The most educational bass (the Moroder Bassline)

If you have any questions about how to program basslines, start here: the Moroder bassline. This rolling 16th-note subtractive bass style teaches you the foundations of sound design, programming and music theory, which you can use as a starting point to create your own flavour of bass.
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Contents:
0:00 Examples
1:05 Features of the Moroder bassline
1:40 Programming a Moroder bassline
2:58 How to synthesise a bassline
7:02 Adding some minimal techno drums
7:50 Bass plays the root note (music theory)
9:27 Timbre edits and FX to add aliveness
11:55 Next steps

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[@djse]

Technically the Moroder bassline is playing on every 1/8 step, like in "The Chase", the 1/16 feeling is made by a delay (like in "I Feel Love"), that's a big part of the bassline groove

[@OscarUnderdog]

It's true there are probably more examples of 1/8th ones... Oh well :) same principles apply, mostly.

[@clivemathieu9386]

Lol

[@productionneuftrois9488]

Moreover, the bass in I Feel Love goes to one side channel, and delay to another side, it makes the idea.

[@TC-lk2ev]

I'm going to use all these ideas. Thanks everyone :)

[@originunknown3209]

No, technically the Moroder baseline is 1/16th notes, but the same results can be obtained with 1/8th notes and delay. Either way would work.

[@SpaceDanceOfficial]

Bless this man, educational and on point as always. Thank you!

[@mgp994]

Love the simplicity of the explanations and how well you break down the concept in a short, but thorough video. Subscribed and will definitely be checking out more of your tutorials!

[@johannesmartinsaar2795]

I started to make techno a few weeks ago and I am loving it. But I am even more loving it now that I can educate myself with such a nice guy. Thank you my man!

[@MissyB1200]

Thank you sooo MUCH for taking the time to share and make all these AMAZING videos for us!

[@thebeetbandit1732]

Damn this video has everything; theory, hisotry, excercises. Pure gold and a must watch for any edm producer.

[@allyouracid]

Oscar, your videos are always great, no exception. The way everything is explained and shown, with always just the right amount of music theory / knowledge beamed right into my brain. Thanks for your efforts. I'm gonna try to replicate this on my Mono Station and / or the Crave later, today. 👌

[@slimpyman]

I only watch your videos once every couple months. But I think you're a likable dude. Perfects amounts of cool, cheesy, and enthusiastic.

[@Ronntheway]

Such a great teacher! So much passion in your way of presenting knowledge! Thank you!

[@yousseflamsallak9225]

I paused as you went along and did the steps myself and that helped a TON.

[@fugue6904]

you are so good at showing the core of a concept. great teaching!

[@crushdesign]

Cracking tutorial. Absolutely made so much sense & did help me understand the synths much more. Keep it simple and build!

[@chrisblackmore6583]

i love how excited and enthusiastic you are about this. i can tell from your voice and the way you say things that you can't wait to move on to showing us the next piece of knowledge you have. you clearly derive a lot of pleasure about sharing ideas and skills - you're an inspiration bro!

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[@moshik5]

Thank you for the lessons; your videos are excellent and educational! Bless!

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[@m.skolar1462]

Great video. I knew this had to be called something but thank you for explaining how to get there! So simple yet so versatile.

[@reneheijt]

It doesn’t get clearer and better than these tutotials. Big up from Amsterdam !

[@Artek604]

Simple, yet super powerful & satisfying! Thanks :)

[@wizard6916]

Thanks! I love the Way you explain things, always calm and relaxed!

[@NogueiraMG]

Hi, Oscar I`m a completely beginner and your videos are awesome to give me a start point in the electronic music. Thank you for posting!

[@DEPARTE]

i JUST found your channel and I will be binge watching it in the near future. i love the manner in which you explain everything.

[@glen3351]

this man is amazing, such a great help in his tutorials, peace and love Gxxx

[@cloudwizard7694]

Thank you. This is a very useful and really an "essential" thing to know.

