Comments on: Tutorial: Bass Research

By: Max

Max — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:38:40 +0000

Thanx for the lesson:) And never a truer word spoken mad ep

By: tylerparker

tylerparker — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:29:40 +0000

wonderful walk-through. best tut of the week for sure. great point too re: the return of swing counts to current rhythm trends.

By: Hy-Phen

Hy-Phen — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:26:49 +0000

wow… thanks for this, really helped me get a distinguished bassline, as alot of the dubstep i’ve done has sounded like it is missing something, sometimes you find it’s not neccesarily the sounds your ear first picks up, but the deeper sounds within that make a track…!! thanks sooo much!

By: DJ C

DJ C — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:01:41 +0000

Agreed, Luke. Swing is really important. This was just for demonstration purposes, and with a focus on bass.

It’s actually interesting that you point that out as there’s been a “swing” back to more syncopated beats in dubstep after a period of a more rigid sound a while back.

The loss of interesting beats, and syncopation as jungle became drum n bass in the late ’90s was disappointing. I’m glad to see dubstep is staving off the stagnation.

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:08:36 +0000

Not bad at all, all i can say is that the hats and other drum elements need to be a bit less rigid. You need to keep them loose and in odd timings creating weird rhythms.

By: dkp

dkp — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:07:19 +0000

WONK WUB WONK thanksXinfinity

By: DJ C

DJ C — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:21:26 +0000

Hello,

Reason is an incredibly flexible piece of software. I chose to use its Subtractor synth because it’s very similar to many classic analog (and digital) hardware synths.

Starting with a wave form oscillation and then applying filtering, LFO, etc. is basic synthesis, weather it’s software or hardware. If you prefer to use hardware you can apply these same principles.

Just like most hardware synths, Reason can also be used to generate innovative new sounds if you get creative. I’m sure many dubstep producers, who’s basslines sound quite different from each other’s, use it in their arsenal.

By: Hello

Hello — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:55:24 +0000

Why the hell is the tutorial in SOFTWARE?
I want to know what hardware is suitable for the bass, if evryone makes DubStep in Reason, were not going to have lots of variation to it right?

By: Slow Pitch Bats

Slow Pitch Bats — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:49:29 +0000

Wow this was some great info. Thanks

By: r1chods dead mother

r1chods dead mother — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:11:47 +0000

“r1chod
Dec 21st, 2007 at 11:57 am
You yanks no nothing about dubstep. Leave it for the UK producers.”

Fool, the Yank ArtWork practically invented the damn stuff. Go educate yourself…