Hey everyone, I have been producing some bass house recently with some intricate LFO patterns (lots of Serum) and I've got the writing and rhythm of my main bass lines completely written all the way through both parts of the chorus.
However I have hit a giant wall when it comes to properly layering my sub bass with my mid/high frequency sounds.
Where I'm stuck:
Since I have lots of different instances of Serum, should I be making my sub bass in yet another instance(s) of Serum and have it's volume modulated in the way that my main bass follows? My problem with experimenting with this is that when I have quick LFO modulation (1/8, 1/16) it sounds unnatural for the sub bass to follow such a pattern.
My OTHER problem with writing/processing my sub bass is that if I scrap the above idea and just have a steady, long note of sub bass it's sounds like a brick wall of sub that even when sidechained doesn't have enough movement.
To summarize:
How can I create natural sounding sub bass modulation without creating a LOT of different, new instances of Serum for each type of LFO pattern I'm using in my mid range bass?
How can I mix/process a lengthier sub bass-line to have more movement even after being side chained?
What are you techniques for writing sub bass for genres such as dubstep and basshouse??
Thank you producers ❤️
Submitted May 22, 2017 at 12:34PM by Wpg420 https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/6cnyqd/bass_house_sub_bass_questions/?utm_source=ifttt