The Drum & Base Growl

[S@wtooth]

I think a lot of the grit in those basslines comes from the constant re-sampling.
tiny errors and glitches brought in from the analog to digital conversion.
thats what gives them that edge which you lack straight out of synths

So whilst the virus may be able to do multiple layers and filters. the best bet is still to re-sample

[XLR8A]

Originally Posted by Definity

yeh emu filter are kinda cheap and for DnB the zplane filter is quite big. A few people dont like the sound of them alot do i spose it just personal taste really.

I've bought an EMU 6400 only for the Peak-Shelf Z-Plane filter tbh, the standard LPF BPF and HPF are quite disappointing imo, but the morphing filters are made for sick twisted basslines.

[Definity]

im thinking about getting
http://www.turnkey.co.uk/web/product...text=CLEARANCE
that has 50 odd z-plane filters in but i spose i better get back to the virus and start making some new sounds

[flipside]

http://www.flipsideremix.com/virusbass/dnb

This is a single patch from my Indigo 2.. not quite Calyx & TeeBee, but hey..

Best
Alex

[Definity]

nice i nearly got 64 sounds in my bank not all dnb a range from Prodigy sounds to electro house and DnB i will post them up once its complete

[stoopidmonkey]

Originally Posted by flipside

http://www.flipsideremix.com/virusbass/dnb

This is a single patch from my Indigo 2.. not quite Calyx & TeeBee, but hey..

Best
Alex

i really like the bass youve made there


will you post the actual virus patch up ?

[flipside]

I might do that.. You might also want to check out a couple of tracks I just posted:

This thread

There even is some kind of half-assed explanation on how they were done This might not be the kind of basses you were looking for though, I dunno..

Best,
Alex

[austin_tacious]

Junglists! You guys have touched on layering. One thing I like to do is send MIDI ch9 (for instance) from my MPC through MIDI interface to ALL ports. Every synth with a patch that responds to ch9 will play. These are all routed to a mixer then recorded to Cubase or whatever. If theXL7 has a fundamental sub and the virus has a midrangey animated thing you get some pretty thick sounds. I get the impression most of you guys have multiple hardware pieces. This same approach can work in the DAW too. Many happy accidents this way.

Also, rather than resampling one can route a patch back through the virus (ext input right?!) and get a similar thing. Not all the jitter and digital trash. I find that stuff hurts the fundamental but really adds to the overtones.

Thanks for that Calyx/TB interview too BTW. NOthing really groundbreaking, but interesting all the same.

[Hollowcell]

The cool thing about bass is that there are so many different ways to get what you're after - none seem to be wrong, as long as you're happy with the sound you finish with.

I tend to think the Virus is pretty bland for basses by itself, although I do like to run layered bass through it's filters and saturation though - keeping in mind I don't have a TI.

I tend to use analogues for the main waveforms, sample them and have one set of layered bass going through a HP, then another set going through a LP - then the resulting signal with be run together through another filter or two. This is the basic setup, and from here I will have alot of processing going on. It's all personal taste though, and I tend to like to older style of DnB/Jungle.

I have some old bass examples I did using this method on my soundclick site called 'Chunky CS10' and 'heavy electronic 1 and 2'.

EDIT: After listening (it's been ages since hearing those sounds), these sounds are pretty different to what I am doing now, but the method I have is still the same. Chunky CS is still a favorite with me though.