jschlefhotmail.com Posted December 28, 2000 Share Posted December 28, 2000 I'm tryin to is intertwine the kick with the bass...The bass line cmin out of the keyboard sounds so damn wimpy (sine wave)...I have tied numerous things to beef it up with no luck...I am recording digital with pro tools and I am mostly having this problem with keyboard bass lines sucking the big one....everything else is slamming...I want the kick and the bass to have that thump.. should I set both kick and bassline and the same level (i.e) -5 and just take out the nasties.....I really want the kick and the bass to sound like one instrument..peace keyboard is a roland jx 305....peace Im recording mostly hip hip thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted December 28, 2000 Share Posted December 28, 2000 Sine waves have no ability to cut, so you have to make them happen with sheer volume, and even then it will eat up lots of bandwidth. Two suggestions: Add some distortion. That will flatten out the waveform, add some harmonics, and give more presence. You might need to add some filtering to keep it from getting too bright. Layer a slap bass, electric bass, or something else with a good attack. The sine provides the bottom, the attack provides the presence. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Zap Posted December 29, 2000 Share Posted December 29, 2000 Pure sinewaves are pretty worthless... download Stomper , a little software synth (that I wrote, cough cough) and by nudging the curveshape slider EVER SO SLIGHTLY you get something which is almost-sine-but-not-quite and that has a little harmonics to give it definition in the rest of the frequency spectrum as well... /Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted December 29, 2000 Share Posted December 29, 2000 Zap, I appreciate the way you couple self-promotion with highly useful information . You're right, that waveshaping does add a nice edge. I've used it on toms and kicks I've generated with your program, and they cut through a track like a hot knife through butter. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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