Need Help With Basslines

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Basslines are abviously oen of the most important parts of a track but i can nver get them down correctly, i dont have a midi just my rgeular keyboard and fl studio, how do you guys make your basslines and ar ethere any certain notes or chord progressions that you guys liek to use...i know this is a huge thing to explain but itw ill help alot, also any good free vsti's i can dl?
 
i'll get back to you on this, but the 3osc something or other thing for FL works great. you have to change the settings a little to make it sound like a nice bass, but i'll let you know what, and post a screenshot for you when i get home tonight. i only learned this after seeing a remade beat done one FL, and copying what they used for the bass sound, and the settings for it.

sorry i couldn't help more right now.

EDIT: as far as chord progressions or notes, just go with what sounds good. think of one in your head and just start plotting it on the piano roll.
EDIT #2 :rolleyes: : what version of FL are you using?
 
ammarg89 said:
Basslines are abviously oen of the most important parts of a track but i can nver get them down correctly, i dont have a midi just my rgeular keyboard and fl studio, how do you guys make your basslines and ar ethere any certain notes or chord progressions that you guys liek to use...i know this is a huge thing to explain but itw ill help alot, also any good free vsti's i can dl?
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Generally speaking, if you have a melody going you can pull the root notes of it and then sequence them in time with the drums (since bass is part of the rhythm section)...

Most of the time, I think, people start with the bass and then work on the melody...

If you were working from a musical loop, you could pull the root note of those chords too..
 
Well, it's actually kinda hard to explain in words - you need to hear it. In fact, the instrumentals of the A Tribe Called Quest album The Low End Theory and most of DJ Hi Tek's work are great examples.

The low end theory is basically filtering out the high-to-midrange frequencies [basically isolating the low end] of a bass sample [or any sound that could potentially be a bassline] until it produces a warm "bounce" that doesn't sound muddy. DON'T boost the low frequecies, just cut out the others, boosting ends up with unnecessary gain in the audio.

The turntable cartridge utilized by most hip hop producers, the Shure M-447, tends to be low end heavy in its initial sound, so that also plays a role. I personally prefer a more balanced sounding cartridge like the Grado Prestige series, so the filtering is more crucial in my position.

Just experiment; if you mess up, you might come up with something totally original.
 
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