Trying to recreate this bass sound on the Radias

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LoGiCa
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Trying to recreate this bass sound on the Radias

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Hi, I'm trying in vain to recreate this bass sound on the Radias.

I am experimenting with some old funk stuff at the moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o73Y4vMsOg

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks :)
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Re: Trying to recreate this bass sound on the Radias

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LoGiCa wrote:Hi, I'm trying in vain to recreate this bass sound on the Radias.

I am experimenting with some old funk stuff at the moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o73Y4vMsOg

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks :)
That's not a preset already? I'm pretty sure it's on my R3, that sound is older than I am and as complex as 2 + 2. Just try to figure out how to make a Moog Esque bass, try google.
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LoGiCa
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Post by LoGiCa »

Hi, thanks for the reply. It's obviously difficult for me thats why I'm asking :)
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LoGiCa wrote:Hi, thanks for the reply. It's obviously difficult for me thats why I'm asking :)
did you google, "How to make a Moog Bass"

I have exact settings I could give you, but that's never any fun :P

the bass is a combination of a saw and a square one octave lower. There is a filter drop on the first note played, doable by EG1. It's in mono mode 1 so that only the first note has the drop, giving the others a portamento like effect. Also, there's a low pass with very low cutoff and a lot of resonance. Finally, there are a few things done effects and waveshaping wise that are done to spice up the sound.

So start from there.
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LoGiCa
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Post by LoGiCa »

To be honest I am new to this stuff and what you are saying doesn't mean alot :)
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LoGiCa wrote:To be honest I am new to this stuff and what you are saying doesn't mean alot :)
Then make it mean a lot. Because I pretty much gave you the EXACT formula for the sound lol. I didn't give you knobs to turn, just parameters to mess with.

Watch this, to learn all the various parts of a synth and what they do:
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/ ... thesizers/

Then, follow what I said and try to make the sound.

-Use a Saw Wave Oscillator to start. Make your second oscillator a square, use tuning to set it an octave (12 semitones) lower, and then mix it in, in the mixer, but not as loud as the saw.
-Open your filter section, set the cutoff very low (almost off), and the resonance high but not high enough to self oscillate (maybe halfway resonance)
-Use the filter EG knob and EG1 to make the sound drop from a high cutoff to a lower one for your first note.
-Set the whole patch to mono 1 mode so the EG only affects the first note you play.
-Add portamento, waveshaping, effects, and EQ to taste.

If we make the patch for you, it takes the whole purpose away from playing a synthesizer and not a sampler!
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LoGiCa
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Post by LoGiCa »

Thanks alot for your time on this.

I will study and try to get to grips with it :)
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Post by tpantano »

LoGiCa wrote:Thanks alot for your time on this.

I will study and try to get to grips with it :)
Also even if I wanted to I couldn't create a Radias patch, I have an R3 lol. So I'd watch that vid, and more importantly, read through the manual. Try to figure out what all of the things I said mean. Then try to recreate it, post what you create, and ask if you need more help :-)

Editing in the Radias editor will make things easier as well, you should definitely download it. korg.com/radias/
Current: MS-20 Mini, Minilogue, SY77
Past: Korg R3, Volca Bass, X50, Mg Slim Phatty, Rld Gaia SH-01, Yamaha TX81Z
Have my freebie granular plug-in: https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewt ... p?t=192886
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