Hey, working on my first vocal number and I get to a part in the tune where I want to bass to drop note however as I go further down the scale the bass declines in power and totally screws up the tunes taking away the drive. I’m using a bass made up of 6 parts layered up and its the sub bass and main that are both causing the issue.
Anyone know of anyway to keep in power behind them please while keeping the note drop in tact?. Cheers!
Post up a snippet dude then we would know what your after:)
Here a quick sample I chucked in at the end for this purpose only…
As you will hear after the first 8 beats when the bass drop note it loses drive, even more so after the kick drum etc comes in (nothing to do with the kick it just sounds more apparent)
Quick sample for sonic2 by Wayne Fontaine
If anyone can help please do tell thanks
Take the bass parts that are troubling you and double up the notes, just copy the midi and move it up and octave. This way when the bass drops or rises you will have the power of the low octaves and the tone and volume of the higher octave. It’s a case of mixing and matching really try out different combinations on different bass parts by adding the same pattern an octave higher being played from the same instruments. Start with the bass that you feel is giving you the most problems sound wise. If you use ableton you don’t need to mess around copying and messin with the midi just add a Chord and up the first dial by 12st.
some people swear by sampling your most beefy note and loading that into sampler / kontakt
also try listening on your headphones and it could be to do with your monitoring setup