How do I Make a nice Eski/Grime Bassline on Reason?
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 1:54 am
by shankstep
Like this...
And this....
I'm wanting to achieve that really hollow sound, like a lot of eski bar/grime tunes.
If anyone can help that'd be grand.
I'm using Reason 4.
Re: How do I Make a nice Eski/Grime Bassline on Reason?
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 2:35 am
by honey-d
detuned square waves my man
Re: How do I Make a nice Eski/Grime Bassline on Reason?
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 2:45 am
by shankstep
So say if I'm using subtractor. have both octaves at 0?
Re: How do I Make a nice Eski/Grime Bassline on Reason?
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 3:12 am
by honey-d
have 3 square wave octaves. First one at zero. Second one at 0.07. Third one at -0.07. Experiment a bit with the numbers, the bigger the numbers the more noticeable the phase is. The general rule I'd always heard was to keep the two detuned at the same number, ie 0.15 and -0.15 or 0.07 and -0.07. Play around with that and you should find the tones you're looking for
Re: How do I Make a nice Eski/Grime Bassline on Reason?
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 6:18 pm
by therook
Cool song bro I like the CS:Source stabbing samples lol. Seriously the bass is just square waves. Just set 2 or 3 up and detune them by 20 cents or so on the fine tuning knob.
Re: How do I Make a nice Eski/Grime Bassline on Reason?
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 6:53 pm
by paravrais
As is so often the case when people ask questions like this the real trick to making it is in the smaller details you would probably overlook. Sounds like they are giving it a bit of attack on the filter envelope plus a relatively high setting on the amp envelope release. High pass it quite high, maybe a bit of reverb too. Top tip for using reason, put everything inside combinators. Seriously. Never just jam your instruments out naked, make a combinator then make a line mixer inside it then create 2 subtractors connected to the line mixer, then add a rever unit as a return on the line mixer. Got youself the beginnings of a patch now XD
Re: How do I Make a nice Eski/Grime Bassline on Reason?
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:08 pm
by paravrais
I had a spare minute so I made you a combinator patch.
Re: How do I Make a nice Eski/Grime Bassline on Reason?
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:06 am
by kontigobeats
Im also looking for a sound like in that gemmy track! Have tried with square waves but cant get it sounding just right! Any tip for how to make it using Fl Studio, 3osc, orhow to make it in massive or albino 3, or if anyone is kind enough to make a patch that would be good! Cheers
Re: How do I Make a nice Eski/Grime Bassline on Reason?
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:15 am
by Echoi
paravrais wrote:I had a spare minute so I made you a combinator patch.
Im gonna download that and LOOK at it, my soundcard has just stopped working for some reason
Re: How do I Make a nice Eski/Grime Bassline on Reason?
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:43 am
by jsills
paravrais wrote:As is so often the case when people ask questions like this the real trick to making it is in the smaller details you would probably overlook. Sounds like they are giving it a bit of attack on the filter envelope plus a relatively high setting on the amp envelope release. High pass it quite high, maybe a bit of reverb too. Top tip for using reason, put everything inside combinators. Seriously. Never just jam your instruments out naked, make a combinator then make a line mixer inside it then create 2 subtractors connected to the line mixer, then add a rever unit as a return on the line mixer. Got youself the beginnings of a patch now XD
great pointers here.
id just like to add that you can use the square bass' lowend for you sub but what i normally do is high pass it and take out the sub on the square bass and have a dedicated sub to layer under it. for me this adds a whole lot of thickness without having to split my bassline and isolate the sub. j
Re: How do I Make a nice Eski/Grime Bassline on Reason?
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:58 am
by abs
any ableton advice on creating eski bass sounds? step by step please, i'm very stupid.