[@djicebreaker80]

Thanks for sharing this great idea with the bass lines.. I found it very educational & fun to listen too ❤

[@adriejudd4811]

Learnt loads from this tutorial, thank you very much 😊

[@geertwens1975]

As always top notch! 👌

[@gilvaniooliveira8850]

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[@jeffersonpacheco6580]

your videos are the best, you teach me so much

[@thanos_k]

When I see new stuff and try to understand how something works I always look at the fundamentals, why is this happening, and what's the purpose of it. You're doing a fantastic job explaining that.

[@OscarUnderdog]

❤️🙌

[@5tablenet]

Excellent tutorial and transferable to hardware. I use this in modular often but still learned a lot so thanks. I'm such a fan of his work, Einzelgänger and the Donna Summer stuff in particular that I named my little label Moroderik (a portmanteau of Moroder and Motorik, because I love Krautrock too). One of the acts I play in, a hardware only duo called TRIPLE X SNAXXX, mines Italo, Kraut, and early Techno pretty hard so when it came to naming the label it was GIORGIO! CIAOOOOO! time. Thanks again for these videos. Even a relatively seasoned hand like me always learns so much.

[@GroundSound]

Man I've been wondering about replicating this type of bassline for the last year but I didn't even know that it's got a name! Perfect! Thank you so much

[@OscarUnderdog]

I'm not sure it's any kind of official name, I think I just started calling it that myself :D

[@tollertyp7230]

Wow! And also... Wow! Great lesson😉

[@martysmith2851]

You're the best!! Never stop doing these video's :)

[@ricardojmestre]

🤯 Wow, you are a fantastic teacher! I have to watch the video about subtractive synthesis!

[@theboobyrau]

Dude, you freaking rule. This is so informative

[@jazzsong8566]

Excellent video, Oscar! Thank you so much. I ❤️ this kind of videos of yours: you give us a masterclass onhow to be creative and use Ableton in all its possibilities

[@nashmichaeld]

This video got me to use a synth for the first time. Thank you. So much fun!!!

[@DEADLINETV]

Great! Again a perfect tutorial for Synthwave too!

[@DEEPCHEFDJ]

well explained and easy to understand how to build a morodor bassline with simple osc/wavetable

[@alexsingt...9436]

the wall of brightness and thickness . . . really cool analitics !

[@ra5hid101]

you made it so simple and fun.

[@haslo_]

Great video as always!

[@SuperRingoffire1]

Thanks for some valuable advice look forward to implementing on my projects 👍😎

[@elvisojeda5600]

Blessings to you man... I'm going thru all your sound design videos and, man... Thank you!

[@raakam52]

Seriously good stuff, Well explained love it !

[@NyctalopeDiurne]

Cheers, that was lovely!

[@sto4339]

Amazing video, love your approach. Thank you

[@diamondworks8026]

Absolute legend. Nice one

[@Than3Dane]

Grew up along Thomas Moroder. He is also a multi-talented musician & educated Mechanic. He raised and taught me the Piano, took me to Mayrhofen South Tyrol - in Austria where their family roots stem from. I was then shown around Albin’s old Studio. Albin was his granpa, and Albins brother I recall is the grandpa to Giorgio Moroder. Which make Thomas & Giorgio Gran cousins. They never met each other though. But their deep lineage of family artistry lives on! Lately i regret not meeting him, as its quite a struggle to break through musically, & I have so much material accumulated over the past 15 years & more 🍻 He truly have become an inspiration to many! :)

[@FKeyPianoMan]

Great tutorial for my knowledge level! Thank you😊

[@mrrayner7162]

Thanks for this, Been looking for something like this as a basis for some 1/8th basses in some techno influenced D&B

[@quailbuddy9338]

I don't know anything about music production apart from a very small amount of fiddling with an ableton trial, but this guy makes me feel like i could learn anything

[@Skalakalava]

Thank you for this video, you amazing teacher!

[@scramy6445]

Thank you soooo much for this video, this really showed me, how to use synthesis in my project :D

[@Benjamin-vx2ot]

Mind blowing easy explained, thanks a lot 🤗

[@kurogawa]

Informative, Fun, and Encouraging!

[@magica2z]

Great stuff. Thank you master.

