full on Psy Trance bass

Architecture · Post by **Architecture** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:59 pm

I have for the longest time been trying to figure out how to make a decent Psy Trance bassline, but I can never get the bassline to sound punchy enough.

I've heard people using the steinburg bass guitar emulation vst for it, but I tried it in live, and the whole thing just wigged out on me (is it me or does Live hate old vsts?)

So how else can you get a good psy trance bassline? Its the only thing I cannot figure out how to do when it comes ot Psy Trance.

plus321 · Post by **plus321** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:09 pm

You will probably get more answers if you post an example of the sound you are trying to create.

Post by **Solderman** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:24 pm

You mean those gated rapid-fire 16th note basslines, not acid octave style ones or sub-bass, right? Make sure you have two envelopes, one for filter and amp. Make the filter decay faster than amp decay and give it a pretty good amount of filter envelope amount. Virtually no attack or release time on either.
The snappiest analog I have is the SCI Pro~One, but that actually might be too snappy. You need a sound source that doesn't thin out as it cutoff opens too, so square waves tend to work better than saws. Use alot less filter modulation with saw waves.

Architecture · Post by **Architecture** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:03 pm

Thats exactly what im talking about. I'll have to try that. My JP 8000 should have no problem with that since the attack is so incredibly fast on it.

That was my other problem was getting the attack right on my synths, most of them have slow envelopes it seems.

Post by **Solderman** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:30 pm

Use your AX-60

Architecture · Post by **Architecture** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:07 am

I would if I had it up here in Colorado. Its back in Arizona, and i have no idea when its going to make its way up here.

Im gonna try it with my JP8000, im sure it could do it.