Harcore Music "Bass Boom": how do i achieve this?

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:14 am

ive been messing around with different things in adobe audition with my bands raw tracks but i cant seem to figure out how to get that real nice "bass boom" that most bands put right into the intro of their breakdowns.

if any of you know what i speak of and are knowledgeable at performing this feature could you please tell me how?

thanks,
zane

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:05 am

The bass boom/basshit/bassdrop/808 you speak of is simply either an 808 bassdrum or its a tone generator. In your case with Adobe Audition go to Generate->Tone, then in the first tab type in 80Hz, then in the second tab make the result 20Hz. Mess around with the total time, usually 1 second will do the trick. Insert the tone where you want it, and vuala...but be careful you can seriously fuck up your system if you have it too loud or mix it with added bass, so leave the Track EQ alone!!!
Good luck
Check out my bass drops in the band Earth Vs. The Spider http://myspace.com/earthvsthespider
-Ashton

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:12 pm

I use the waves rbass or maxxbass it adds subharmonics in the area without adding decibles so you get a deeper fuller sub without the loud clipping of just boosting the level.

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:12 pm

I use the waves rbass or maxxbass it adds subharmonics in the area without adding decibles so you get a deeper fuller sub without the loud clipping of just boosting the level.

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:48 pm

He's asking about an 808 sound (popularized by bands like As I Lay Dying, placed under a kick drum to add emphasis right before the "break down" aka where the guitarists play open note chugging) He's not asking how to add more bass to a track

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:34 pm

Here are some samples to play around with: Various subkicks / bass drops

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1.) Scroll down and select the "free" button from the right-hand of the three columns
2.) Wait the given amount of time (usually under a minute)
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:23 am

what as i lay dying song in particular??????

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:40 am

just about any of them, i can't name them off the top of my head because i'm not a particular fan of playing different versions of "paint it black" over and over again.....ill ask around though

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:42 am

you can hear it on the john legend song "alright" (off his first album) on the "and" of 3 used as a bass drop rather than a bass drum (which is usually the case in hip hop)

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:19 pm

Hi

I was just browsing the site until this issue caught my attention.

Well, first Zanejr needs to define "Bass Boom" a little more since you can regard it as a bass frequency shape that can be obtained with parametric equalizers and a multi-band compressor.

Needless to say, that a bass drum with the right tonal characteristics is necessary as a foundation.

Multoc, seems to believe that Zanejr is referring to a very low sine wave (808 kick drum made by Roland) and advises to play with a tone generator that outputs sound waves at 20 and up to 80 cycles.

Whatever the recording/mixing technique or choice of sounds you opt in here, Zanejr won't get that desired bass effect on his music until it is mastered by a professional mastering engineer.

Regards

Edward Vinatea
<a href="http://musicmasteringonline.com">audio cd mastering</a>Chief Mastering Engineer
MusicMasteringOnLine.com
New York City

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:30 pm

I think anyone familiar with "hardcore" and "breakdowns" would know exactly what Zanejr is talking about. Multoc is obviously familiar with the genre and the bass drop. You certainly DO NOT need a proffesional, experienced, expensive mastering engineer to make this work. I'm sure when Zane is good and ready he'll record in a professional studio and pay someone good money to do a good job translating of all of his audio fantasies into digital. Until then, there's nothing wrong with learning and experimenting and doing it for yourself.

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:42 pm

I found "xhardxcore bass boom" to be pretty explanatory. As multoc said, it's more of the 808 bass drop--a sine wave--than an altered kick drum.

The only true way to get this desired sound, zanejr, is to have licensed custodians clean the carpeting before your tracking sessions.

Kevin Osborn
Kellermeyer Building Services, LLC

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:48 pm

patrick_like_static wrote:

I found "xhardxcore bass boom" to be pretty explanatory. As multoc said, it's more of the 808 bass drop--a sine wave--than an altered kick drum.

The only true way to get this desired sound, zanejr, is to have licensed custodians clean the carpeting before your tracking sessions.

Kevin Osborn
Kellermeyer Building Services, LLC

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:35 am

Really! Cucco is the only one that makes sense at this point.

Edward Vinatea
Chief Mastering Engineer
MusicMasteringOnLine.com
New York City

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:59 am

Sorry Edward...I was actually laughing WITH PLS, not at him.

A "Bass Drop" is a pretty simple concept and Multoc and PLS are pretty much right on.

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