Tutorial 20
Bass sounds
It's back to Synth 1 Vst guys. And today, we make a simple yet, cool sounding bass sound in
Synth 1.
Actually, we make 2 bass sounds in Synth 1.
Cool Bass sound and a
Spacey dark bass sound
First off, we select a default Synth 1 soundbank.
And we take off and turn off, all LFO's etc.
In other words the numbers
1 and
2 and
Tempo and
Key button, must all be
off,
or not lit up, like in the pic shown.
Okay, now lets start.
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1) In
Osc 1, select the
square symbol shape.
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2) Mix dial = Turn the dial
full left
We turn the
mix dial, fully to the left, because we only want to use
Osc 1 and not, Osc 2. Ha! Ha!
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3) Now lets go to the
Amplifier Section.
A =
48
R =
38
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4) Filter Section
frq =
35
res =
12
sat =
86
Vel =
on
A
green light means
Vel is
on.
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5) Select
LP24 dudes.
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6) In the
Tempo Delay Section
Make sure the
blue letters are on the letters
ST
Now turn the following dials:
fdbk =
68
d/w =
46
Okay, now make sure that:
Chorus/Flanger =
On
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And that's the end of our tut.
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But.........
7) This part is Optional.
But, it's really interesting to try out.
Lets say we wanted to make this Bass sound, sound Spacey and dark cosmic sounding....
Lets go to the
Det FM section.
Now lets look for the
FM dial.
Turn the
FM dial =
47 or slighty more, if you want.
Turning the FM dial a bit, will make the Bass, sound kinda
cosmic/spacey dark sounding.
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What I noticed, is that this Bass sound and the Spacey dark cosmic sounding one, both seem to work better
with
1/8th notes.
So, within the
C2 and
C3 range in the piano roll, make some
1/8th notes.
Try and make a bass melody. Then play it and listen.
Have fun!!