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bass synths
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 3:03 pm
by alan
hello.
can anyone recommend a good software bass synth for macs?
thanks
alan
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 3:16 pm
by [b]racket
I have recently been using the demo version of Blue. Thinking of upgrading to the full package soon...
http://www.robpapen.com/synths/blue/
Subtractor and Maelstrom in Reason are also pretty good..
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 3:22 pm
by alan
thanks, im not a big fan of reason tho.
do u know any good hardware synths that arn't to expensive?
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 3:22 pm
by omen
albino 2 is amazin
v station aswell an the malstrom is reason is another gd one
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:29 pm
by bunzer0
dunno for Mac but i like "Synapse Junglist Vstv3.2" and "Synapse Audio Hydra v2.1 VST Instrument" or even "anarchy swarm synth vsti v1.0.1" and "Triangle II rgc Audio" or "VSTi - Arturia - Arp 2600 V v1.0 - H2O", .........
So many choice to make basses !
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:41 pm
by r33lc4sh
as always i recommend v-station
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:42 pm
by bunzer0
r33lc4sh wrote:as always i recommend v-station
yep it's a classic !
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:28 am
by taxidriver
I have a Yamaha An1x. You can make a fat bass sounds with it but the presets are shit though.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 6:19 am
by mathhead
Arturia's minimoog vst is absolutely amazing - their arp 2600 is brilliant too but you need a hefty system to run it. Also the imposcar is fantastic, and i recently started using logic's built in es1 and es2 after reading that loefah (i think) used them. you can get some good sounds out of it. The korg ms-20 vst is also great.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 1:21 pm
by alan
Taxidriver wrote:I have a Yamaha An1x. You can make a fat bass sounds with it but the presets are shit though.
lol, all presets are shit.
wouldn't mind getting a hardware synth tho, i have lots of nice guitar pedals to run it thro
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:53 pm
by c0p
Taxidriver wrote:I have a Yamaha An1x. You can make a fat bass sounds with it but the presets are shit though.
agreed. also i recommend nord modular...
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 4:35 pm
by unlikely
FL 404, 3x Osc or Buzz Generator synths are my fave at the mo..
nice warm PURE sounds that you can sculpt yourself, with fancy vst's I find even the preset on startup usually has so much effect and modulation you have to spend half an hour just stripping back to the oscilators before you can start buildiong your sound
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:25 am
by andythetwig
unlikely wrote:FL 404, 3x Osc or Buzz Generator synths are my fave at the mo..
nice warm PURE sounds that you can sculpt yourself, with fancy vst's I find even the preset on startup usually has so much effect and modulation you have to spend half an hour just stripping back to the oscilators before you can start buildiong your sound
it doesn't take
that long to switch off the effects!
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:09 am
by grodin
Just wanted to add a hardware synth that is the absolute tits for bass: the Waldorf Pulse. You can only get them second hand now, but they go for £200 or less, and they're fat as fuck.
I've not tried it specifically for dubstep, but I can't remotely imagine it wouldn't tear your face of in this sound too.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:37 am
by 7 below
andythetwig wrote:unlikely wrote:FL 404, 3x Osc or Buzz Generator synths are my fave at the mo..
nice warm PURE sounds that you can sculpt yourself, with fancy vst's I find even the preset on startup usually has so much effect and modulation you have to spend half an hour just stripping back to the oscilators before you can start buildiong your sound
it doesn't take
that long to switch off the effects!
yeah and most vsts have an initial setting anyhow, even if it isn't the default
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:52 pm
by logos
Its all about resampling from where ever and sculpting in your sampler - imo.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:02 pm
by Citrus Boy
Spectrasonics Trilogy for sub
Synapse Junglist/Novakill EgoKiller for midrange bass..
I use plenty more vsti's for bass but these are my 3 favorites..fruity's own 3xosc and sytrus aint to bad either
I spent about 2 months building my own patches in junglist, egokiller, etc..
Doing the same thing now with malstrom/subtraktor in reason. Those two synths are fucking wicked..
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:18 am
by dj $hy
where do you start!
Trilogy is deep, nice low enders but very limited.
Ravity S is nice, Ultra Focus, Blue, Zeta, Octopuss and minimonsta are all top notch softsynths
Check BFD Drums for your hits n kicks too, nice bit of kit
Cant beat a bit of hardware tho...
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:06 pm
by toxin
imposcar, v-station, es1, octopuss, blue and albino 2 are all good for bass...
You shuld be able to get a decent sub sound out of almost any synth by using the filters and so on....
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:00 pm
by kams1
z3ta is the shiz, real easy to use as well excellent effects section, did some1 say lfos or oscillators? damn
