Ableton Operator Reese Bass Tutorial [Neuro // DnB // Neurofunk // Etc]

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Hey internet! Today we're here to talk about creating a reese bass using Ableton Operator and a few other plugins for a nice n' heavy sound that can work across many genres like Neuro, Drum and Bass, Wave, and pretty much anything else!
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[@VenusTheory]

This video seems to be getting a lot of views lately for whatever reason - footer was on the bottom by accident, was set up in OBS that way and couldn't remove it after the fact. Also, the video is several years old so nothing I can really do about it. Hope you enjoy it anyways!

[@tomvanmoorst1317]

Thanks for the tutorial man! It's still awesome.

[@piotrgraniczka3563]

The reason is that it is awesome. My crappy song turned to be crappy song with awsome reese bass :D

[@Peakprophet69]

The Footer should be on top when you do ableton videos. it is a bit annoying to not completely see the devices....

[@VenusTheory]

Hey dude! For sure, I didn't even think about it until after I had posted the video haha, but next time!

[@joecity-rp2093]

@@VenusTheory ye couldn't just re bounce the video?

[@ZeroxSoberGlover]

Ya makes this awful lol

[@MonsterDubClub]

To all people complaining, just listen to what Cameron says. You don't need to see it, if he is already saying what to do.

[@ZombieGhost2250]

Thats why I stopped watching. Literally covering all the area he is working with. #dumb

[@jan-mv1gc]

if your operator sounds different, you might want to check the sustain of osc a and b and set it to -0db (for me b was set to -24db).

[@jodiescott01]

How can you stop the pumping effect, please? I'm trying to use it on a house beat as a really deep underlying bass to a chord progression, it's all over the shop and sounds shit, on it's own it's incredible haha

[@tysallee4217]

@@jodiescott01 don’t side chain it

[@jodiescott01]

​@@tysallee4217 hahaThanks..

[@patbirdmusic]

followed everything exactly how he did it and mine sounds nothing like it i dont get it

[@patbirdmusic]

nevermind you were right! B was at -24 thanks so much man

[@topemeister3000]

Bro, why would you put your subscription banner in the part of the screen where all of the action happens?

[@VenusTheory]

Yo dude! Didn't really think about it until after the fact - don't use Ableton all that often so I didn't think anything of it at the time. But if I ever do anything with Ableton in the future it'll be at the top!

[@spector4106]

Woow! such a "radio" voice

[@melmelsmusicstudio1800]

Nice job! Great explaining- and yeah, as a complement, you sound exactly like Harry Shearer! Thanks Principal Skinner! 😎😍

[@nicknakamura3168]

Hey man I just wanna say this is a great video. Most people's tutorials are not very good at explaining things but this was perfectly explained! This helped me immensely! Thank you!

[@MrModelnow]

I started out as a DJ / EDM Producer roughly a year ago. I've spend countless days learning and have retained a lot. Already producting my own tracks and currently working on an album. Out of all of the videos I've watched and learned from, this has been by far the best. You tutorial was simple to follow and now I can put in my tool kit to get even more creative. I've subscribed soley for that reason. Can't wait to retain more of your knowledge. Thank you!🎼

[@hejsan43]

Awesome tutorial, short and consise whilst covering the essentials with some tips and tricks included but not overdoing it! big cheers mate, definitely gonna apply this in my production

[@Murino156jomokoina]

Just what I was looking for! Thanks man! The banner would look great at the top!

[@VenusTheory]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Uatarreu]

Yo Mr Venus, really great tutorial! I'm studying music production and I am making a dnb track as my final project, so this tutorial helped me a LOT! My only suggestion is removing or moving the blue bar with your social media links, cuz it's on top of everything you're doing. Maybe show it only once in a while. Anyways, THANKS MATE! Greetings from Brazil.

[@aijii]

love it. thanks mate, this is perfect.

[@Lemke68]

super helpful. thanks venus theory!

[@connorjames7434]

AWESOME JUST WHAT I NEEDED THANKS MAN

[@d3vinity]

Dude this is amazing SUBSCRIBED!! This is straight to the point and very easy to follow!! Thank you thank you thank you haha operator confused the living hekk out of me but you made me understand it much better in this video alone!

[@marvynwilliam5756]

Thank you so much mate!

