Acid Bass Question.

How does one create an acid bass?

Does it have to do with the amount of envelope or resonance or what?

Would I have to use a TB 303? I am curious.

Examples below..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mWQQrXzyEw

the beginning pattern

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lfs6s6e_Io

the beginning pattern as well

worry about writing good patterns first. tweak sounds later.

  On 1/7/2010 at 10:29 PM, sneaksta303 said:

worry about writing good patterns first. tweak sounds later.

Just tell me. I'm dying to know.

  On 1/7/2010 at 10:31 PM, The Dark Lord said:

  On 1/7/2010 at 10:29 PM, sneaksta303 said:

worry about writing good patterns first. tweak sounds later.

 

Just tell me. I'm dying to know.

you have to read the rules ZAZ

LPW low cutoff, high resonance, envmod, short(around a 32nd) notes.

Buy a tb 303, a sh101 or this kind of stuff.

  On 1/7/2010 at 10:40 PM, Otto Krat said:

Buy a tb 303, a sh101 or this kind of stuff.

I own a sh101 actually. What do I need to adjust?

Well, too bad I just listenned to the example you gave and it seems you need a tb 303.

I can buy your sh101 if your interrested.

No seriously: sounds like your trying to produce a typical tb 303 "sound". But in my opinion what makes a bass "acid" is more about composition than about resonance or enveloppe. Anyway, you can already do some pretty "303" stuff by playing with your sh 101 resonance.

  On 1/7/2010 at 10:47 PM, Otto Krat said:

Well, too bad I just listenned to the example you gave and it seems you need a tb 303.

 

I can buy your sh101 if your interrested.

 

No seriously: sounds like your trying to produce a typical tb 303 "sound". But in my opinion what makes a bass "acid" is more about composition than about resonance or enveloppe. Anyway, you can already do some pretty "303" stuff by playing with your sh 101 resonance.

Damn. Do you know of any free TB 303 Emulator/VST by chance?

  On 1/7/2010 at 10:38 PM, impakt said:

LPW low cutoff, high resonance, envmod, short(around a 32nd) notes.

I got you. How can I get it, so the mod doesn't change? It seems to vary.

  On 1/7/2010 at 10:38 PM, impakt said:

LPW low cutoff, high resonance, envmod, short(around a 32nd) notes.

Impakt you are awesome. Thank you.

  On 1/7/2010 at 11:04 PM, mrx said:

Fishead Acid. WICKED.

the typical acid "sound" comes from the way it's sequenced using slide (portamento) and accent on certain notes and by the way the cutoff and resonance (and other knobs) are tweaked. you can make wicked acid using any kind of bass sound/synth really - doesn't have to be a 303.

  On 1/7/2010 at 11:47 PM, BCM said:

the typical acid "sound" comes from the way it's sequenced using slide (portamento) and accent on certain notes and by the way the cutoff and resonance (and other knobs) are tweaked. you can make wicked acid using any kind of bass sound/synth really - doesn't have to be a 303.

Oh really? I didn't know that. Thank you.

a curious collection of happy accidents the is the TB303...

still no clone quite nails it especially that strange liquidy resonance at high accent, high envelope, high resonance as well as the rubber like bass overdrive on the internal mixer with high accent, low resonance, the slide always sounds funky too.

the sequencer is a twat to program

anyhows to recreate somthing similar have a single VCO with an accent or velocity that affects the filter cutoff + filter envelope amount and the decay of the same envelope

the VCA will be controlled by gate time and note tie's and slides that don't retrigger the filter envelope

303's aren't hard to program at all. using rebirth back in the day probably helped though.

  On 1/8/2010 at 12:22 AM, soundwave said:

a curious collection of happy accidents the is the TB303...

 

still no clone quite nails it especially that strange liquidy resonance at high accent, high envelope, high resonance as well as the rubber like bass overdrive on the internal mixer with high accent, low resonance, the slide always sounds funky too.

 

 

the sequencer is a twat to program

 

anyhows to recreate somthing similar have a single VCO with an accent or velocity that affects the filter cutoff + filter envelope amount and the decay of the same envelope

 

the VCA will be controlled by gate time and note tie's and slides that don't retrigger the filter envelope

Thanks.

  On 1/8/2010 at 1:03 AM, sneaksta303 said:

Good example 1

Good Example 2 (skip to 1:50 if you must. never knew such a beef could be coaxed from a 303)

FUCKING INTENSE.

Did you make these?

The Audio Realism is pretty good. Obviously not as good as the real thing though, and its not free either.

for people who don't have the TB303 fetishism sickness, Rebirth and other emulators are just as satisfying, i have a feeling ZAZ will get a lot of fun out of rebirth

  On 1/8/2010 at 2:47 AM, Awepittance said:

for people who don't have the TB303 fetishism sickness, Rebirth and other emulators are just as satisfying, i have a feeling ZAZ will get a lot of fun out of rebirth

rebirth is a lot of fun but sadly theres only one way to get the 100 o\o authenticc sound

the x0xb0x is the dirtier side of the 303 and the Revolution is like its cleaner couisin although niether get the accent quite right

im told its somthing to do with clipping on the internal mixer but there are also many other little quirks that make it unique

the phoscyon is a pretty nice emulator if you'd like a devilfish.

  On 1/8/2010 at 1:04 PM, Gocab said:

the phoscyon is a pretty nice emulator if you'd like a devilfish.

Man, 303th post by speaking about 303.

Respect.

  On 1/8/2010 at 3:14 PM, Otto Krat said:

  On 1/8/2010 at 1:04 PM, Gocab said:

the phoscyon is a pretty nice emulator if you'd like a devilfish.

 

Man, 303th post by speaking about 303.

 

Respect.

i'd like to hear Otto say "three hundred and three-eth" lol.