Help Needed: Creating a Heavy G-House Bass

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Help Needed: Creating a Heavy G-House Bass

Hey people,

I’ve been heavily influenced with the G-House movement and as a producer I’ve been having a hard time to construct a simple bass from the G-House genre. It has a deep and funky feel to it, but most of all, its really HEAVY!

Here are some of the examples im trying to point out -

  1. Shiba San - I like your booty

https://soundcloud.com/shibasan/shiba-san-i-like-your-booty-2

  1. Amine Edge and Dance - Came Around -

https://soundcloud.com/dancebeatmaker/amine-edge-dance-feat-ikaz

I’d really appreciate if someone could help me out with this bass, its been months and still having a hard time. I use both Massive and sylenth.

Thanks!

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Your problem is your trying to make one bass that does it all. Most things are layered so the main synth and the bass are 2 different synths. One is eq’ed above 150Hz. the sub bass 150hz and below.

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Thanks for the advice! You exactly pointed out my problem, which was focusing only on the bass. Can you give me more details on it though? like does it matter if the bass is a sine wave or a saw for a heavy feel? how can I give the main synth a stab feel to it?

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hey, So I had a go at making a G House track and this is what I came up with.

https://soundcloud.com/rablat/another-day-original-mix

For the bass I used 2 layers.

1st layer was a basic sine wave.
2nd Layer was a present, that is a saw tooth wave with a cutoff envelope on the filter. Also the amp envelope has a quite long release on it.

I hope this helped

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google “Foamo producer masterclass”

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well I use logic so its not operator, but you can defiantly make a similar sound using operator.

I also made this G House Track. Just finished it today actually.

https://soundcloud.com/rablat/buck-shots-original-mix

And for the bass I used I think 4 different layers.

1 - Sub Bass - Just A sine wave using sonic academy’s synth ANA
2- Mid Bass - Square wave with a cutoff envelope on it. Also I used so distortion to bring out some of the top end.
3,4 - Top Bass - These were just duplicates of the mid bass but pitched one and two octaves higher respectively.

Obviously all these bass’s were EQ’ed differently to the respective layers they were in. EX// Sub bass was eq’ed so that all the mid and high frequencies were removed.

Also with layers 3 and 4 I added some stereo width and used some delay on them to give the bass a wider feel.

Im only learning now to produce G House but I am pleased with the results im coming up with. And Im finding that the bass sound punch comes from the cuttoff envelope on the filter. Slow decay on the envelope. No sustain and some release.

I hope this helps.

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When you say a cut off envelope what does that mean? Is that just simply a short release?
Sorry if I sound silly I’m just completely new to producing.

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i came up with this in reference to the AE&D track you posted

https://soundcloud.com/johnnystress/johnny-stress-heartbreaker-original-mix