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[Q] Making bass lines
« on: March 21, 2016, 06:40:05 pm »
Hi all!

I'm here to ask you tips to make better bass lines. I mostly make house music and a lot of these kind of tracks (mostly the ones which get labeled as commercial EDM) have very simple yet well done bass lines. I know it's mostly the root note of each chords, but still whenever I want to make a drop I can't seem to get a nice bass line on my melody.

Do you have any tips what helps you in your productions?

Thanks all!
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Re: [Q] Making bass lines
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2016, 08:28:24 pm »
Go find ten songs that have basslines you think are absolutely amazing, and write down everything that they do. Write down what the basslines sound like, what intervals are used, and what their rhythms are. Write down how they change between sections, and what sections they appear in.

This applies to the other threads you made (you didn't have to make a separate thread for each question, though  ;)), too. Arrangements, layers, etc. Don't steal from them, but use them as a guideline for your own songwriting.

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Re: [Q] Making bass lines
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2016, 11:39:35 pm »
To add to Mussar,
You can also look at bass line midi files too. Study them and then compare them to the notes you take down from listening to other tracks. Maybe you find a midi file close to what you like and you can play around with it to see what works and what doesn't.
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