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I really like the bass sound in this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kwF4utK ... re=related and it sounds like a technique I am noticing more and more, where the rhythm of the bassline isn't made up of an LFO, but from the actual rhythm it was played in. However I really like the way this bass sounds, but I'm having trouble identifying how to get something similar.

I'm working with the ES2 in Logic, trying to play with attaching a slower attack to certain things, and I'm just not getting it. Thanks a bunch in advance...

Just use an ADSR envelope instead of an LFO

The normal sub is just slight portamento. The wobbly sub bit is a (tempo synced) lfo to pitch (set so it drops to an exact notes freq) on the same patch Imo. Could be done with modwheel as well but I think its too smooth.

Sounds like individual notes to me rather than a wobble for most of it. The synth has an lfo attached but they're only playing individual notes still, then in some parts they speed the lfo up and let the notes ring out longer if that makes sense. For future reference though just because the wobble isn't being created by automation of the fiter freq doesn't mean that it isn't an lfo you can attach lfos to all sorts of things to create unique effects.

i didn't listen to the sound in question, but another idea is to attach an lfo, but leave it unsynced and deselect restart (sorry i'm talking massive here) so that it just keeps on doing its lfo thing without starting from the beginning every time you play a note. now, if you write a catchy rhythm with midi, you'll get all kinds of sounds as the notes catch the lfo at different intervals. my favourite technique.

Vibration, detune, key tracked wobble