Logic users - best built in for sub?

[marshy]

What do fellow Logic users use for sub?

I've got a simple sine patch for the ES2, and i've heard people saying about using the default EXS24 patch without adding anything. What synth and processes inside Logic do you normally use?

[honey-d]

sampler's default everytime. Mess around with the adsr a little, yummy.

[setspeed]

default EXS24 all the way!

[[binge]]

i dont use this myself, but apparently the klopfgeist can give you a pretty mean sub bass.

[honey-d]

i dont use this myself, but apparently the klopfgeist can give you a pretty mean sub bass.

I've never really messed around with the klopfgeist very much, might have to give that a try

[Wrigzilla]

Most of the time I use ES2 (not the sub preset) with single sine wave, subtle distortion slight and compression.

Getting the Autofilter to self oscillate (turn the resonance up to 100%, then cutoff determines the pitch) and resampling that + tuning to the key of the piece can give some nice results.

You can also get some nice results with the EFM1.

[jaydot]

Not Logic, but Ableton has a default sub called hip hop sub, turn it up to around 12.5db and with a bassline on top and it's niiice,

[jolly wailer]

ok. that wouldn't really help Logic users but


ES2

[wirez]

sampler's default everytime. Mess around with the adsr a little, yummy.

default EXS24 all the way!

[green plan]

Default EXS24 or EXS24 sampling the end of an 808 - I find that because of the extras in an 808 it can sound a bit fuller if sub be the main focus. Each to their own. I remember from Breakage's Q & A he uses the default EXS24...so I'm sure the potential is in it for sick sub.

[soulshynchyld]

get surge..that has some kick ass sub bass... es2 is soso. massive can dwell deep as fuk. there are a couple of little tricks to really pimp it out... but soz i cant open logic at the mo 2 remember what they were.. 1 was a filter & ya can use with eq 2 get some -50 Hz bass going on with any sound. if ill remember later i will post it up.

[Depone]

ESX24 but with my custom 808 kick sub in it.

sometimes just use the stock ESX24 patch.

[ketamine]

I use Massive on the pure Sine OSC. Never tried the EXS. Is it better?

[setspeed]

I use Massive on the pure Sine OSC. Never tried the EXS. Is it better?

the EXS is a lot more CPU friendly, and it doesn't cost £160 so from that standpoint, yes

[3rdeye]

default EXS24 all the way!

This fo' sho'!

I fannied around for years with so many other approaches trying to nail a good sub sound before someone tipped me off about the blank EXS. I have it saved as a channel strip preset in different variations, some with glide/and or pitch envelopes for sub drops etc.

[Lman]

for the time being i slam on a sine from es2 and then jack it up with the bass boost then tweak around with the envelopes.

im starting to think im going the long way around!