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been listening to loads of wiley instrumentals these past few days and there's something distinct about his bass that i cant seem to replicate (dont want to bred but if i kno how he did it would motivate me to explore the sound a little more) it. im using fruity loops and can create a decent grime bass using 3xosc but not like wileys. any tips? also pls explain easily am a bit of a when it comes to fl

this might not be what youre looking for but ive got some good grime basses out of distorting kick drums

Some old skool garage/bassline packs have some nice warp basses that with the right ammount of tuning can come close to an eski bass, if I'm picturing the right sound.

oscs mixed with squares and lp filter envs with slow attack, slight distortion and a incy bit of verb to colo(u)r.

Two square waves, detuned very sightly against each other, quick attack, small delay, no sustain, medium release.

That's pretty much it I find, no filtering or effects needed. Post up what you're working on, I've been attempting some eski bits lately, not enough of it around IMO.

this is da eski bass thats been on my mind





safe for all the tips, gonna try it when i get home. and i aint really layed down anything solid so not gonna post up till im comfortable with it

bump. also having trouble creating it as 'wavey/slidey' as eskiboy does it eventho im using portamento

let me know how you get on, i love wileys beats!

Here's a breakdown of the methods I use, but there are plenty other effective methods!

Method 1 - Subtractive/Wavetable synth:
If you have a Wavetable synth, you can select and Organ wave (on the third oscillator preferably). I've got a crappy vocabulary, so I apologize. I'm talking about a synth like the ES2 in Logic.

Method 2 - Distortion:
If I want to put some grime or dirt I usually use a bitcrusher and or a multi-band distortion. I like Ohmicide, but I'm not good with it. Going to try out Izotope, as I like it's family of products.

Here's a thread on distortion plug-ins

HTH!

-T

Sykotic wrote:bump. also having trouble creating it as 'wavey/slidey' as eskiboy does it eventho im using portamento

That's the envelope mate, by creating like a build in the envelope shape and lowering it, it creates a sliding sort of effect, like maxed out portamento, reverb will help it gel even more

Dublicious wrote:

Sykotic wrote:bump. also having trouble creating it as 'wavey/slidey' as eskiboy does it eventho im using portamento

That's the envelope mate, by creating like a build in the envelope shape and lowering it, it creates a sliding sort of effect, like maxed out portamento, reverb will help it gel even more

He may also be looking for a glyder effect.

What synth or sampler are you using?

-T

Now, how do I make a bass like this? Any of those variations will do. I've tried different things with square waves but no luck so far...

The sound Wiley used is a patch from a Korg Triton called feedbacklead or something but there are similar presets in Massive for you to dissect, if you are struggling to work out the mechanics of the sound. They are based around slightly detuned squares and feedback to create the higher harmonics.

Pedro Sánchez wrote:The sound Wiley used is a patch from a Korg Triton called feedbacklead or something but there are similar presets in Massive for you to dissect, if you are struggling to work out the mechanics of the sound. They are based around slightly detuned squares and feedback to create the higher harmonics.

Thanks!

Pedro Sánchez wrote:The sound Wiley used is a patch from a Korg Triton called feedbacklead or something but there are similar presets in Massive for you to dissect, if you are struggling to work out the mechanics of the sound. They are based around slightly detuned squares and feedback to create the higher harmonics.

Thanks! Have to try that feedback thing.

square waves...

if you want this exact 'eski bass' patch, its on the korg triton called 'gliding squares'

also those distinctive drum sounds he uses in his songs such as 'ice rink' are from the emu mo phatt

Toric wrote:Here's a breakdown of the methods I use, but there are plenty other effective methods!...

I forgot about this dude.

Demos wrote:square waves...

if you want this exact 'eski bass' patch, its on the korg triton called 'gliding squares'

Yeah that's one,the feedbacklead patch was the switched lead.