Making that deep subbass

[DaveyBrite]

Ok guy so, ive made plenty of tracks but i can never get the bass to sound like modern day bass, (e.g, drum and bass, which is my style) I've watched plenty of tutorials but they dont help. i dont know if its simply the way im equalizing it or mastering it but it always sounds so cheap.

Would really appreciate some help on this matter, Thanks!
Davey Brite

[aggle]

get an analogue synth if you haven't makes a huge difference when making bass lines

[Nash Music]

get the trilian from spectrasonics

[BeatGenerals]

Well the sound youre starting out is going to make a big difference, what do you use right now?

[DaveyBrite]

sometimes i use the default on sytrus, and sometimes i cut a wave and edit it in edison, which i drag over to sytrus eventually.

[illjaybeats]

-Fart in a miq
-cut the highs
-timestretch or loop a mili-sec
-put a bitcrusher on it & maybe distortion
-wil sound better than most bass vst's out there


But seriously get an s950 and sample single bass-notes from old d&b-jungle records or try to get single notes from old analog synths,
the lowpass-filter on the s950 is magic.

Also listen to a lot of old dub to understand bass

[CrabbMan]

lmao ^^. Rob Papen's SubBoomBass is a sick vst for bass music!

[Death_Note_User]

Thanks for the tips......

[DaveyBrite]

Thanks for the replies fellas. Any ideas where i could get hold of an analogue bass? Or even how i could create one myself?

[NextLevl]

Okay I'm gonna jump in and say you don't need an analog synth to get deep subby bass sounds. I have a Moog Voyage RME, Moog Slim Phatty and a pretty gnarly Modular Synth (Eurorack format).. So trust me I know all about analog synths. Honestly some analog modeling VST's nowadays do a great job, so good I've even started to consider selling my Voyager. Ok so you want details.. I'm a big fan of Strobe by FXpansion for subby goodness. Unfortunately it's only available for purchase as a package with three other synths. The upside is they're all really nice synths and you'll get all of them for a hell of a lot cheaper than any one analog synth. And this is just one example.. Now don't get me wrong, I love the sound of analog, but it's not necessary for deep sub bass. ALSO, without the proper EQing, any synth will sound bad. Low end content is the hardest aspect of mixing audio, you really need to get to know your monitors, and even then it's wise to do a lot of cross-referencing if you want to get it right. Have patience, practice a lot of EQing in the 40Hz-250Hz range, and learn the different filter types in an EQ (bell, notch, high shelf, low shelf, high pass & low pass). Happy engineering.