Chase and Status - Streetlife, what on earth are they doing?

miscreant · Post by **miscreant** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:39 am

I'm at work just now so cant post the audio but a quick youtube search should bring it up. I'm fully aware of how to make sub bass and i'm fully aware of different ways of making sub bass sound better, however, their bass in this tune is just ridiculous, it even kicks through on shitty laptop speakers yet it sounds so clean at the same time. I know that they are amazing producers in their own right but anyone got any ideas as to how theyre getting such a boomy widespread bass?

macc · Post by **macc** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:59 am

I have this in my reference folder and it *very* audibly distorts with the bass. Appalling.

Great mix, great sound, pushed too hard, or pushed in the wrong way.

miscreant · Post by **miscreant** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:05 pm

Macc wrote:I have this in my reference folder and it *very* audibly distorts with the bass. Appalling.

Great mix, great sound, pushed too hard, or pushed in the wrong way.

Even if it is distorted it still sounds sick as fuck! A lot of the time when something is audibly distorted it sounds shit but they get away with it. Oh chase and status you badbwois. They wear some fucking bent as fuck trendo hats but they can smash up dancefloors!

macc · Post by **macc** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:12 pm

Oh no, it sounds great, considering. It'd just sound better not distorted, that's all I'm saying

miscreant · Post by **miscreant** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:15 pm

Macc wrote:Oh no, it sounds great, considering. It'd just sound better not distorted, that's all I'm saying

do you not think that it might not be as big a sound though if they hadnt had it running into the red?

cheesemonger1 · Post by **cheesemonger1** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:28 pm

is it maybe done by using a plugin like maxxbass?

macc · Post by **macc** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:34 pm

I'd 100% say not. It's just a detuned sine/lp'ed square deal with lots of (nice) compression, loud. It's not massively complicated.

MaxxBass kills bass more than enhances it.

miscreant · Post by **miscreant** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:37 pm

Macc wrote:I'd 100% say not. It's just a detuned sine/lp'ed square deal with lots of (nice) compression, loud. It's not massively complicated.

MaxxBass kills bass more than enhances it.

I've got that plugin actually, use it sometimes but notice that the effects i get with it muddy my bass up most of the time, i havent ever been taught how to use it properly - is it one of those plugins where i'm best just leaving it alone?

macc · Post by **macc** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:38 pm

It's completely shit

Cheap distortion + LP filter. No more than that. You can easily understand why it muddies your mix when you know it works like that.

'Proprietary magical MaxxBass algorithm'

cheesemonger1 · Post by **cheesemonger1** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:14 pm

ok sweet

Chase and Status - Streetlife, what on earth are they doing?

Chase and Status - Streetlife, what on earth are they doing?

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