EDM Bass Design Techniques I Love

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0:00 Bass?
0:36 Technique 1: Acid Lead
3:28 Technique 2: Key Tracked Oscillator Detune
5:31 Technique 3: Clipping 2 Sources
8:26 Technique 4: Gate Texture

[@zaxarax]

Do you mind explaining what a resonance peak is real quick? I have minimal experience with synthesizers

[@Whenuknow]

Yes sorry I’m not the best teacher lol. When you are using a filter there is a parameter you will often see on the filter called resonance (I’ve also seen it called Q or emphasis) and what it does it boost the volume of the frequencies wherever that filter is set to. I hope this helps please let me know if I need to clarify. Maybe I will make a KZbin short to quickly explain this.

[@DaftFader]

It's not just a thing to do with synths... A resonant peak/resonance peak is a spike where there is an overpowering tone compared to the rest of the audio. It can be subtler, but generally when talking about resonant peaks, you are talking about blatantly obvious ones you can hear. For an easy way to understand what one is, get white noise which is all frequencies randomly played at random gains all at once. Now take an EQ and narrow the Q of one band to as thin as possible. Now crank up that EQ band as loud as it will go (or as loud as you can bare to listen to lol). You have just created a horrific resonant peak in your white noise. This used more subtly however can be musical though, as if you don't be so extreme, and tune them to actual notes, they can harmonise with stuff (especially if you have automation or key tracking attached so the peak follows the notes you play). A situation it's often used in, is a resonant filter. You have a high pass filter, but you want some umph at the cut off frequency, you turn up the resonance of the filter (usually called Q or Q factor for a filter) and it will emphasise a bump at the cut-off frequency boosting the very bottom of the lower end of what's left in that track after filtering. Another time resonant peaks can be quite important to pay attention to is in mixing. You might have an overpowering tone in an instrument or sound that doesn't fit and is not musical. You may want to remove the resonant peak (these can be created by room reflections in the recording process if an instrument hasn't been recorded well and there's a build up at that frequency in the room reflections, or if many overlapping filters on a synth all line up in one spot unintentionally). You would then do the opposite of what I said in the first paragraph. Take a really narrow Q eq band, and then cut that frequency either partially or fully out of the mix, so it's not constantly there no matter the note being played. Hope that makes it a bit clearer what one is. ;)

[@TyrKohout]

The keytracking detune is an excellent tip! I can't count how many Reese basses I've made and I don't know how that never occurred to me. Always possible to learn something new no matter how long you've done something.

[@Whenuknow]

Absolutely, I learn a ton from ppl who comment on my videos as well ! Glad it was helpful

[@wesleyreimer3868]

Yes! I love it too, and I'll definitely be making more Reese basses this way. It's a simple technique, but it adds so much movement and character 😊

[@Namuhni]

I've automated it, but I always sleep on keytracking stuff like that

[@sp34277]

same, hate that i didn’t know that

[@Aqquinox]

Saame. I have like 6 static reese serum patches and never could do like that type you hear sometimes. Now is the time to use it nice!

[@SkyyySi]

If you do the two-tone clipping thing with a sine and a sine 4 octaves higher, and use really heavy distortion, you'll get the classic Skrillex Brostep bass

[@aadliafiq]

Yo this is so cool especially that clipping technique, i realise most songs that i love on soundcloud probably abuse that techniques

[@Whenuknow]

haha yes, its so cool discovering a technique you love the sounf and then realizing it was in tracks you love all along

[@Pyroific]

don't forget the triple ott's!

[@bobyatron7525]

It's nice to have the occasional reminder that sound design techniques don't need to be some arcane 20 step process of resampling and vocoding or whatever to sound cool. I think you'll do pretty well with this channel if you upload regularly. Your energy and delivery work well for this kind of stuff. Held my attention throughout

[@Whenuknow]

Amazing, thank u for the kind words

[@DyspotikOriginal]

Some new ideas to play with, thanks dude!

[@wyatttaylor.mp3]

Love the simplicity. Thank you dude!

[@Itswillcantella]

Awesome video dude! Really cool to see these different effects used especially being a beginner like myself. Keep posting content like this!

[@dreamarcade]

Very useful!!! Awesome video

[@kabillomusic]

One of the best tutorials of these fundamentals! Thanks for that 🙏

[@go-away-5555]

Great tips and quick but detailed explanations. Subbed.

[@MrManuHeel]

This is a seriously valuable bunch of bass sound design tips here! I'll definitely try and explore these... Good job mate!

