Reason 4 Tutorial - BASS REESE (for drum and bass)

[@_boof]

Bro please make more reason tutorials. This is godly.

[@halered7]

Possibly the best tutorial for a reece bassline on the whole of KZbin. Stand up and be applauded.

[@MrCrabpants]

Have to say i was bit skeptical at first when you were randomly knocking mids out and waving the eq in all sort of frequencies... but i can't argue with the end result sound sick! Never even noticed that filter device before.

[@jadedxfaded]

Makes me glad to see someone else doing their bassline's while running on the fly. I kept reading everyone else bouncing samples back and forth but, I like running it on the fly myself like this. Big up's on showin' the heads its done by the way.

[@GyuJazz]

Definitely STILL a great tutorial. Been watching this ever since it was put online, and it's still one of the best!

[@fivesixthree]

I like this tutorial lots and lots.....not many people prepared to share secrets....and those that do aren't always as clear as this....thank you Loki

[@Pirate454]

Man! Thats the best 10 minutes i've spent in years! That works perfectly! I've always tried to re-create Noisia/Spor kinda-synths and you've managed to push me even closer than i would get in the next 5 months farting around experimenting!! Got close to it with the malstrom using de-tuned saws but thor sounds way better! Thanks man! Btw, one thing that im also finding pretty tough is compressing snares, and your snare sounds punchy as hell, how'd you do that man? Gnna Upload some tunes soon. Thx

[@maxtroy]

Just wanted to say THANKS for the amazing tutorial. There's a lot of us guys out there just getting started, and it's people like you that help us get a good crack at understanding how to use the latest technology to express out creative ideas. I'll be sure to check out your other vids. Max

[@coercivemusic]

both yur drum processing tutorial and this one are incredible ive been using reason for less than a week and your videos have really helped me also ive checked the full tunes yuve made, intense stuff man, really like em peace

[@W3R3W00F]

THE best reese tutorial I've ever come across. No matter what I do in FL Studio, I can't get anything near that good. Cheers.

[@STATEmax]

blast from the past, One of the first tutorials I ever watched

[@JontyLP]

Haha - like the bit at the end about turning it into a track. Was just gonna say - this ain't sounding toooooo bad! Good work man.

[@tomkinguk]

A million thank-yous. This tut and the redrum one are exactly what I've been looking for!

[@SuperDrZaiusTurbo]

I keep finding myself coming back to this tutorial whenever I need to make a reese lol. Fantastic tutorial matey big up!

[@samvinetz]

LOKI IS GOD. every tutorial, every track = gold top dnb artist in the scene hands down.

[@JuttMC]

I thought I commented on this video a while back , but actually didn't. AMAZING sound. Really nice work man , a big help from a great video as usualy. Thanks a lot!

[@frigga]

One of the best reason tutorials i've ever seen on youtube !

[@rustytehmeathook]

that was a great help. this tutorial itself helped me become more familiar with reason as a whole. great tunes on myspace as well. cheers!

[@PatriotMetalsFL]

@FinalFragment Try using an EQ with a single boost, somewhat steep peak, almost a notch if you will, and move it around the freq band on your snare. It should allow you to find the mid-range punch you were looking for in the sample and bring it out in the mix. Just don't boost too high and adjust to taste.

[@NarayanIndustry]

Wicked bass destruction and wicked tutorial!!Well done Loki,enjoeyed it so much!!

[@MODIGSOFFICIAL]

Damn dude, i checked your myspace, didn't expect you to be so good : O love your music!!

[@Public_Relations_Dept]

Thanks for the tutorials. Allways a pleasure to see how others come up with their sounds.

[@chesh140882]

Im impressed man =] Very simply explained indeedy, Iv been scouring and trying many a neuro/noisia bass tutorial But this one seems the perfect solution, Just sat and spend 3hrs writing it all down and comparing with vst's as im a cubase user Nice one keep it up =D

[@broo234]

Noisia was asking what "reece" was 10 years ago on the dogs on acid forum.

[@dumpinfoolz420]

This is a great tutorial. I was able to make it wobble on it's own by creating another THOR, muting it, then linking the frequency CV to LFO 2 on the muted THOR. I switched the LFO 2 to a saw wave and was able to get some gritty sounds. Thanks a lot though. I've been trying to get a sound like this for awhile.

