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Yoyoyo. A sub (in this case a sine) is meant to sit in the same frequency range, right? So to do this, you would want to move notes that are going too low an octave up (and vice versa) - for example you might move a sine at C up an octave if the frequencies its hitting are too low to sound good. So the question is, which note would be the cut-off point?

Synkopate wrote:Yoyoyo. A sub (in this case a sine) is meant to sit in the same frequency range, right? So to do this, you would want to move notes that are going too low an octave up (and vice versa) - for example you might move a sine at C up an octave if the frequencies its hitting are too low to sound good. So the question is, which note would be the cut-off point?

Depends on your system.

People say D#0 is pushing it on the low end of the keyboard. You want a rumble that is just barely audible, but if you put your hand in front of the speaker you should feel the air being pushed. Sometimes if I am playing a bassline, if the bassline has some notes that are on the next octave, I might leave out the sub in that section. It adds to the feel. C0 might be too low. Id stick to D#0-D#1

Not 100% but didn't reso in his future music master class say club systems struggle to pick up subs below f2 or g2?May be wrong as i haven't watched it recently.

Going down to D# is going to make it sound like your bass is disappearing on a lot of systems. Even E1 is pushing it a little bit

lloydy wrote:Not 100% but didn't reso in his future music master class say club systems struggle to pick up subs below f2 or g2?May be wrong as i haven't watched it recently.

Yeah he said he makes his tunes in E F or G. E1 is about 41hz.

Yeah Reso defo said E, G and F. Also, we should leave octaves out as synths and DAWs can vary which octave is which. I presume that if you are posting, you would know which octave we are in regarding sub

yeah i also generally write in e or f, i just think it's rumblelicious!

http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreqs.html

going below d#1 is going to make the sub disappear unless your system is fucking beast.

bassinine wrote:http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreqs.html

going below d#1 is going to make the sub disappear unless your system is fucking beast.

I am not in front of my keyboard atm. Maybe i ment D#1

For sub bass, instead of side chaining the kick, try to draw in volume automation to go with the rhythm of your track. Just dont go overboard.

outdropt wrote:

bassinine wrote:http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreqs.html

going below d#1 is going to make the sub disappear unless your system is fucking beast.

I am not in front of my keyboard atm. Maybe i ment D#1

For sub bass, instead of side chaining the kick, try to draw in volume automation to go with the rhythm of your track. Just dont go overboard.

no, you're right actually. in ableton it says it's d#0 on the midi scroll, when technically it's d#1.