[@KyleIsMega]

Glad this showed up on my home page!! Awesome techniques, super simple and learned a ton!!

[@harrismadeit9757]

Love this content dude keep it up!!

[@raiansalam7953]

Sick video man, that clipping technique is a mind blower, so simple but does so much. Got me subbed for sure

[@MeMcSkillet]

Banger of a video dude!

[@nashhawkins5476]

New Fav Channel!

[@wes_the_scifi_guy]

Great video man keep up the simple but effective sounds

[@ga2beats]

actually learned some cool stuff dope vid brotha

[@garaughty]

Lovely work on this W !

[@user-cx9jl4bi8n]

Great vid packed with valuable tips!

[@wilbvr_]

Love your tutorials and music 🫡

[@seaocean4868]

thank you for this video man! subbed

[@trillbeatz1299]

Awesome video! I learned a lot 😀 You rock! 🤘

[@Trye]

That's sick man ! Appreciate that tutorial, opened up a few new things for me! ♥

[@Whenuknow]

Amazing that was exactly my goal!

[@kalmarnagyandras]

Wow. Learned more from this than any other video in the last year. Subbed

[@Whenuknow]

Amazing, that was the goal

[@MericMusicMaker]

im subbed now, thankyou for your service 🙏

[@3linkmusic]

Awesome vid!

[@TheEvaNation]

Love how you add examples

[@RickHillMusic]

I demand more videos like this!

[@mhamusic.]

this is class, instant sub

[@songsbyjustin]

you're a god, keep doing this - perfect video

[@feelingMT]

amazing video, please make more!

[@HyperthreadMusic]

Really glad youtube recommended me this. Great tips

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

Whoa, there's no WAY those sounds were that simple! This blew my mind

[@wheystedmusic]

idk how I've never thought of the Reese note tracking tip. solid video!

[@jamesconnor601]

Cool tips brother appreciate it

[@unknownmusicman]

Wow, that trick with the clipper was cool. It added harmonics similarly to an organ, and especially with the vibrato I thought it sounded very organ-like.

[@ImArtfulLee]

Thanks a lot!

[@michaeljam4818]

Bro , this tutorial is just amazing, the fact that you give references and explanation in details for each sound is amazing, please keep making such tutorials , also will glue compressor(ableton) do the work for the third sound instead of Gclip ?

[@majestus]

holy crap this is such a good video

[@4lexflp]

that clipped white noise + bass is also used in the song "Tears" from Skrillex and its sounds so crispy and cool

[@Typho157]

another track that uses technique 4, being the gate texture, is The Zone by The Weeknd. You can hear it straight from the beginning. Great video by the way, Ill be sure to try some of these techniques out!

[@bgzaudio]

the reese one is dank bro

[@jn1346]

What a great video ! Would love to see you break down the main bass (?) from Levela- Pursuit !! That sound has had my head in a spin for years. I think it’s a foghorn but not confident.

[@psomi5364]

we want more vids like this🙏

[@horzemantw7094]

This tutorial is soo good 🫶🫶🫶

[@djannias]

nice one bruva

[@tannerslider1621]

this is great. I think you created the acid lead that sounds a little exact like space laces in the place lead kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqfJg5KAo66LbtE you rocks dude!

[@Rexbomb2]

yeah it does kinda

[@GamerBoy82701]

definitely for sure. I guess he leaked space laces techniques. 😂 😂 not even close but its good 👍🏻

[@HDMSC]

Always wanted to know hoy to do the key tracked thingy!!

[@Whenuknow]

🫡🫡🫡🫡

[@warculturebass]

this was really good. i'm surprised you namesdropped a few of my favorite artist (alex perez, cyclops) 🥂

[@alexanderjamesofficial]

Clipping the white noise and sine bass basically added saturation without using saturation… that was nice 😊

[@Whenuknow]

its certainly a similiar sound

[@jokijarvi2]

there is a simple explanation - this effect was because of the usage of samples and detune/PWM, and of course no multisampling, the detune/PWM was playing slow on low notes and fast on high notes - they just sampled the wobble on AKAI or E-mu sampler back then

[@vco7531]

great video! underrating. finding good audio stuff on youtube is difficult

[@Whenuknow]

i definiteyl agree, it didnt used to be this way lol

[@IamRaffinaD]

Nice

[@halcyon__r3289]

Love example track

[@samiirai]

I like patcher in FL to run bass synths in parallel, blend/sidechain them into a single mid/high bass kinda thing. Always had to EQ a lot on each line before blending so they wouldn't mush too much, tedious. With this "two source clip technique" I recon I could get away with half the work. And yes I would like to know why clipping can work like this. Good stuff, thanks for sharing!

