revnice1
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Best Synth for bass(es)
Can any of you synth aficionados recommend a good synth for usable bass sounds?
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Re: Best Synth for bass(es)
2018/08/10 21:05:42
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Re: Best Synth for bass(es)
2018/08/10 21:33:59
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If you're looking for sampled basses, Kontakt has a bunch of 3rd party you can buy (some of them relatively cheap).
If you want synth basses, try Massive....
Are you looking to buy? Free? In CbB?
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Re: Best Synth for bass(es)
2018/08/10 23:11:19
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☄ Helpfulby mettelus 2018/08/10 23:27:56
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Re: Best Synth for bass(es)
2018/08/10 23:37:33
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My first reaction to the OP may be a bit off-kilter, but a lot more samples end up being "usable" if tailored correctly. Rather than a search for pre-processed samples (which can get exhaustive and expensive), using MCharacter on the rawest signal possible (monophonic is best) and then feeding that into an FX chain afterwards has made a lot of samples I thought I would never use (ones preloaded with SONAR) "usable." What sucks is that was 50% off just a few weeks ago, so it will take some time to make another round on sale, but is a very useful "tone-carving" tool.
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Re: Best Synth for bass(es)
2018/08/11 03:19:43
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I use Element 2.0 from Waves. For me, it replaces all my other basic analogue style VST synths. It certinaly can replicate the 303 and Juno by Roland - both popular bass synths throughout music production over the last 30 years. If you want something more complex, I also like Waves Codex wavetable synth. You could create a bass sample or download a 303 grain which could then be manipulated to create a bass sound. Finally, if you want a real simple bass synth, I'm not sure if the company still exists, but there was, and I still have the free version from almost 18 years ago which was the Muon Tau. This is a proper 303 bass synth clone.
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Re: Best Synth for bass(es)
2018/08/11 07:18:27
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Rapture/Dimension Pro have some very useable bass patches.
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Re: Best Synth for bass(es)
2018/08/11 12:14:09
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Almost anything by Moog.
Arturia Mini/Microbrute.
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revnice1
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Re: Best Synth for bass(es)
2018/08/11 15:47:41
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A great bunch of suggestions, thanks to all. I have some of those plugs but after hours of paging through the electronic barnyard, I said why don't I just ask someone. I've been doing this a long time but some of you have been doing it longer and some of you are keyboard/synth players, so I've learned to ask.
abacab:
You're right about Amplesound stuff, I do video tutorials for them in return for the software so I have ALL their virtual guitars and they really are the best - my next tut will be about the 'Riffer' feature which may not be included in the Lite version but it's well worth a look. In this case though, I was specifically looking for synth basses.
BTW: I checked 'Instant Notification' but I didn't get any notification. Is that happening (not happening) to anyone else?
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Re: Best Synth for bass(es)
2018/08/11 16:02:08
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For Synth bass (EDM), NI Razor is very cool.
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Re: Best Synth for bass(es)
2018/08/11 16:23:58
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revnice1
BTW: I checked 'Instant Notification' but I didn't get any notification. Is that happening (not happening) to anyone else?
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Re: Best Synth for bass(es)
2018/08/11 19:44:25
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revnice1
abacab:
You're right about Amplesound stuff, I do video tutorials for them in return for the software so I have ALL their virtual guitars and they really are the best - my next tut will be about the 'Riffer' feature which may not be included in the Lite version but it's well worth a look. In this case though, I was specifically looking for synth basses.
Ha! Didn't realize you were looking for a synth bass. I will keep a lookout for your Ample tut on "Riffer", as I also have the Ample Metal Ray with "Riffer".  A cool synth bass is the freebie from TAL > https://tal-software.com/products/tal-bassline But if you want a sampled Moog Taurus (all 3 versions), this is as good as it gets! > https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/synbully/
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Re: Best Synth for bass(es)
2018/08/11 20:01:15
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Re: Best Synth for bass(es)
2018/08/12 09:06:00
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Re: Best Synth for bass(es)
2018/08/12 16:51:28
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mettelus
My first reaction to the OP may be a bit off-kilter, but a lot more samples end up being "usable" if tailored correctly. Rather than a search for pre-processed samples (which can get exhaustive and expensive), using MCharacter on the rawest signal possible (monophonic is best) and then feeding that into an FX chain afterwards has made a lot of samples I thought I would never use (ones preloaded with SONAR) "usable." What sucks is that was 50% off just a few weeks ago, so it will take some time to make another round on sale, but is a very useful "tone-carving" tool.
I'm definitely picking this up next time its on sale. Amazing software!!
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