How To ACTUALLY Make A Rolling Bassline In Techno

[@pickyourselfofficial]

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[@carlospalacios1422]

Woah , Woah , Woah!!!, Another big tutorial, Hope see this in action in a future star to finish track... Double thumbs up!!!

[@RJ1J]

Great video tutorial. I'm really loving your channel. I really like Joel Mull style techno and it's really hard to find tutorials like yours to help get that sound.

[@pickyourselfofficial]

That’s amazing, thanks for the great feedback! 🙏🏻

[@broxi024]

You're Amazing, this is the Best video from you in my opinion :) Please share some other bass ideas with us in the near future!

[@pickyourselfofficial]

That means a lot, thank you! More bass goodness to come, promised ;)

[@mnoway9479]

Pretty terrific content. I'm still a noob when it comes to creating a groove but I'm 100% sure this will help me spice up things 😊

[@MaoDiaz]

Gracias amigo excelente video!

[@pickyourselfofficial]

Con mucho gusto ;-)

[@yannbzh100]

Very interesting, thank you, I've been working on my bass for a while, I realize that many of you use Operator to create it, I'm currently using Ableton's Analog synth and I can't get what I would like the sound, I thought I would get a deeper bass with this synth and well with operator it works better from everything I hear. You might be able to enlighten me a little on this choice, if I understood correctly Operator is an FM synth.

[@pickyourselfofficial]

Well it all depends on what type of bass you’d like to create. For 90% of applications, classic subtractive synthesis like Ableton’s Analog will get you very close. But as soon as you want to play with specific timbres, FM synths (like operator) are yielding more “flavored” results. But you can also just use Wavetable Synths and pick the type of wave shape you want as a starting point (you can use subtractive synthesis classic shapes or super complex waveforms, for example from FM synthesis). It doesn’t hurt to learn classic FM synthesis with operator though, I find it very rewarding ;)

[@yannbzh100]

@@pickyourselfofficial What responsiveness! :) thank you, it's all a matter of taste, thank you again for your work, this is the style of techno that I'm looking to do: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6fKd3Sbbc2mmq8.

[@ДаниилБрахловски]

Good video! Feel like it's time to install ableton again.

[@pickyourselfofficial]

Thanks, yeah it’s definitely time for that ;P

[@TonyMarinelli-w7t]

These are good tips. Out of curiosity, what kick were you using in this tutorial?

[@pickyourselfofficial]

Since intentionally rename all my samples and NEVER use the original folders from any of the sample companies, I literally can’t tell you. This is, by the way, part of my philosophy. I don’t want to get influenced by whoever made the sample or what it says in its original name.

[@TonyMarinelli-w7t]

that's actually a good philosophy to have@@pickyourselfofficial

[@kafkakos3618]

Whats your thoughts on using a rolling bassline and a rumble? Would you recommend using one or the other?

[@pickyourselfofficial]

It all depends on the type of track you want to create. The more powerful and aggressive, the more I’d go for rumble. The more melodic, the more I’d go for rolling bass. BUT there are tons of possibilities to layer them on top of one another creatively. I have a “hard techno” video in the pipeline for the next weeks which shows exactly that.

[@kafkakos3618]

@@pickyourselfofficial ah yes makes sense to evaluate the Rumble/bass question based on the vibe of the track. Looking forward to that video ref the harder sounds 👍

[@skullbreaker6208]

Deadly, which chain effect did you use on the return track on the 7 minutes and 14 seconds?

[@pickyourselfofficial]

It’s mainly the phaser-flanger that does the heavy lifting here. I’m using it in doubler mode which I find super useful in hypnotic techno. Before that I’m shifting the frequency up a bit with the shifter effect and filter out some low end with the auto filter. All of that then goes into the hybrid reverb.

[@skullbreaker6208]

Tks a lot for returning 🙏🏻

[@m.k.a_1881]

👌you are my one of the best Fav. absoluty awesome. Mega tricky steps und sehr sehr verständliche Erklärung 🥇🙏

[@pickyourselfofficial]

Top, Danke dir :)

[@florianstrobel9065]

Ein Video über verwaschene Techno drums wäre cool 👍🏻😃 mach so weiter!

[@pickyourselfofficial]

Danke dir ❤ hast du nen Beispielsong?

[@florianstrobel9065]

@@pickyourselfofficial System XTC (Klaudia Gawlas Remix) zum Beispiel 🤟🏼🖤

[@WMS345]

awsum video can you do a video about polyrhythms and polymeters

[@pickyourselfofficial]

Great idea!

[@kakimaki8659]

how did you make the basslines?

[@AlviseRavanello-py7ke]

usefull tutorial

[@kafkakos3618]

How about doing a video on a baseline but non 'rolling' so to speak? A classic house baseline I suppose but for the more darker techno vibes.

[@pickyourselfofficial]

Yep, a video on different types of basslines is on my list already! Thanks for the input :)

[@kimfrericks7618]

welche kopfhörer nutzt du eigentlich :) ? grüße ;)

[@pickyourselfofficial]

Heyyy! :) Das sind die Audeze LCDX Creators Edition.

[@Sasha_Sasha018]

BigThank 🖤

[@pickyourselfofficial]

It’s my pleasure! 🙌🏻

[@joaneramirezacosta6569]

NICEEEEEEE

[@pickyourselfofficial]

💯🙌🏻

[@omnione7894]

❤

[@КирКо-р1н]

👍

[@markyazzigreen8082]

Soooooo.....who developed the rolling bassline? Or KBBB. Id love to be educated, been listening/partying to goa/psytrance for...erm....decades....know it well evolving from that scene. Be happy to be educated! Especially with examples!

[@pickyourselfofficial]

I’m not a music historian but my guess would be that Giorgio Moroder and the other Italo Disco icons probably played a huge role in it ;)

[@markyazzigreen8082]

@@pickyourselfofficial Moroder is a genius for sure!

[@manfreofc]

Is the sub bass high in volume to let us understand better? Or it's just cause the track isn't mixed?

[@pickyourselfofficial]

Both, haha. I’d definitely put it down a bit in a full mix.