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"Chillstep" bass?

Post by Prophix » Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:58 pm

As my first post on the forum, I've got a question about making bass noises that aren't so "brostep" and more on the chill and melodic sounding side of things. As examples:





The top two coincidentally sound almost exactly the same, but this is the kind of sound I'm aiming for. Help?

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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by ehbes » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:07 pm

A sub bass....and never use the term chill step because it's not a thing
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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by Prophix » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:16 pm

I could care less what it's called lol, hence the "quotations" to emphasize referring to it as something that doesn't really have a name or classification. But I'm asking more specifically how I could emulate such a sound; "a sub bass" is quite general to me. ;-)

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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by ehbes » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:21 pm

It's the really low sound that feel in chest
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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by hutyluty » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:26 pm

chillstep isnt a genre, its a way of life
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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by Prophix » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:34 pm

Perhaps I should be more clear ... I'm not referring to the low-end part of the sound, more-so the parts that aren't sub. If that makes any more sense ... :(

Edit: If it is just the sub and not so much high end stuff then guessing I have a fundamental misunderstanding of what I'm hearing haha.
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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by ogunslinger » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:34 pm

The chill part? :lol:

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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by IELMusic94 » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:35 pm

For a sub bass, all you really need is a sine wave or, if you want more harmonics, a low-passed square or triangle (low-passed down to somewhere between 100 and 250 hz, depending on your taste). Then, you can add some saturation and compression if you like, but it's not always necessary. Just trust your ears on that one. It's a really simple sound, and a million and one ways to get there, so do it however you like and you'll be fine. Sub basses are usually layered with something, so if it's not the "low-end part" you want, you might just be hearing whatever is playing on top of it.
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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by Prophix » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:35 pm

ogunslinger wrote:The chill part? :lol:
LOL yes, the chill part. :4:

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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by ehbes » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:37 pm

Check ham vst it's a free dl and has a nice gritty sound that your after
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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by Prophix » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:46 pm

IELMusic94 wrote:For a sub bass, all you really need is a sine wave or, if you want more harmonics, a low-passed square or triangle (low-passed down to somewhere between 100 and 250 hz, depending on your taste). Then, you can add some saturation and compression if you like, but it's not always necessary. Just trust your ears on that one. It's a really simple sound, and a million and one ways to get there, so do it however you like and you'll be fine. Sub basses are usually layered with something, so if it's not the "low-end part" you want, you might just be hearing whatever is playing on top of it.
Thanks for the help! Though my original question is probably directed towards what isn't the low-end and what's layered on top of the sub ...

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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by ljk32 » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:57 pm

Hey man, I'm also quite curious about this, cause it's the style I have been aiming for, for a long time now. I made a post a while ago about it actually, you can ignore all/most of the first post really. But I hope it helps in some way:
http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=243769.

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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by overture » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:25 pm

I love how these 3 songs sound almost the same, so cheap. But to get the rising sort of sound that you hear is really easy just give it a slow attack, simple saw waves will give you that sound just hi pass, maybe detune, chorus, small reverb and some pitch envelopes.

While we are on the topic of bass does anyone have any tips for this kind of sound...

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I know it's a pretty standard jungly bass sound but I can never get it right, I've tried like detuned squares & saws low passed but it never seemed to have that same sound :/. Really bugs me so if someone could give me some tips...
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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by daeMTHAFKNkim » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:51 am

Prophix wrote:As my first post on the forum, I've got a question about making bass noises that aren't so "brostep" and more on the chill and melodic sounding side of things. As examples:

LMFAO....1:50 - 2:17 is a straight copy from Zedd - Spectrum...a shitter/half-ass version. Get the fuck out. Shitty dubstep artists = MonstercatMedia & VitalDubstep.

1:43 - 2:05

Fuck amateur producers getting big off of youtube. Yeah I'm jealous cuz the bitches don't deserve it. Same with that Tristam dude copying a Flux song. Same fucking notes and bar timing.

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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by Prophix » Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:47 am

daeMTHAFKNkim wrote:
Prophix wrote:As my first post on the forum, I've got a question about making bass noises that aren't so "brostep" and more on the chill and melodic sounding side of things. As examples:

LMFAO....1:50 - 2:17 is a straight copy from Zedd - Spectrum...a shitter/half-ass version. Get the fuck out. Shitty dubstep artists = MonstercatMedia & VitalDubstep.

1:43 - 2:05

Fuck amateur producers getting big off of youtube. Yeah I'm jealous cuz the bitches don't deserve it. Same with that Tristam dude copying a Flux song. Same fucking notes and bar timing.

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Then you're aware that Rezonate's track was being written at most 4-5 months ago right? According to the artist himself of course. It's one thing to dislike the song, the artist or hell, even his skill, but to say that it's a complete rip-off of a song that was released around the same general time period is absurd. And why don't they deserve the recognition? How else are they to get it?

Not to mention, this was rather unhelpful towards the original intent of my posting. ;-)

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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by Coolschmid » Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:22 am

Op, do you not know how to make supersaws or something?

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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by Prophix » Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:43 am

Coolschmid wrote:Op, do you not know how to make supersaws or something?
Haha I have a few patches made, I guess I haven't gotten around to too much experimentation with my bass noises though and was perhaps over-thinking this particular sound a bit too much.

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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by deadly_habit » Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:46 am

sine wave sub or low passed reese are classic

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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by hasezwei » Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:35 pm

who the FUCK is zed's dead

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Re: "Chillstep" bass?

Post by wormcode » Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:52 pm

hasezwei wrote:who the FUCK is zed's dead
A couple of Bruce Willis fans from Canada.

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