[@0tto777]

@tom8008135 to keep the two seperate, for dnb especially, find a tight kick sample that is hitting around the 100Hz mark, giving it a slight boost there to make it stand out. Then cut out everything below around 70 - 80 Hz with a fairly steep roll off. Pretty much do the opposite with the sub bass. shouldn't need a boost at the low end, just put a fairly harsh ( 4-6 db) cut where the kick is hitting so they don't conflict in those frequencies and your away. Hope that helps :)

[@Neomind]

you're having phase issues with the sub, notice is much subbier in 5:27 than when you put the sub. This can be fixed by putting the stereo imager in Hi Band Solo, and the X-Width from 300hz. That way you won't be having phase issues with the subbass which usually sits between 0 - 120hz (sometimes goes even higher, but can be fixed with a filter after it).

[@clodgemaster]

Really good video, thanks a lot for posting. Any chance you could to do a tutorial which shows how to structure a d'n'b track?

[@Lemur14]

Thanks a ton bro, I used what I learned from you to make a pretty sick dubstep loop, working on it right now. Sounds nastyyy

[@kothejunglist]

big ups on the tutorial...very very useful...tis was the first vid that taught me the basics of the Reese

[@ThePsihotic]

Dude im listening you on myspace your tunes are so damn rawr ! BIG UP !

[@gooeypixel721]

big ups. liking the arrangements, this helped me build a new drum patch thanks again, best reguards!

[@ThuggWood]

Damn your levels are on point. How the heck did you accomplish that in Reason? That's no easy task for me. Nice one mate.

[@superswanwick]

@oopo1 its actually called a reese bass because the producer that invented the bass went under the name of master reese/reese project.

[@skafabafa]

best Tut i seen so far, this is what most want and give it their own touch to it.

[@outdaboxinthtube]

bruva you are a bona fide bad boy!! that's the best tutorial Ive seen on you tube for dnb and i have watched loads trying to find a guy like you but in fruity loops lol not the best programme for dnb i know but i recon it Can BE done what say you Yoda!!!!!!!!!

[@MurdaHamMer]

nice one loki, nice tunes too, i was wonderin why this sounded so sick

[@neonblack88]

Holy shit dude best sounding reese I've heard from a youtube tutorial, thanks!

[@Magnifikate]

@RNzGa On reason, you program all your music and make it yourself. :) All from scratch, but there are a variety of presets/patches for each synthesizer, effect, or what is called a combinator, which is where you place instruments (1 or more) and add effects (1 or more) to create an entire instrument used on a single rack :) Great program, but very different from others.

[@mavamaarten]

Holy shiiiiiiiiit. I've never used reason because I find the interface extremely confusing, but props for making this, sounds insane!

[@Fuelove1]

great tuts, gonna subscribe. Can you explain a little or even do a tutorial on how you create your drum and bass beats/drums patterns?

[@Nikola808]

solid mate! craziest noise I have heard without hardware or granular sampling...i find it weird how the tutorials for Reese basses from 3+ years ago are better than most of the newer ones. I mean I suppose dubstep wobbles and deadmau5 style have made a big impact since 3 years ago (and crappy tutorials for them clogging up yourtube)...but the reese is still being used just as much today as it was 3 years ago

[@FrederikMeyer]

You deserve an award for making this tutorial! Thanks a million!!!! :D

[@0tto777]

@tom8008135 No one has replied to you unless I missed it. I know it's late but anyways. Basically you can decide whether you want a tight kick hitting around 100 Hz with a real Low sub bass (frequency will depend on your scale for each track) which is what is used for dnb so the bass comes out massively through a good sub. Or for most non electronic stuff the kicks low end is around 50 Hz and the bass sits above that. The two will always overlap to a certain extent but that's the basics :)

[@RyanPridgeon]

Also you can go Edit->Preferences and untick "Load default sound in new devices" so that it always starts fresh

[@newground777]

Awesome videos man. Thanks for taking the time to make these!

[@Mrmilkcarton]

I'm interested in learning where you got the Drum samples from, I can never find the right snare or kick I'm looking for.

[@inflamezz7]

yeah it helps allot! You have the most advanced tutorials in youtube :)

[@flyroscoefly]

Holy shit! You were definitely ahead of your time on this one. Awesome tune.

[@DanExert]

Literally going to give this a go tomorrow haha, percussion sounds tight man!

