Best synth basslines of all time?

[desmond]

The Cars - Drive (I think it's a synth - simple but effective)
Howard Jones - What is love (DX7?)

Both of those are the same sound - *the* classic DX7 bass sound that got used on *everything* in the mid-80s...

[Swayze]

I think P-Thugg's using a Pro-One on this number, correct me if I'm wrong.

Juno-106 actually.

On the bass? Damn, I better get my ears checked.

[mute]

ok..gave it a few pages,.. can't believe no one has mentioned this:



also, a cool knick of it by tricky:

[mute]

Nitzer Ebb - too many to choose from

yes..., but let's.

[gcoudert]

The Cars - Drive (I think it's a synth - simple but effective)
Howard Jones - What is love (DX7?)

Both of those are the same sound - *the* classic DX7 bass sound that got used on *everything* in the mid-80s...

Not sure tha Cars used a DX but I could be wrong. After all, they had a Synclavier. I haven't heard those songs in ages.

[Esus]

[Micke]

The Cars - Drive (I think it's a synth - simple but effective)
Howard Jones - What is love (DX7?)

Both of those are the same sound - *the* classic DX7 bass sound that got used on *everything* in the mid-80s...

Not sure tha Cars used a DX but I could be wrong. After all, they had a Synclavier. I haven't heard those songs in ages.

It seems they did use a DX-7 on that album.

Gear used on the Heartbeat City album...

Both Greg and Ric used the Fairlight CMI extensively on Heartbeat City, but also used the Roland Jupiter B and Vocoder, the Memorymoog, the Yamaha DX7 and DX9, the Mini-Korg, a Prophet 5 and a PPG Wave synthesizer.

Musician Magazine (1984)

As far as I know they didn't have a Synclavier until the "Heartbeat City" tour in 1984.

[recordingpianoman]

Malcolm and Robert in excelcis:

[gcoudert]

It seems they did use a DX-7 on that album.

I stand corrected!

I will add Steve Winwood's "Higher love" to my list. Another DX7 bass line, I believe.

[corndogssg]

STEVIE WONDER SUPERSTITION!!!



LIVE ON SESAME STREET TOO LOL.

have no clue what 2 synths he is playing on but that man can make a synth riff like no one else!!!

[Z]

have no clue what 2 synths he is playing on but that man can make a synth riff like no one else!!!

Hohner D6 Clavinet with ARP 3620 (2600's controller keyboard) sitting on top.

[bluedad]

I dig Madonna's Like a Virgin
and also Michael Jackson's Billy Jean

[Low Life]

I love most basslines, but it's always the simple repetitive ones that dig into my brain and keep me awake at night.



And of course I'd never forgive myself for skipping this, it's pretty much birth of a genre

[shaft9000]

[mute]

And of course I'd never forgive myself for skipping this, it's pretty much birth of a genre

low life, check it -