10 Rolling Basslines Every Producer Should Know (Techno, House, Trance)

If you make electronic music, these are 10 rolling basslines you should know how to make. From Trance to Techno to House, making a solid rolling bassline is a sure fire way to get the low end of your track grooving.
Please note! Most of the examples I have the bass mixed a little louder than it should be for an in-production environment so it's easier to hear
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Time Stamps
0:00 Introduction
0:29 Rolling Bassline History
1:03 Making a quick drum groove
1:18 16th Midi Notes
3:25 16th note no downbeat
4:48 16th note with downbeat
5:20 Trance Rolling Bassline
6:20 Arp Rolling Bassline
7:01 3-2-2-3 Rolling Bassline
7:41 2-note Rolling Bassline
10:19 Velocity Changes and Modulation
12:05 Varying lengths
12:55 Triplet vibes
13:48 Power Chord era
Music Theory and sound design for #EDM #Dance #House #Techno #Trance #rave #Producers #basshouse #techhouse #deephouse #slaphouse #housemusic

[@wilsonparks]

I don’t even produce music with rolling bass lines much, but Shane’s tutorials and concepts are always so pro. I can tell that you all grind really hard making presets, tutorials and sample packs, and you all breathe, eat and sleep EDM. Your contribution to the producer community is epic. Much thanks!

[@EchoSoundWorks]

This made my day thanks 🙏

[@laxbold]

Thank you for this tutorial, powerful tips!

[@EchoSoundWorks]

😎

[@simonvegas793]

Great tutorial man, really enjoyed that.

[@fatihcamgoz]

Great tutorial!!

[@broheal207]

Love this video. Easily explained. Helped me a lot. Dude, thank you ❤

[@EchoSoundWorks]

Thanks for comment and glad it helps!

[@dirtysolarremix]

This is great! Thanks 👍

[@EchoSoundWorks]

Thanks for checking it out

[@Bittamin]

My bassline game suffers so much 😂 thanks for sharing 🎉

[@EchoSoundWorks]

Baselines be hard fam

[@campchrisx]

I was just telling my producer friend about your website. Thanks for the tips 🤓

[@EchoSoundWorks]

Thanks for checking it out and spreading the love! Big website update coming soon 😎

[@candormind3159]

so good to see you again

[@EchoSoundWorks]

Health permitting hoping to be more consistent going forward 🙏

[@rikkshow]

Your videos are top notch. Well structured and edited with zoom ins, etc. You are right, it it really took off with electronic disco, Giorgio Moroder, Bony M etc. On the subject of adding a fifth. The famous organ base (Stonebridge) is just that, a fifth. Also many bass patches do add a fifth with the second osc. Sounds great indeed. Good work!

[@EchoSoundWorks]

Adding the 5th duh! You’re right, one of the og M1 patches does that, good catch

[@toddlask]

great stuff!

[@EchoSoundWorks]

Thanks 🙏 appreciate the support

[@andrewdelavega378]

do a dynamic eq or MB compressor and trigger a side chain to the harmonics of the sub you choose on all the separate layers attack/release of choice - where its not audible but gives you that extra 1-2db of headroom - when coming to mastering you're bass will bump that much harder..psychoacoustic affect ...

[@petergwlau]

Bro said 40-50 year olds 🥲 I'm only 36 lmao feeling old Loving the tips and your presets.

[@EchoSoundWorks]

Haha same here

[@jacksonjabor7072]

Hey man I loved the video. Question tho. How do you get your GarageBand format to look like that. Mine is so simplified and has not even half the tools you have on yours to edit your software

[@EchoSoundWorks]

Hey thanks! This software is called Logic Pro it’s like the glowed up version of garage band so while it looks similar it’s got more features

[@jacksonjabor7072]

Thanks man yea man, I knew there was an upgraded version of GarageBand but I thought it was fl studio haha.

[@seth_piano]

Interesting stuff :) I was ready to think that sliding notes to the triplet groove was gonna sound like garbage, but it was actually pretty cool. Like a slight variation of quantizing with swing. I learned something new!

[@seth_piano]

Also, mapping velocity to the noise level. Duh! That's just such a musical/realistic idea. Don't know why I've never thought of this before :)

[@EchoSoundWorks]

The triplet vibe can sound AWFUL. If you swing your hats a lot it works.

[@olleyollet]

where can we get that serum skin? I have ur ableton serum skin but i really like this one in the video

[@EchoSoundWorks]

It comes with the Evoxa bank for serum. If you don’t have that and don’t want those sounds shoot me an email to Shane at echo sound works and I’ll send you just the skin

[@olleyollet]

im not someone who hates on presets. ill show u some suport right now. thank you for the reply! @@EchoSoundWorks

[@k4pel]

where can I find drums that u used?

[@bigenergy3880]

What if your using a rumble kick where the rumble kick has a tail for the sub bass.

[@EchoSoundWorks]

I would have to hear an example but usually where those sub tone in a kick i would try to first make sure my kick is as short as it can be and still maintain the sub/tone I’m after and then second, make sure the bass for the bass line doesn’t have those low frequencies in the kick tail and three, then see if my side chain or volume shaping get the bass out of the way of the kick tail as much as it can while maintaining the bounce of the bass line

[@onlyhalfhuman4815]

i want that serum skin

[@tonic1667]

Are you playing big gigs?

[@chrislee9503]

wait does this mean a new sample pack is about to drop??

[@addictedtocraic]

Can we just call it Trance or is that still a dirty word?😂

[@EchoSoundWorks]

If trance is a dirty word I don’t want to be clean

[@effext1]

I could probably do a Melodic Techno DJ set with my Trance records from the early to mid 90’s.