the kick sub more? Many minimal producers use sine, but for making fat moving bass lines and moving subs its pretty thin and useless for my own taste. Sine is so limited, compression and EQ:ing basically does nothing for it, esp EQ does nothing. Anyone know where the sine-bass craze came from?

Basically yeah, pretty much. I'm not sure why I started using it tbh. I just wanted a fatter kick and a bit of rumble to make the kick and the sub kinda of blend together. My kick used to stand out too much. I've just developed it to my taste since the start.

I don't find it limited really because I only use it for one thing really. I don't bother compressing it at all, I use subtle EQing. but other than that, not much else.

[Mattias_Fridell]

When (and this isn't often) I use sine, I just put it decayed on the kick marks. No need to EQ it, doesn't help, just lower the volume. Tbh Saw or similar is much better to create subby basses or undertones on the kicks.

One of my 2 methods I always use for bottoms in my Techno tracks is the good classic reverb method, it's unbeatable :)

Hey Jay, love your "Jengalord" track, class!

[DannyBlack]

I didn't think of decaying it on the kick. I'll give that a try, Mat- cheers. Saw; I like saw I just haven't used it a whole lot to really know what I'm doing. But a change is always good I guess. I shall try it out. Again, cheers :)