Kristie Addison

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A sneaky way to fake bass

I figured out how to make a passable bass sound. I just can’t find a bass synth I like anywhere you see. (yes I know, I could just use real bass – but it’s the principle of the thing now….) My friend Josh and I are going to make a sample based bass VSTi next year – but until then I have a solution. Playing low notes on MDA piano – then using a compressor like ME Compressor; Bring up the frequencies that sound most like a bass guitar, and scrap the ones that are excessively piano.

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