How to Write Advanced MIDI Basslines (Part 1) - Essential Knowledge

[@ms.jujubeatzproduction]

Jazz bass music theory and harmony in action. Stellar! 💯

[@maxkonyi]

Glad you liked it!

[@Capt-Cran]

Great video ... goodness how fortunate we are to have your guidance in making music ... amazing ...

[@maxkonyi]

Glad it was helpful 🌞

[@johndriskol6073]

Thank you so much. This is such a gift!!!

[@maxkonyi]

My pleasure!

[@stranger5312]

that part about the drums and the bass was so useful THANK YOU

[@maxkonyi]

🙌🙌🙌

[@gooneybird808]

Dude you are really helping me out here

[@maxkonyi]

Great! 🙌

[@MrMelancobar]

Wow that fill was simply incredible and that fretless vibe .... heard it from my phone, can't wait to turn on my monitors. Thank you so much for the theory behind!! Greetings from Argentina

[@maxkonyi]

Glad you liked it! I love the fretless tone...this was made just using a very basic synth but I'm always trying to recreate the best parts of a fretless. Quite happy with this one ✨ Greetings from Canada 🌞

[@tonyrapa-tonyrapa]

I have to say: you truly are inspiriational.

[@maxkonyi]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@jesvs_music]

This is exactly what I was looking for. thank you

[@maxkonyi]

Great!

[@multitracker]

Great video, can't wait to watch succeeding parts. Thank you.

[@maxkonyi]

No worries 🙌

[@Pianoandguitarplaywr]

Yayyyyy this is just like a bass programming video right

[@22jmike]

Right after I spent few hours making average bass line, next time I'll be ready as ever, thanks!

[@maxkonyi]

🙌🙌🙌 Nice!

[@DEADEYESTUDIO]

sometimes it helps seeing someone elses midi notes. mine are defintely really basic and i tend to like using the same 4 notes, defintely wanna try something more complex

[@TheShakour]

where is part 2 :) it is really useful...

[@maxkonyi]

Releasing in 15 min... 🥳

[@zenncatt]

Great lesson. What VST are you using for the bass midi?

[@maxkonyi]

If I remember correctly, this is just the stock synth in Studio One called Mai Tai and is a patch I designed on there...

[@Markrspooner]

I have been taking notes on all of this, just fantastic advice Max, really appreciate it.

[@maxkonyi]

My pleasure Mark 🌞

[@WheezyJoe]

This is great Max - thanks. Do you cover how to make these tones anywhere? What instrument and how to get sustain length, harmonics and slides? Sounds great.

[@maxkonyi]

Good question - I don't have a video on creating these tones specifically but they were created live on stream here on YT. Maybe I should make a new video on bass tone creation...

[@WheezyJoe]

@@maxkonyi Yes - that would be really interesting to many of us I think Max 👍

[@azizalami835]

I would love that too 😇

[@jamwithcem]

Great tips, and such a nice composition too. Would love to listen to this on loop!

[@maxkonyi]

Thanks! This song is actually a WIP that will be released soon 🙌

[@jamwithcem]

@@maxkonyi Oh YAY! I'll be ready 😌

[@AutoclaveBeats]

Thanks a looooot for your videos...been very helpful... please what plugin are you using for the synth bass in this tutorial...

[@maxkonyi]

The bass synth in this video is Mai Tai - the basic, stock synth from Studio One!

[@diiegopc]

wow that chords view should be very useful

[@lukewarmtoddy]

This is so helpful, thanks so much. Which bass vst are you using? A stock plugin/preset or a third party?

[@maxkonyi]

For electric and acoustic basses, I generally use Trillian by Spectrasonics. For synth basses, I use Serum, Omnisphere, or Pigments. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@shamcra]

Great video, Max! This is how I go about it, though I tend to overdoing the "runs" so it becomes too busy. Less is more in the perfect place, I guess.

[@maxkonyi]

Ah good to hear. Curious what you'll think of the ideas in the next two parts... Yes, hard for me to remember less is more a lot of the time 😜

[@gabriel.andreato]

Thank you for the content

[@deejayvu6539]

thanks a lot Max, another great material to help you develop your music and expand your music composing horizons 👌👍🔥😎 I love it when the bass tells its story in the song

[@maxkonyi]

Me too! Thanks Deejay 🙌

[@deejayvu6539]

@@maxkonyi in my youth, I noticed this technique of playing the bass line for the first time in the song "Do You Realy Want To Hurt Me" by Culture Club 👍😃

[@maxkonyi]

@@deejayvu6539 Yes, great line in that track. Reggae vibes. 🔥

[@nico-zh4eo]

Thank you so much for this great video ! Made me want to go turn on my computer and write some bass lines 😁. Can't wait for the part 2 ✌️

[@maxkonyi]

Can't get a better response than that! 🥳

[@freshkidblaze]

Thanks, I definitely needed this vid

[@maxkonyi]

Happy to help 🙌

[@omii_]

Can you make a lesson on musical phrasing for melody and harmony, i always struggle with making a part musically complete in itself. Thank you, I really appreciate your lessons :)

[@maxkonyi]

Hey Omkar, have you gone through any of my Musical Warp Drive courses? Parts 2 and 3 talk about this topic quite a bit. I could certainly make a YT video about it as well

[@omii_]

I have completed the course on harmony, i can make chord progressions but i want to make musical/interesting parts The topics i think might help me are question-answer, repetition, ending a phrase, motifs etc My phrases sound like they have no end it sounds like meandering Even when i end a phrase it sounds like it's not complete and i struggle especially making 8 bar phrases I have your melody course but i have not completed it. Hopefully it will help me It's just one of those days when i just can't help myself lol Hopefully I'm not bothering you And soon you'll see me on your discord server challenges :))

[@maxkonyi]

@@omii_ Ah ok, that's good to know. Yes, there is good material in the melody course that will help you. I will also consider this topic for upcoming videos... Melody is one of the most difficult topics to teach since every 'rule' can be broken and still sound great 😅 Looking forward to hearing your music in the challenges...

[@sofoklessantorini1888]

MAX BASS...

[@maxkonyi]

🙌🤩🙌

[@DumpstatCha]

Did I catch a Davie504 reference?

[@maxkonyi]

haha nope! not intentionally anyway...

[@Crazy-Society]

Never heard of him outside his youtube bubble.

[@FrioVentus]

Davie504 approves. 😶🤌🍕 All jokes asides, another great video as always! Hype for part 2! 🌟

[@maxkonyi]

lol Thanks Frio! 🙌

[@Pianoandguitarplaywr]

Yayyyyy this is just like a bass programming video right

[@maxkonyi]

Yes!

[@Pianoandguitarplaywr]

@@maxkonyi thanks for the advice !