Help for Resse Bass patch

Hello

I’m trying to make Resse bass with the Digitone, but for now I can not do it I have a sound missing

The sound is really poor, I watch some tutorials on other synth, to create this type of bass.

So I turn to a user, synthesis fm.

Excuse me for the english translation :sweat_smile:

Are you able to post of sample of what you’ve come up with so far? It may be helpful for those trying to assist.

Not at my Digitone right now, but a couple of potential ideas to help. High levels of detune can help create a lot of movement and warble. Tinkering with the harmonics and feedback can help with adding grit. Maybe some overdrive for extra dirt.

What is your thought process so far for developing the sound?

FM is great for reece bass. Its all about picking the right ratio so you get that slow modulation at low pitches and high when using high.

Don’t know the exact ratio’s out of my head But you should check seamless on YouTube. He uses fruit loops Cytrus. Which is an fm vst. But the basics apply to the digitone as well.

Here it is: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T7reqwf6kh0

Also very important to separate the subbass from the bassline so when applying distortion you dont distort the lower end.

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Originally, I think it was just 2 saws with detune and a lowpass. Then it was sampled (since not many junglists had the luxury of having other hardware than a sampler), hence the acceleration of the “beating” when played higher…

Nowadays, with guys like Spor, Noisia, Teebee etc. reese basses are much more complex than that and done with a shit-ton of frequency splitting, processing, layering… Others do growly reese-ish basses via fm as well.

I think there’s a tutorial by Icicle that you can check on youtube… Noisia has done some “In the studio with…” where you can check their process as well.

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Yes that’s true what I suggested was a good startingpoint. If you really want to make a crazy neuro Reese bassline you Will have to process the hell out of it. I’ve never tried using hardware for a reesebassline so I don’t know how far you can get with the digitone.

Thanks for it’s quick answers!

I’ll put myself very quickly to your advice, for now I’m having trouble to do good things with the Digitone and FM synthesis.

it’s my first hardware synth fm

Merci

For reese on the digitone, one high pitched operator (A) modulates a low pitched one ©…or low mod high, try both. Play low notes. The adjust the level of operator A until it sounds about right. Adjust operators B level and pitch to make it more complex. Then lfo mod level a just a bit. Its nice when its a slow lfo with just a bit of depth. Play low notes and hear where it phases. Play with the lowpass filter and resonance.

Digitone is pretty basic whene it comes to these kinds of things, so dont expect noisia or other current neuro stuff, like one poster Said above, as those basses are heavily processed in a daw mostly. But DN can get some pretty Nice stuff by itself :slight_smile:

These more modern sounding reeses are also all about modulations to make them evolve… Filter automation is key! One problem you can encounter is that Elektron sequencers are stepped and not linear… So p lock them lfo’s to hell and back!

thanks for the help

No I do not try to do the bass of Noisia, I want to create a very heavy drone, a kind of Resse bass drone.

Then DN should fit perfectly. For drones add some reverb. Good luck exploring!