[@malotschino]

i´m never be able to create drumlines like this... a tutorial would save my life!!

[@nozlrecordingsuk]

Again man, sick. Good job and thanks for showing everyone.

[@ajy2k8]

i need some help cos i cant get mine to add the music and make a bar after i click on it and press ok.. can you help me please.. thankyou

[@dnbv150r]

OH MY GOSH! im producing dnb in reason 4 years ago, but this... O_M_F_G! u'are awesome man... truly. but one more question. where u got that compressed drums what ure used? i bought, and downloaded dozens of sounds, but i cant make anything that similiar to this. im subscribed, keep up the good work, and thank you again!

[@spacedot8829]

i didnt even know you could make reeses this amazing in reason holy crap

[@ParityDnB]

mate... so good... im gonna send you a version of the tune ive used your tips with... and your tunes are heavy, im a liquid dnb fan, but still find yours big mate... carry on the good work!

[@GMottaZn]

Excellent, congratulation!!!! It´s a great idea. Very beautiful loop ... I think that's another way to approach about the new concept to understand the groove plus sound's texture and/for rhythm's solutions .... Very good! 10x! 10x! 10x man!!!

[@jadedxfaded]

I actually do have a question but, it covers something different not gone over in its entirety but, it's still related. General Gain structure wise, where does your Lead Bass and Sub Bass sit at db wise in your mixer? I've come to a crossroad recently and I figured I'd ask someone who definitely knows what they're doing.

[@killoubangbang]

Why dont you use the inner filter of the thor and making variation on it via LFO or the Env Mod (it's better so it triggers when the note is played) ? Cheers

[@SwitchUpBroadcast]

im having a hard time with the automation, ie getting good movement. any tips on automation would help me a lot. thanks

[@tom8008135]

siiiiiiick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have 2 questions 1. Is the sub bass to give the bass overall warmth or to make sure that the lowest frequencies are being made use of or both or what? 2. My second question is related to the first possibly. I watched a music documentary one day and this dude was saying that the first decision he makes when he starts making a tune is whether the 'drums or the bass is going to sit at the bottom'. Does this make any sense to you? Should the drums...

[@lancejustlance4328]

I followed youre every step and it worked out well for me, thank u Loki1200!!!

[@ChristopherPisz]

I cannot reproduce this sound. My ear hears some kind of phase type sound going on. I thought it was the comb filter, but my settings are exactly what the video shows. There is also some kind of rise in the note on the second half of the bar, but my ear can't tell if it is the note or the automation. I wish loki showed the midi for this better. My attempt: ftp://ftp.christopherpisz.is-a geek.com/music/sounds/reason/Loki_Bass_Reese.zip Can someone help?

[@DeathcoreGandhi]

I'm new to Reason 4, can someone tell me the best (from experience) kit for making DnB beats?

[@urkomplex]

thx for fast answer, u are realy helpfull mate, hope u will make it to the top one day :) keep them rolling

[@allsoppy5]

when ever i open i synth i no longer get the intial patch :( what has happened?

[@tom8008135]

@tom8008135 [continued]... and the bass not sit at the same frequencies for some reason? What is the ideal lowest frequency? Should I stick to that frequency or is it all simpler than that i.e. just use my ears and do what sounds good? Thanks!

[@HauntaDubstep]

he goes so fast like this is nothing, but in our eyes this is fucking gold. x]

[@Luke-1984]

wicked vid mate,just wonderedhow you got the tune to stand out ie the notes at the end of the vid as when iv'e tried following the vid all the things in the rack drown out the actual bassline

[@urkomplex]

its great tutorial but when u slap in a thor synth...it have epic poly patch as its defult but u dont use that one, which to make it sound like this? thx alot

[@deathbyhippies]

miss you

[@DJDARKSTEPZ]

can someone tellme how to oad the thor synth with the initialized patch default, it always just opens first with the epic one and i dont wantthat thanks

[@Kickerdk]

Yep, I found out of it (: Thanks though. Also what I ment was the way the sound changed, but didnt notice you made small bars in Thor. At the small point where there are no "bars" in the Thor, i just recieve a "Empty Sound", and that doesnt sound good at all. hehe. Pretty hard for me to explain. But I did try to move the frequencies around, to cover up that "Hole". Didnt quite work. Thanks a bunch for helping out ;)

[@chameleonedm]