[@mann-vom-mond]

Thank you for this lesson

[@nirelmar]

WOW this video was SO helpful!! I so appreciate you. The way you explain and demonstrate in Ableton is so clear. As an absolute beginner I was able to follow along and understand! I can't wait to learn more and practice. Thank you, thank you.

[@OscarUnderdog]

Thanks Nirel 😁👍

[@ELEKTROGOWK]

the shiny eyes at 5:48, when the envelope worked 😂👍

[@victoriamleitner274]

Thank you! 🙌

[@dangerbird64]

Great tutorial, thanks!

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[@evgeniidvorkin4159]

Big thanks for video. Very useful

[@alonsoabraxas2100]

Mind blown! great video and explanation.

[@DISCOTEKED]

loving the new camera depth of field

[@jean-sebastienlantz9164]

Bravo, excellent lesson.

[@RocknRollkat]

Excellent presentation ! I've been doing this since 1961, always learning ! Bill P.

[@francoisc4512]

Merci, another Amazing vidéo tuto. Merci beaucoup. 😎🔥😊

[@dystopianvisions5566]

Thank you Oscar, really interesting, very well explained, it helps a lot!!!

[@oldowl4290]

Really cool lesson. Thanks.

[@Bastviktech]

Much appreciation.

[@user-em4ts3dk4k]

Zeer handige en goed uitgelegde content, dankjewel !

[@jantomasjuza7907]

Thank you! You don't know that yet, Oscar, but you are my teacher now. This video is cool, and the one on subtractive synthesis is SUPER HELPFUL. 👍

[@lucianoespin6759]

Thank you, Today I listened for 5 times Giorgio By Morodoer (Daft Punk) while I was driving, It inspire me so much, when I arrive to the Studio I opened my live session and the first thing that I toght was the bassline and how i can create something like that for my tracks. This video helped me a lot!!

[@AndyMontgomeryPiano]

This is a great video - very easy to understand and well explained!

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The underdog 🔥

[@sunflwer]

thanks Bless this man,

[@RalphHaring]

Amazing! ❤

[@OzgunOfficial]

Very informative 🔥🔥

[@timspencer1]

Brilliant. Been making music for years and didn't know how to do this!

[@laviejaguardia1900]

Grande Oscar, this one is gold mister

[@rohidmusic]

hey man, thank you! I appreciate you. You got a new follower.

[@AggroNoobs]

To anyone with a keen ear, you just add a bit of side-chain, play along a minor scale and boom, you have the basics of a Slasher/Synthwave bassline. Also, not getting far from Darker EBM with a couple more tweaks and tempo changes. An honestly foundational bassline that's still used heavily to this day.

[@jemtbbb3223]

Wow thank you!!

[@direkhtor4061]

great outro made my day haha :)

[@guskum]

muchas gracias maestro!!!

[@eddieshields4163]

Great video 💙👍

[@louislogie2654]

Verrry helpful. This cuts out many guesswork n loudness issues

[@liminalradio1282]

Fire!!

[@Joshheal]

Fun fact - Moroder produced the first ever tune made with a 4x4 kick drum.

[@estebanismaelespinozapayan1014]

Works well!! DANKEEE

[@wesleyjay8379]

A-E-G bass figure (for Am chord for example) with 16th and 8th variations is the most popular bassline of late 1970-early 1980 disco music

[@cookieintune]

Very interesting to know 👍👍👍

[@OscarUnderdog]

I did a little bit on something like this for the video about Chord Planing as well, curious what you think!

[@wesleyjay8379]

@@OscarUnderdog yes, i have watched that! I just meant that it was on trend for that time. All in all I think the bassline is the only thing that makes old disco music so groovy

[@hoagy_ytfc]

@@wesleyjay8379 plus the live drums that they often used back then!

[@wesleyjay8379]

@@hoagy_ytfc do you think so? I think early 1980s were a time of single-users projects. And drum machines. "Why do I need three more people?" (Vince Clarke before leaving DM)

[@dirtysolarremix]

thank you 🙏🏻

[@prodbyowls]

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[@DJDOBREL]

very good tutorial

[@lukashammel1994]

For real oscar. thank you so much for all this teachfull content

[@Z3ID808]

God Bless You MAN