The most educational bass (the Moroder Bassline)

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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.

[@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! :)

[@ELEKTROGOWK]

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

[@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!

[@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!

[@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.

[@SpaceDanceOfficial]

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

[@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

[@thebeetbandit1732]

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

[@yousseflamsallak9225]

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

[@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

[@ChristinaCxo]

Thank you for this tutorial, Oscar 🙌 You are a great teacher. Just bought both of your foundation programs and I'm learning so much

[@aaronmcnamara7495]

You are one of the best at explaining this it’s so cool how much you love about synthesis

[@ViKommunen]

Your channel is like a wondrous, interactive museum of pure creative inspiration. 11/10

[@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)

[@jager_cosmos_tv4668]

TNice tutorials might just be the first motivational comnt ive ever seen on a tutorial vid. ga thanks bro

[@reneheijt]

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

[@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!

[@RocknRollkat]

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

[@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.

[@leandrusi4533]

My name is Giovani Giorgio, but everybody calls me....Giorgio: 0:13

[@MissyB1200]

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

[@djanishanand]

Oscar i would love to see a video on "What is Techno" and what are its sub genre. Many producers/ djs are still confused on how to differentiate Techno from other genre. I mean to say many artist cant figure out, that what are the key points to hear to know whether the track is Techno or not. Hope you understand. The way you explain is simply superb thats why i'm requesting you this topic. If you already have done a similar video then please share the link. I am a hardcore follower and dont miss a single video of yours. Keep up the good work. Thanks for sharing your sheer knowledge. Really appreciate

[@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]

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[@wavarium]

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

[@nashmichaeld]

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

[@AndyMangele]

I was a teenager when Moroder was in his heyday - loved his music then and I still do!

[@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.

[@martysmith2851]

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

[@alexsingt...9436]

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

[@ricardojmestre]

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

[@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!!

[@OzgunOfficial]

Very informative 🔥🔥

[@moshik5]

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

[@glen3351]

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

[@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.

[@fugue6904]

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

[@BPM_ADAMO]

I love this channel. This is literally what I've been looking for a while.

[@AndyMontgomeryPiano]

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

[@DJDOBREL]

very good tutorial

[@sto4339]

Amazing video, love your approach. Thank you

[@DEEPCHEFDJ]

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

[@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.

[@Ronntheway]

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

[@dystopianvisions5566]

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

[@raakam52]

Seriously good stuff, Well explained love it !

[@robenneal]

Only recently came across your channel and love what you're doing dude! Keep up the great work.

[@elvisojeda5600]

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

[@Skalakalava]

Thank you for this video, you amazing teacher!

[@DEADLINETV]

Great! Again a perfect tutorial for Synthwave too!

[@haslo_]

Great video as always!

[@alonsoabraxas2100]

Mind blown! great video and explanation.

[@francoisc4512]

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

[@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 😁👍

[@dangerbird64]

Great tutorial, thanks!

[@jean-sebastienlantz9164]

Bravo, excellent lesson.

[@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!

[@kurogawa]

Informative, Fun, and Encouraging!

[@Benjamin-vx2ot]

Mind blowing easy explained, thanks a lot 🤗

[@NyctalopeDiurne]

Cheers, that was lovely!

[@diamondworks8026]

Absolute legend. Nice one

[@therocket6923]

i keep looking your eyes and your body when you listen any music .. very enjoy to watch

[@timspencer1]

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

[@cloudwizard7694]

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

[@gilvaniooliveira8850]

Loooove your videos man. Keep it up!

[@evgeniidvorkin4159]

Big thanks for video. Very useful

[@louislogie2654]

Verrry helpful. This cuts out many guesswork n loudness issues

[@wizard6916]

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

[@crushdesign]

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

[@tollertyp7230]

Wow! And also... Wow! Great lesson😉

[@PepijnEngel]

Zeer handige en goed uitgelegde content, dankjewel !

[@FKeyLoops]

Great tutorial for my knowledge level! Thank you😊

[@danic.3760]

Put a sidechain to give space for the kick and magic happens. Amazing video, nice work.

[@San7hos]

Great video. One thing that I slightly dislike is adding delay and reverb to a bass sound without actually stripping the low end from their input (or output). It seems to me that it would clean the mix.

[@djicebreaker80]

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

[@dephinitions7454]

utilizing the send return / tracks for reverb and delay would help you achieve even more control

[@rohidmusic]

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

[@mrrayner7162]

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

Amazing! ❤

[@DISCOTEKED]

loving the new camera depth of field

[@victoriamleitner274]

Thank you! 🙌

[@laviejaguardia1900]

Grande Oscar, this one is gold mister

[@ra5hid101]

you made it so simple and fun.

[@joinslayer]

I appreciate the zoom. I used to explore a bit in my phone

[@adriejudd4811]

Learnt loads from this tutorial, thank you very much 😊

[@ChetanAwasthiMusic]

Me, an F1 fan, picturing Kimi Raikkonen everytime Oscar says "Bwoah"

[@jeffersonpacheco6580]

your videos are the best, you teach me so much

[@SuperRingoffire1]

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

[@Joshheal]

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

[@magica2z]

Great stuff. Thank you master.

[@lawrencekelly5038]

How does that Donna Summer tune still sound like the future when it's over 40 years old?

[@brei2670]

Probably because modern synthwave is basically just copying the 80s. Well, obviously that's not the reason, really... But we do generally connect a particular, synth heavy sound with the future. Maybe because so many cool 80s movies made the far away future a popular theme, and accompanied them with the music from that time. John Carpenter in particular nailed that sound back then.

[@cesarrevilla9304]

And we can check it out ourselves the Spotify version has the 1/8th bassline on the left and the 1/16th delay in the right

[@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. 👍

[@geertwens1975]

As always top notch! 👌

[@Artek604]

Simple, yet super powerful & satisfying! Thanks :)

[@kirpidos]

Thanks . Even on Volca sample possible to this bassline , cool!

[@ThomasLoyd]

Giorgio Moroder was a man WAAAAYYYYYY ahead of his time! His simple genius in music set him apart from others indeed! Thanks for sharing this process of bassline education!

[@oldowl4290]

Really cool lesson. Thanks.

[@jgr6955]

Wow, thanks!!