[@RealJulWhite]

Dude man, thanks thanks thanks, was looking for a bass like this for ages

[@VenusTheory]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Beehunker]

Top tier content as always dude!

[@VenusTheory]

Haha ayyyyyyyyyyyy thanks dude!

[@nickfarrant9581]

Super helpful thanks

[@Ignis359]

Very helpful! Thank you so much!

[@maxkullick1225]

I love it . Learned a lot in minutes . Thank you mate

[@VenusTheory]

No problem dude, glad you liked it!

[@DS-wi3bk]

thanks man, great tutorial

[@nitroyd]

Perfect tutorial! Really great lesson! Spasibo)))

[@VenusTheory]

Glad it helped!

[@xX_dash_Xx]

fantastic tut

[@Dingleberry-l7h]

simple and straight to the point. thanks man

[@VenusTheory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@merlintoresin1302]

brilliant!

[@timr.9262]

more ableton💕

[@VenusTheory]

I may do some more in the future! Not really a big fan of Ableton, but it's definitely fun for bass design!

[@lleevv1052]

I hope not. What makes him stand out is that he doesn't make a lot of ableton tutorials like so many others.

[@Re-bl5sr]

@@VenusTheory I cant decide on wheither Ableton is for me to be honest. If FL Studio has the same hardware integration with Native Instruments S61 MKII Id probably upgrade to v11, but I still tend to lean towards FL Studio 29 as I feel it offers nore.

[@sandrontz6445]

Incredible, thanks!

[@VenusTheory]

Glad you liked it!

[@412Livin]

Another really good video , thanks.

[@VenusTheory]

Glad you liked it dude!

[@Akusound]

Excellent 👍🙏

[@clementpeypoch5340]

VERY GOOD TOPIC THX

[@potboilermusic3403]

Slick, slick. Really nice voice btw!

[@VenusTheory]

Haha thanks dude!

[@endrick3520]

Thank you very much. Very helpful.

[@VenusTheory]

No problem at all, glad it helped!

[@fcfc]

impressive! very cool patch, thanks a lot

[@VenusTheory]

Glad you liked it!

[@fcfc]

@@VenusTheory Thanks for sharing!

[@entzijams]

Nice for a quick one!

[@VenusTheory]

Glad you liked it!

[@ambedo_bass]

great tutorial!

[@VenusTheory]

Thanks dude!

[@StefanPrammer]

great video!

[@VenusTheory]

Thanks dude!

[@PoulLarsenmusic]

Perfect voiceover

[@VenusTheory]

Thanks haha

[@milkman1454]

очень крутой и полезный видос. Спасибо

[@VenusTheory]

Рад, что вы наслаждаетесь ими!

[@abovegk]

Thank you!!!

[@TWN-nw4jd]

I'm envious of your voice tbh

[@VenusTheory]

Haha it's a gift.

[@kikicvt3471]

As soon as I detune channel B + playing long notes, the tone gets a vibrato- is this normal? ... how can I change that? :'(

[@booyakaCoseyCaritativo]

cool

[@LawrenceAaronLuther]

If you're using a DAW besides Ableton and want to get close to Erosion's effect, download Melda's MFreqShifter, turn the main shape to noise and shift the frequency down until you can't hear any harmonics (about -950Hz). Run that and a band pass in parallel and you'll have something close.

[@VenusTheory]

DUUUUUUUUUUUDE that's awesome! Thanks for the recommendation, I'll have to check that out. Been searching so long for something close!

[@LawrenceAaronLuther]

For sure play around with it, super versatile!

[@chrisbaker4546]

Footer was annoying but you crammed a lot into that. Good tips, thanks!

[@tristanevansevans9026]

great tutorial

[@VenusTheory]

Glad you liked it!

[@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858]

_the rarest of people_

[@marmotmuncher]

Remove bottom banner ya dingus

[@JaminVanDillen]

How do you raise the 2khz frequency limit?

[@ei8htbernal]

your voice is so luxurious

[@VenusTheory]

Haha thanks dude

[@Heinrich2awsome]

Could this work in the break of a song in the style of Deep or Future House to fill up the low end.

[@VenusTheory]

For sure! The beauty of music and sound is that there are no rules - if you think it fits, go for it!

