Electronic Music 411

05/16/08 + Jake

Hello, does anyone know what synth is responsible for that 80's twangy bass sound (ie Madonna's Like A Prayer etc).

If so, any good plugins that can emulate this?

Thanks!

edited: May 16 2008 + djugel

Just for synthpop's sake.

link

I saw this alone and blushed in denial because I kinda dance like that guy (around 1:20 and on)..... then later I showed this to a bandmate and right away he just says "Jugle he totally dances like you"...

yes it's a very gay song... so gay it doesn't even flaunt it. Daft Punk can take that killer intro and suck on it..

Recent blogs: Buffalo Stance, Wow. Hillary 08 !!, Animated Movies

05/16/08 + Roshi

djugel said: "Digital rules at being digital."

I'd buy that t shirt

Recent blogs: I heart Ondes Martenot, Summer Reading - The rest is noise, oogazer set

05/16/08 + AndrewBrewer

djugel said: "Just for synthpop's sake.

link

I saw this alone and blushed in denial because I kinda dance like that guy (around 1:20 and on)..... then later I showed this to a bandmate and right away he just says "Jugle he totally dances like you"...

yes it's a very gay song... so gay it doesn't even flaunt it. Daft Punk can take that killer intro and suck on it.."

i'm websensed here at work but the link looks like this points to the creatures, as in the 80's italo group? ... those italo peoples could dance their ass off ...

madonna. twang. fm bass. hmmm. i don't know. as much of an FM fan as I am, there is a gray area sometimes where I simply cannot tell. where you make an analogue sound fm-ish or you make fm sound analogue ... that indiscernible in-between -- THAT AND ONLY THAT is teh secret to classic dance-bass.

edited: May 16 2008 + djugel

Haha ,.. that's really funny. Totally agree. Like the whole "Low-fi/hi-fi vs. Hi-fi/low-fi".

and yes it's the Italo group.

Recent blogs: Buffalo Stance, Wow. Hillary 08 !!, Animated Movies

05/16/08 + jogn

oh shit i love that song, going to look for the album.

Recent blogs: Japan tokyo, kyoto, hokkaido

05/16/08 + astroid

i do the molly ringwald dance really well

link

Recent blogs: thank you, it WAS my birthday yesterday, wetf

05/16/08 + AndrewBrewer

OK this creatures track is a great example. I have no idea what the bass sound is exactly ... the 80's-ness is almost more the approach to the bass-line. pulsing and TOTALLY UNASHAMED. could crank something out like that with a fucking rompler and it would still sound hot. maybe?

OT, but i totally crank "maybe one day" when the boyfriend is out and no one can criticise!

05/16/08 + whitecar

Every pre-set bass tone in Reason.
One of these days I'm going to rock that crappy slap bass Seinfeld sound.

Recent blogs: My Yes T-shirt, My First Laptop- or-Mommy Wow, I'm a Big Kid Now, At war..with the the Alphabet

05/17/08 + Jake

Haha, great stuff! Seems like it's a little harder to achieve that sound then ;)

As for which plugin, VST/AU for PC or MAC would be great!

Thanks again!

05/17/08 + deltasleep

To make it with a subtractive synth, I reccomend setting an audio-frequency oscillator to modulate the filter. it's easiest to do with a minimoog/emulator. On the moog it's the 3rd osc and it'll follow the keyboard. Resonance would affect the level of fart, and cutoff would limit the brightness of fart. I'd say for this application, turn the fart down or have a little filter envelope do that.

Recent blogs: Great Way to Learn Mixing, Free MP3 Album release: Sound That Can Kill or Cure, Totally Awesome Stereo Score

07/01/08 + walt

Does any one have any ideas for how to make my bass guitar sound like Lately or Solid Bass?

07/01/08 + KidQuaalude

If you own a Nord Modular (Classic or G2) you can find 'lately bass' patches here : link

Compared the patch to 'solid bass' my DX100, sounds good. Lacks the background 'fizz' that the DX100 generates tho, sounds a bit cleaner.

Recent blogs: amazing rolo on 'dragons den', its nice to share, backup drive woes

07/31/08 + Analog

My favourite 80s bass sound is the "Slap bass through a heavy chorus" a la Gary Newman.
Makes me want to puke on myself.

Recent blogs: Analogue Recording, Short Story published, Daniel Johnston!

07/31/08 + modman

casio cz 1000 might do it