A couple of weeks ago while heading to Wal-Mart, I was listening to Trappy Instrumentals in Google Play Music app (a station with selections of music tracks generated randomly) and I found myself listening to a song called "Pearls" by "Deon Custom" and the bass instrument piqued my interest. You can listen to it here in YouTube;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJagmuMlMA4
Once I got back home, I found a song in Google Play Music and decided to record a subset of the song with a bassline into Audacity and filter out the mid-high frequencies to focus in synth bass. Of course, it would be hard to extract only the bass instrument due to frequency overlap, but I did it anyway. This is where I can examine the waveform for the bassline, but with less accuracy.
So I tried to replicate that in ZynAddSubFX, but to a varying success. I then used a square and saw wave to try and brighten it up and decided to add a chorus effect with frequency set to 0.
My experiment is not an exact replica, but it is close, so here's my result:
The reason why I call it "80s" is because I thought the bassline I hear from the song sounded like 80s to me other than the drums.
Try it out, listen to "Pearls" by Deon Custom for comparison, and please let me know what you think.
Update: I made an improved version, this time simplified and I am beginning to know how I can adjust the oscillator and get the adjustment where I want it. Plus, I've added some additional waveforms to brighten it up -- perhaps not quite.
Here you go:
I've shaped the waveform according to what I saw in Audacity:
Updated: Renamed "1" to "Patches" in subject line.
ZynAddSubFX: 80s Subsynth Bass Patches
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Re: ZynAddSubFX: 80s Subsynth Bass 1
cool! you should throw this on https://musical-artifacts.com/
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Thanks. I've made some improvements. See my first post.
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Re: ZynAddSubFX: 80s Subsynth Bass Patches
New patch for ZynAddSubFX!
I listened to the bassline from the song called "Streets of Gold" from the movie "Oliver and Company."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_hFR54R19U
And I made a patch for it. Again, I recorded a snippet of the bassline, tried to strip out mid and high frequencies, and sculpted the first waveform for the oscillator and sculpted the second oscillator a little differently. Then for the third oscillator I gave it a square waveform.
Download my patch, load it into ZynAddSubFX as an instrument, and play with it Please give me feedback on how I did. Listen to the song that I linked to YouTube and compare with my created patch.
And yes, this reminds me: I did post a thread about wanting that 80s synth bass patch, but at least I figured out in my own.
viewtopic.php?f=48&t=13641&p=60378&hili ... ass#p60378
I listened to the bassline from the song called "Streets of Gold" from the movie "Oliver and Company."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_hFR54R19U
And I made a patch for it. Again, I recorded a snippet of the bassline, tried to strip out mid and high frequencies, and sculpted the first waveform for the oscillator and sculpted the second oscillator a little differently. Then for the third oscillator I gave it a square waveform.
Download my patch, load it into ZynAddSubFX as an instrument, and play with it Please give me feedback on how I did. Listen to the song that I linked to YouTube and compare with my created patch.
And yes, this reminds me: I did post a thread about wanting that 80s synth bass patch, but at least I figured out in my own.
viewtopic.php?f=48&t=13641&p=60378&hili ... ass#p60378
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Re: ZynAddSubFX: 80s Subsynth Bass Patches
Just loaded the patch. This reminds me of a JUNO-106 patch I used to use, before I sold it. Thank you for the memories!
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Re: ZynAddSubFX: 80s Subsynth Bass Patches
Quite a nice sound, although you've called it SubSynth, but it's actually AddSynth!
I recommend adding some info in the Type, copyright and comment's field.
Personally, I always like to know who produced something I'm using - so I can acknowledge them when I'm rich and famous
Also, in the amplitude envelope I suggest reducing the sustain to zero, and increasing the decay time.
I recommend adding some info in the Type, copyright and comment's field.
Personally, I always like to know who produced something I'm using - so I can acknowledge them when I'm rich and famous
Also, in the amplitude envelope I suggest reducing the sustain to zero, and increasing the decay time.
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Re: ZynAddSubFX: 80s Subsynth Bass Patches
If not "subsynth," then "subbass" perhaps? I don't mean "subtractive synth," but more of a thick synth bass. Well, I call it the way I want to call it just for heck of it.folderol wrote:Quite a nice sound, although you've called it SubSynth, but it's actually AddSynth!
I recommend adding some info in the Type, copyright and comment's field.
Personally, I always like to know who produced something I'm using - so I can acknowledge them when I'm rich and famous
Also, in the amplitude envelope I suggest reducing the sustain to zero, and increasing the decay time.
Thanks. Will re-upload the patches with my name in it.
As for amplitude envelope, I suppose anyone can do that. I see no need to duplicate two patches with a sustained sound and a decayed sound--unless a +10-second decay might suffice...
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Re: ZynAddSubFX: 80s Subsynth Bass Patches
I wish I could hear only the bass factory patches in Juno 106.I'm really into 80s synth-pop music.loxstep wrote:Just loaded the patch. This reminds me of a JUNO-106 patch I used to use, before I sold it. Thank you for the memories!
Thanks for your comment.
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Re: ZynAddSubFX: 80s Subsynth Bass Patches
If you ever get your hands on one, I recommend trying it out in monophonic mode. One peculiar thing about that keyboard was, despite being analog, it wasn't very good at those warm / thick sounds we associate with analog synths. They made up for it in two ways: a chorus effect, and a monophonic mode that used all six voices in unison. The monophonic mode is where you got the best bass sounds.GraysonPeddie wrote: I wish I could hear only the bass factory patches in Juno 106.I'm really into 80s synth-pop music.
This guy does a good demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xptrvtTWQ9k
I regret selling my Juno, and I would love to create some patches for ZynAddSubFX that mimic its patches.