[@marktwomey5083]

My god this is rattling my neighbours! Thanks Cameron😃

[@peaceguru84]

How would I adjust this to get the sound, but with out the "wobble" or pulsating effect? Like, if it just held the tone and didn't wave. Great vid!

[@VenusTheory]

Yo! Great question. This is caused by the detuning of the voices/oscillators. So, you would just not want to detune them and that will stabilize the sound. The wobble is caused by the detuning as the waves cycle in and out of phase.

[@geoffstockton]

Your speaking voice is so similar to the guy with the gas can in Waking Life. That's a positive from my perspective. I always liked his speaking voice.

[@VenusTheory]

Never seen Waking Life! I'll have to check that out, love most of Linklaters work.

[@reyvioletmusic]

bro did you used to have a reese bass tutorial for uhe diva? i swear i remember watching it a couple years ago but i can't find it anymore. it was such a cool sound i can't exactly remember how to make it. maybe it wasn't you but i swearrr it was

[@jodiescott01]

How can you stop the pumping effect, please? I'm trying to use it on a house beat as a really deep underlying bass to a chord progression, it's all over the shop and sounds shit, on it's own it's incredible haha

[@dochavock8385]

Followed step by step and all of my parameters match yours leading to the 2:00 mark and my result sounds nothing like yours. What could I be doing wrong?

[@jan-mv1gc]

set the sustain ob osc b or a to -0db

[@avummusic565]

Oooh the glasses really suit you... also killer bass

[@VenusTheory]

Haha thanks, I figured it was about time I get some of these blue light things. I get really bad headaches a lot and they went away as soon as I got these.

[@avummusic565]

Venus Theory oh damn they're blue light glasses i didnt even know they existed i should totally get a pair

[@VenusTheory]

Highly recommend them, I didn't think much of the whole 'blue light' thing until I got these, and they made a massive difference for me. Nectar is the brand, pretty cheap AND it helps support the bees!

[@01Decapitator]

awesome! do more operator tutorials ;)

[@VenusTheory]

Haha glad to hear it! And I'll be making some more at some point, just need to decide to open ableton again haha.

[@2bored4life]

This man and his voice are like 2 different people.

[@gooodels]

Cool tutorial, you can also try using square waves instead of saw waves and it just gives it a different sound.

[@lailadafir4425]

Yes the options are way tremendous

[@jodiescott01]

Hey buddy. How can you stop the pumping effect, please? I'm trying to use it on a house beat as a really deep underlying bass to a chord progression, it's all over the shop and sounds shit, on it's own it's incredible haha

[@rootz420]

@@jodiescott01 theres an infinite amount of things that could cause this

[@jodiescott01]

@@rootz420 That doesn't help me.

[@rootz420]

@@jodiescott01 make sure spread is zero or put detune lower to slow the movement effect. Or don't detune at all. Possibilities are endless. Hope you figured something out in the month since you commented. Lol.

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

Yay Reese 🖤🤙🏽🐓😂🙏

[@cagapaisso]

yoo dawg! Was wondering, do you recon maybe mono everything bellow 200Hz(ish) to avoid messing with your sub on a club scenario would be a good idea or would you feel confortable leaving it has is?

[@rokemsdrumandbass2787]

Zack Dust use Audio effect rack...split sterio things aside as a different signal ☝

[@cagapaisso]

Thanks for the effort Rokems but that's not my point, I know how to process a signal. My point was to actually have Cameron opinion on the matter.

[@VenusTheory]

Yo! Well it kinda depends, there are two kinda routes I go with this: if I know I'll end up highpassing the reese, I'll make a mono sub to go under it. However, sometimes I make a big detuned sub that goes under it that's not in mono. Generally speaking, I don't care too much about mono compatibility as I make music for headphones and not the club. That said, I do generally check it in mono to make sure the low end isn't totally lost - if it is, I may sum it to mono on the lower end, or create a mono sub patch to layer underneath, and highpass the reese. So, really just depends on what it calls for. Sometimes I don't even mono it if it's not lost when I check the mix in mono!

[@cagapaisso]

Got ya! Appreciated.

[@benlindsay2240]

great video, but the banner at the bottom gets in the way of some ableton stuff

[@VenusTheory]

Glad you liked it! And yeah I didn't think about it until after the fact, but noted for future videos!

[@charlesenglebert8226]

I would have love to hear a bass line with it

[@sullyutb]

mine doesnt make any sound, followed step for step and i get no sound.

