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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by SesG » Sat Apr 17, 2010 12:40 pm

Lol - I'm glad I did this, some of those answers are classic :lol:
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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by jaydot » Sat Apr 17, 2010 1:51 pm

Dubstep without the bassline is like dubstep youtube videos without the filth metaphors.
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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by WeedKeepa » Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:13 pm

jaydot wrote:Dubstep without the bassline is like dubstep youtube videos without the filth metaphors.
They make me cringe! Like 'URGHH I GOTTA TAKE A SHOWA IM FILTHEH!'

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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by jaydot » Sat Apr 17, 2010 3:28 pm

WeedKeepa wrote:
jaydot wrote:Dubstep without the bassline is like dubstep youtube videos without the filth metaphors.
They make me cringe! Like 'URGHH I GOTTA TAKE A SHOWA IM FILTHEH!'
I know. I mean the original ones are funny but the cliched ones are like, sooo shit,
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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by Kris-One » Sat Apr 17, 2010 5:15 pm

WeedKeepa wrote:It's like sandals WITHOUT socks!

hah!

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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by NRHc » Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:37 pm

Undrig wrote:That's like montreal seasoning without the fuckin steak bub!
Oh yes!Montreal Represent,but yeah good example you're right :P
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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by knell » Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:06 pm

is it too late for more similes?

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still sex, but strange, uncomfortable, and you're not gonna feel anything"

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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by Brisance » Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:02 pm

Pedro Sánchez wrote: just like 90% of todays so called "Dubstep" which is fucking subless wankage
Yeah, for example Coki... makes midrange cack, without any sub to justify, I've been noticing subless tracks more and more, is that the end of dubstep?

(I am pretty fucked up on stimulants now so I might not make sense)

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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by j_one » Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:37 pm

Brisance wrote:(I am pretty fucked up on stimulants now so I might not make sense)
Dubstep would be like this, but without the stimulants.

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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by Japanese Narco Girl » Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:28 pm

Brisance wrote:
Pedro Sánchez wrote: just like 90% of todays so called "Dubstep" which is fucking subless wankage
Yeah, for example Coki... makes midrange cack, without any sub to justify, I've been noticing subless tracks more and more, is that the end of dubstep?

(I am pretty fucked up on stimulants now so I might not make sense)


no sub?

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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by Brisance » Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:45 am

try goblin.

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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by Pedro Sánchez » Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:27 am

:lol: I was making a sarcastic sweeping statement that I knew was gonna rub up some backs, hence why it was in tiny font, I actually don't mind tunes without sub as long as it has something else going on in the bass apart from just LFO Rate/Cutoff+Bitcrush but still Sub>all other bass.
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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by BLAHBLAHJAH » Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:44 pm

Dubstep without bass is like a girl that's afraid of bum sex
(Uncommon and easily converted)

Just check some tunes with laptop speakers though... Gives some good insight into the world of EQ and mixing. Recently I've been cutting back on the actual sub tracks and trying to have bass as a property generated by the voices from the kick drums etc... Not the biggest fan o' hip hop, but can't help but be intruiged by the stylistic way they use big beefy bass stabs

Some tracks really suffer without bass though... Chainsaw calligraphy without subs is analogous to when superman got reduced to a wheelchair
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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by Japanese Narco Girl » Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:46 pm

Brisance wrote:try goblin.
first record i bought, massive tune

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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by nowaysj » Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:56 pm

It's like dsf without midrange cackie sound cloud sigs.

wait... is it?
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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by Brisance » Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:14 pm

Japanese Narco Girl wrote:
Brisance wrote:try goblin.
first record i bought, massive tune
And where the fuck is the sub on that one, you fanboy?






Cackstep is pointless.

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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by Japanese Narco Girl » Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:57 pm

Brisance wrote:
Japanese Narco Girl wrote:
Brisance wrote:try goblin.
first record i bought, massive tune
And where the fuck is the sub on that one, you fanboy?






Cackstep is pointless.
what are you even on about? i didnt say all coki tunes are based on subs did i
you look like a fool
coki has made plenty of good tunes and he has been doing it for time - if you dont like it fair enough but dont put it in your next little subgenre and call it pointless. fair enough there is a lot of copy cats but cokis innovation with his bass sounds and rhythms is impressive and if you dont appreciate then i pity you.

and there is nuff sub bass on goblin, it just isnt the main focus of the tune

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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by therapist » Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:48 am

DZA wrote:I hardly ever use sub bass :6:
As if your reputation as a trend-setter and a rebel couldn't get any bigger.

Yeah, some tracks will suck without bass and that's fine. But it's good if your songs don't rely on one element.

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Re: Dubstep without a bassline

Post by abZ » Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:11 am

Yeah I dunno I have done tunes where a subby kick serves as a bassline without technically being a bassline. My point is as long as there is enough low end to give the song balance who gives a fuck.

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