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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

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.

Hi, thanks for the reply. It's obviously difficult for me thats why I'm asking

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

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.

To be honest I am new to this stuff and what you are saying doesn't mean alot

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!

Thanks alot for your time on this.

I will study and try to get to grips with it

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/