Ace tutorial mate, really shows how not so melodic mids and highs can sound super fat once you've got your sub in :D

[@sameoldsongam]

thanks for posting this tutorial! it's really helping me get started

[@pheaktor]

this is the thing I've been looking for, I was mostly interested in that growling effect could you post a screenshot of your redrum setup? the beat sounds so aggressive and at the same time powerfull and clean, not colliding with reese thanks man, really helpful stuff

[@guillom69]

ty for this tutorial!! Im also music producer (started half a year ago xD) Im new to Drum and Bass, and Im now exploring its universe. I really like the nasty, growly basses that it uses. Plus the breakbeat drumbeats that I love so much

[@guillom69]

Basically I don't understand anything xD What I understand about it that its a Modulator that changes the envelope, frequency etc of a sound. I just don't know how to create a sound that I want. Maybe its experience. Cause when I try to make a patch with Thor, Im just messing with things around. How should I do the base in Thor, of course depending on what I want to do? Ty

[@Way2Evil]

just for your info. Reason is a mac & win. program

[@superwassou]

id like to know wich reverb patch you add to the main bassline please?

[@chrome7713]

Awesome video!! I've learnt loads watching this! Thanks!!

[@spacedot8829]

nice tutorial :] im having trouble making the synths come out with out them coming out with too high a frequency that you can't hear the BASS synth though but i guess i need practice?

[@Kribby2k6]

fair play man, ive been struggling with my bassline as long as I can rmember. Good tut unfortunately I dont seem to be able to get anywhere close to this sound. Even with the basic sound at the start mine sounds a lot higher and ends up in a mess lol, not sure whats up with that :(

[@malkythealky]

damn i have to get me reason 4, still using 3.5 atm and got no thor :(. amazing reece man! got some pretty sick basses out of reason 3.5 but never tried to make this style, might see if i can come up with something similar nuff respect

[@FrederikMeyer]

can't you send a link to the patch? Mine sounds awfully wrong...

[@proveyouwrong02]

Hey, sorry I feel like an idiot, I'm sure if I copy your steps from the very beginning, the actual note that I start out with sounds different to the one you start out with. Yours seems to start out nice and warm and growly and mine starts out thinner, almost as if there's some distortion on it to begin with. I'm going to start again from scratch but if you can shed any light on on perhaps a parameter change with Thor near the very start thats hard to see, that would be great. Thankyou.

[@evgeny500]

hey loki, where can i get the prog? i had it before, but lost it

[@LeonPhythian69]

would be nice to see a drum tuition to go with the track ... like a kind of this is how you start idea!! loved it though tis always great to have new idea's from other Inventors! and mad Lab technicians lol! what programes do you use for youe mastering and finalizin?

[@vizinguzungu]

what patch you init or just right cklik on thon and init patch and i will there where you where????:-)....sorry for my bad english

[@Mastamind91]

ruude never liked using thor that much but this has made it look very handy

[@PASHKA92]

Hi Loki can you make a beat tutorial? like in your tracks!

[@SystemicStudio]

Here in 2022 and this is still awesome!

[@originalbunglist]

Hey back again, not related to this but i noticed your using reason 4 and I have a problem which wasnt on reason 3. Using combinator and 2 malstroms and want to record pitchbend then tweak it after, only problem is i cant get to the line graph thingy where it puts the recorded pitchbend, i can edit recorded automation everywhere else,just not pitchbend uinsg the combinator so Ive had to allocate a rotary knob for it, does this make sense and if so u got any ideas cos i'm lost on this! ? ;)

[@SparkyPaul]

fair play mate thats a beast of a bass line........ have you got any vids on liquid D N B ?

[@zeroin1991]

how can you load an empty patch into thor? or do you always have to start with a preset patch? and Can you upload this patch for thor?

[@SKUBmusic]

Very helpful and nice tutorial thanks !

[@metalzone2000]

thnx for posting this, even though I am not a Reason user(I use Renoise for linux and Lemur's Aspect for synth's), I am so adapting this for Reniose!

[@mudithead]

Nice tutorial man . I wanna ask , are you using midi for the sequencer ? I mean how are putting notes in the sequencer ?

[@SungazerDNB]

Lol, the end product is almost an exact replica of one of Noisia's reese basses ;D Nicely done! (I'm not saying you did it on purpose or that it's something bad)

[@ash26ist]

Loving the noise on the BASS