15th January 2007
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#1 | | Gear interested
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Thread Starter  | Bass samples... MAssive Attack, Portishead, Gotan Project sounding...
Hi there,
I'm specifically looking for samples of single bass notes, and preferably NOT complete basslines. I'm looking for heavy, dark bass, something you'd hear in some hip hop or electronica like Portishead, Massive Attack, Gotan Project. Phat, warm bass notes, nothing like a slap bass or fretless bass, nothing 80's sounding. Any suggestions on where to look?
Thanks very much!
moops
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15th January 2007
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#2 | | Lives for gear
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what synths/samplers do you currently own?
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15th January 2007
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#3 | | Gear addict
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there is a nice sample cd by a russian (maybe???) company called Vengeance and the cd is called Ultimate Bass.... exactly what your looking for... OR get an Access Virus, SH-101 (for sub bass), or the VSTi by spectrasonics called trilogy... alot of VSTi's out now have sythetic bass comparable to hardware keyboards now.... btw wouldn't hurt to learn a bit about Subtractive Synthesis... if you dont already know much..
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15th January 2007
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#4 | | Lives for gear
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Minimoog basses can be the answer to... almost anything.
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15th January 2007
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#5 | | Lives for gear
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It doesn't hurt to have SCI Pro One or Minimoog around ;-). I'm not sure with sSH101, it always sounded "wrong" to me. On other hand I love SH09 for this style of bass sounds.
Samples? Have no clue, sorry.
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15th January 2007
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#6 | | Lives for gear
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Spectrasonics' Trilogy is definitely great.
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16th January 2007
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#7 | | Lives for gear
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| Bass samples don't cut it
I don't think bass samples cut it. You have no glide between notes, no filter tracking to them, limited sounds, dynamics, etc...
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#8 | | Lives for gear
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^Have you ever used Trilogy?
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16th January 2007
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#9 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Tibbon  I don't think bass samples cut it. You have no glide between notes, no filter tracking to them, limited sounds, dynamics, etc... | Well he said samples of single notes... You can load those into a sampler and have all the glide/filter/etc you want!
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16th January 2007
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#10 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Alex Niedt ^Have you ever used Trilogy? | No, but I'd give it a shot. Bet money it wouldn't make me even think for a second to sell my Minimoog, or actual basses. No chance of a demo being out there is there?
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#11 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Tibbon No, but I'd give it a shot. Bet money it wouldn't make me even think for a second to sell my Minimoog, or actual basses. No chance of a demo being out there is there? | I doubt a demo would be possible. It's pretty reasonably priced, though. But anyway, all the basses sound pretty great, and the "live basses" have good string release, slide, etc. noises. If you get the hang of it, you could truly fool a LOT of people. Actually, I'm sure the typical person would be fooled without tweaking much of anything.
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16th January 2007
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#12 | | Lives for gear
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Hmm, it's likely. I'll check it out when I can.
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16th January 2007
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#13 | | Gear maniac
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fender p bass-> a nice tube DI-> DAW I think the fender P is the way to go for the portishead sound. Even if you're not a bass player, the music you mentioned has pretty simple bass lines, its all about the tone and feel, as long as you have some basic knowlege of the instrument (and some talent) . You dont have to be stanley clarke or Jaco Pastorus to throw down a triphop bassline. Just sit in a dimly lit room with a bass guitar, a pack of cigarettes and some bourbon.  | |
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