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Hi people, I've been trying to figure out how to make mid range, dark bass lines. Here are some examples:

http://youtu.be/SvY71jbPl0M
@0:27
http://youtu.be/4L4tdwiq4jo
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http://youtu.be/h9QzBaFiNYI
@0:01

How could I make this in massive, fm8, z3ta, or absynth. Is there any special technique to making these basses?

Thanks

There is more then enough tips to get these types of sounds in these threads. viewtopic.php?f=63&t=250521
viewtopic.php?f=63&t=278433

These all sound like horns to me. Try looking for horns.

^This

Sampled horns & strings & other orchestral stuff or synthesized equilevants playing chords. It sounds like there's a hi passed reese layered on the top in that Melamin track.

on that hi passed reese thing, my mate claimed the other day that was a good way to get that burial big rolling bass sound,
is that a good way to capture that, or the sort of sound in zomby-euphoria and tears in the rain
(sorry if that's derailing the thread)

Pretty sure in Archangel? he sampled the orignal Reese bass straight of the tune.

RKM wrote:on that hi passed reese thing, my mate claimed the other day that was a good way to get that burial big rolling bass sound

Hi pass = you take the low end off, leaving the mids/highs. I assume you mean lowpass aka taking high end off from the sound, because I haven't heard any Burial tunes with hi passed midrange basses.

But yea, if we talk about Archangel bass that's a reese of some sort, but I don't think it's just 2 saws detuned. Basically you get the reese-effect out of anything by layering two sounds with a slight difference in wavelength (pitch). The "reese bass" in Archangel sounds more like two copies of a same resampled string pad detuned and low passed.

Just sounds like this to me.