Which octave do you usually write basslines in?

[mr meh]

Dumb question, but is there a general octave everyone uses to write basslines? Or is it always different?

 

[logikz]

octave... c4? or do you mean scale?

 

[richie_stix]

my tunes are often (but some vary)

G as the root note
C1/2 as my octave (on the piano roll depending on how the synth is put together)
and have no fucking clue about scales

 

[groelle]

the right one.. ^^

 

[elmaruk]

F & A Usually

 

[~CriticalWaves~]

It dosnt really matter that much, if you are using a low note as your route note like C or D you might want to go with an octave high if your going For an A, F, G or E you prob wanna go low, alot of it depends on the sound of bass and such. I use a range of route notes certain routes pertain to certain styles such as liquid and lighter stuff is often (not always) in D,C,A Grimier/darker tunes are often (but not always) In E, G, F, A. I tend to go with A for alot of my tunes its a versatile key and alot of other tunes are in A, helps for an easily mixable tune and such. hope this helps... There is also a Major and Minor Scale read out somewhere in the FL studio thread that is a good bit to throw on the NOTEPAD for reference.

 

[subprime]

38 hz E is pretty low, so I try and keep the bassline melody so that it doesn't go lower than that. Transpose it if necessary. E, F, F sharp and G are my favourite sub notes. That doesn't mean that the key will be one of those either, it might be in A with a melody descending down to E or anything really.

 

[RevTech]

Dumb question? Yes.

 

[mr meh]

ok thanks for the replies

the reason i asked i because i know a lot of dnb producers use low octaves for basslines

well i was following some youtube tutorials for making basslines but the patches sounded total shit in low octaves, also the same thing for most of the preset patches i checked out

like most of them only sounded good in c4 and c5 octaves?

 

[elmaruk]

the patches sounded total shit in low octaves?

Then make your own patch's I usually do sub & bass as two separate instruments, make sure they is in mono too.

 

[logikz]

we got a red plastic mic out and ran that through an analog compressor from the 70s, through a soundcraft desk and into a revox reel to reel tape machine. recorded a darbuka, pitched that down and its the crunchiest sub ever. i love the revox, it is the hippest shit in america.

 

[richie_stix]

i remember a time when logikz answered a question with complete jibberish

and i remember a time when logikz answered a question fluently, legibily and most importnatly relevantly

now... its both

 

[logikz]

ive come full circle, i feel.
its like last night when we used a vsti synth with a few effects on top, sounded just fine,
but thats highly uncharacteristic for us, we like to resample something fierce.

 

[luciduk]

logikz has spent years culminating the process of writing something both so universally concrete, and yet fictionally abstract, no-one is sure whether to laugh or call social services nowdays.

 

[logikz]

when i realized the discussion (about music and how to make it etc) is largely philosophical, i lost the plot. i thought it was serious business in the beginning and i think im making up for that. following some personal scheme that has no relevance to anyone else whatsoever. glad you like it all the same lucid.

 

[Mr Fletch]

Logikz is like the mad scientist of the community, full of utter shit, but sometimes, that utter shit is simply pure genius!

He's like the Rainman!

 

[logikz]

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