[@ludicrousspeeds4938]

I saw your thumbnail, and thought “Is that dollar store Will Tennyson?”

[@Shreztahmusic]

big up

[@bunningtonhevy]

Seriaaas 👊

[@piotr803]

Great tips! Tip4 will be even better if you use an envelope follower plug-in and assign in to volume of texturE.

[@Whenuknow]

Fantastic tip, the envelope follower in max4live is insanely useful

[@seankelly3540]

If you use distortion instead of a compressor/limiter/clipper you get similar but different results. Loads of fun, i do It all the time

[@schizodillo1952]

There's a vst for the 4th one, called texture.

[@BadDisk]

yes all the time

[@CorbyJenkins]

PLEASE TELL ME THE BEEP AT THE START SOUNDS LIKE “The difference” BY FLUME

[@NLT1734]

The way you made that reese bass made me loose braincells as to how *simple* it was. I always used an LFO on the rate to make it go faster, but using the pitch and having the phase make it ocillate is so much simpler

[@Whenuknow]

I’m glad it helped!

[@AustinZoph]

Dave Tipper is the sound design last level boss

[@RaviSharma-vl5ih]

i don't get this rn but i will try in future

[@HDMSC]

Wow

[@art-h_music]

Honestly, I'm so used to make so damn unrecognizable to breakdown sounds so even i cant understand what did i do in my projects lol, so all of this sounds so decent and simple to me 😂 I mean, lol, saw wave go brr.

[@dpraubklqos]

7:58 okay, now i know how kavari kill basses

[@didjoww]

Doesnt on sight by kanye use acid lead?

[@ameer6168]

Is remaking other people songs is good to way improve my production and sound design skills? Should i solely focus on this for next 2-3 mnths?

[@Whenuknow]

Personally, I have never tried to recreate others songs. I have maybe tried to recreate one or two sounds but never a whole tune, but I have heard this can be really great for other people. However, focusing on this for months is probably not a good idea, work on it but also try to write your own stuff! good luck

[@ameer6168]

@@Whenuknow Thank you for replying to me. The thing is, I work full-time, so I have pretty limited time each day. I'm confused about which I should focus on first because I can't focus on both remaking and original work at the same time

[@Whenuknow]

@@ameer6168 I would say switch back and forth, dont try to do both in one day. some days remake tunes, somedays write your own with the knowledge you gained form remaking songs, but regardless jutst make stuff. Dont let the decision of what to do first paralyze you!

[@jennyhong6746]

Whoa. You’re Connor Murphy’s doppelgänger😂

[@Hyp3rLynxOfficial]

I dont hhave ableton and FL Studio kinda makes it more complicated but that's okay lol.

[@Whenuknow]

I really tried to keep things interchangable between daws cuz these techniques will work in anything

[@heights__3209]

Not gonna lie the GClip website looks a little sketchy, can you post the link in your bio where you got it so I know I'm not downloading spam?

[@SewburDubstep]

lmao they didn't make it look pretty but it's legit

[@toothpastethy]

2 clipping technique probably made 6 people watching try to make a fox stevenson style track before finishing the video

[@onemintyho3512]

8:15 i will subscribe because i do want to watch that

[@livertiny]

Did you censor your "fuck" with the opening chop from BIPP?

[@user-bb6tq4by8t]

"Acid lead" also known as a 303

[@taranstanzler]

Lmao thank god your camera died that focus was killing me

[@Whenuknow]

🤣

[@TomFinsterMusic]

first

[@korlmusic]

:000

[@slicklix]

Tyler the creator watched this video before making igor

[@driz_zl]

I really need to know how to make simmilar bass: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWG7c62Lp92KeaMsi=l7_W5oNhQnXtsOj0&t=65

[@Whenuknow]

combine saw wave and sqaure wave and distort, good luck!

[@KillaKoi.]

5:03 Griztronics ll

[@humanbeing_]

werd. subbbed.

[@zot1113]

Just made a extended intro to your msft break it remix for a set. And ofc the algo shows you in my feed. Instant sub🫡

[@Whenuknow]

Yo thank u! I have an extended mix already u can DL on my SoundCloud if ur interested