[@spikearmstrong7024]

adam sullivan press T on the keyboard I think

[@DrGrooveBeat]

Phat as phuk, phriend.

[@mcsurrealdajunglist]

You sound like a bigger person with the deep narrating voice

[@VenusTheory]

Haha I know, it's a blessing and a curse.

[@Maxarcc]

I tried to look at your parameters but your socials were in the way lol

[@youngest1992]

Did you pitch shift your voice down?

[@VenusTheory]

No, I just sound like a commercial all the time :(

[@kaffeogkage]

You have the voice of TV Shop

[@VenusTheory]

Thanks dude haha. It's a gift!

[@VictorBardaque]

you should dwell upon your final tune and introduce to the whole world out there a brand-new music style... Future Dixieland !..

[@VenusTheory]

Then splinter off into the inevitable counter subgenre: post funkcore lofi neuro

[@josemalaga3033]

Bro, I follow exactly yours steps but It doesnt sound the same, not even close. I cant Understand🥲pls help me

[@gmangaming869]

Real my iisnt either

[@MonsterDubClub]

#AbletonCrew 😉

[@VenusTheory]

Haha for sure, Ableton is a great DAW for sound design stuff, don't like it all that much as an actual DAW but I have a lot of fun making sounds in it!

[@MonsterDubClub]

Venus Theory this bass is amazing man. Absolutely perfect for what I’m looking for! It reminds me of the bass from Annihilation! 😂 So fucking good. Thank you. 🙏🏼

[@ContentCreator-xo9vt]

I don't know why I always think venus theory is miming to a speech synth

[@nmn335]

Nice video, though your banner obscures what you are doing which makes it harder to follow what you're doing.

[@user-gv6nr5lr7d]

3:38 haha

[@pr1d3luv]

Please recommend songs using this type of sound! And how to apply it..! (may be filter automation?) 🙏🏻😍😍

[@VenusTheory]

Heyo! This sound and similar sounds are used all over the place really. I'd check out Frequent, Jade Cicada, and pretty much any heavier DnB tracks

[@audioket4770]

kursa, billain, noisia, prodigy, jayc-cng, vandal (si), rob clouth, duskky and many many more :)

[@bbbtttbb1658]

i can't see first osc

[@Patrick-bm6ih]

"What's up dogs" lol , I hope that was a joke 😜

[@derickfernandes9485]

I've been testing several ways to do a reese bass on serum I made several wavetables using several synths and I used many effects controlled by the envelope I made this pack to be used in several genres: wave / witch house / rnb / future garage / dnb were many I'll leave the presets link to analyse :drive.google.com/open?id=1OYJB86XEMN7XI5UGVq4NLLVvT6qA7He3

[@VenusTheory]

Right on, thanks for sharing! I'll have to check those out!

[@derickfernandes9485]

just enjoy :)

[@music_by_carlos]

glasses

[@VenusTheory]

For my special eyes

[@JoseTrezza]

We can't see what you are doing because of the announces of your social network accounts.

[@Satrenn]

now do a tutorial to Fl Studio please

[@VenusTheory]

Hey dude! I don't own FL, but if I ever have the cash to pick it up I might and then do some tutorials with it! This same bass patch would translate to 3xosc and/or Sytrus though!

[@cookiesandcream8442]

bruh my operator doesnt sound the same lol

[@oleg.ptiitz]

Same, have you fixed that?

[@cookiesandcream8442]

@@oleg.ptiitz nah i just went with what i had

[@josealcantaramarino3149]

You are a genius bro!!!! Just a question. How can I get the sound of this bass: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKS6Y32nesqisNE

[@VenusTheory]

Haha thanks dude! As for that bass, that sounds a lot like a standard FM house bass. Usually created by just feeding one sine at a higher ratio into another at a lower ratio. Then, add a slight filter envelope. Otherwise, just create a saw sound with some unison and the same filter envelope and that'll get you going in the right direction.

[@josealcantaramarino3149]

@@VenusTheory many thanks my bro!!!! I didnt understand everything what you said but I'll try. I really apreciatte the time you take for answering me. I hope one day you could make a tutorial with that kind of basses.

[@Haider-ir8wr]

wtf

[@drz_beatz]

great video!

[@VenusTheory]

Thanks dude!