What iPhone app (if any) gives really great bass?

Will

Don't forget to leave lots of room in your mix for the bass; to whatever extent is reasonable, roll off the low frequencies of everything else with EQ, preferably a shelving type high pass.

Audiojunkie

Great tips guys!!

Audiojunkie

About the layering? How well would the following work: A regular bass sound, layered with another bass layer (using a sub oscillator using a sine wave at a low frequency played a couple of octaves below the regular bass) to deepen the bass sound. Would this work? If this is something that works, what might I do to further improve the sound? EQ the frequencies of the two layers so they don't overlap? Compression and gain?

Will

think it totally depends on what you're trying to do and what you're using as source layers and why.

The Eden method I barfed out earlier is doing essentially what you're asking about. One regular bass sound (OSC 1) and one sub/sine wave (OSC 2). The Aux envelope acts as a blend control.

[Deleted User]

Fx-wise, surely would be interesting to experiment with stereofield, mid/side (reverb), equing simultaneously played sources (simply with midi omni).

NTKK

In Seskbeats - find a kick you like - find another kick or tom - roll off the attack and adjust till it fits the beat. You can make a deep sub from just a 808 sample this way. Add reverb and other efx if you want more craziness.

NTKK

Very nice Bass topic by the way.

1nsomniak

iKaossilator has a handful of nice basses, Ive made some DnB tracks with it. For processing, Final Touch has good features including multiband compression.

setAI

Dublin in Gadget >mic drop<

Will

@setAI said:
Dublin in Gadget >mic drop<

Hey, you dropped your mic on my iPhone (which doesn't run gadget).

AudioGus

hehe, I was trying to think of a good one. That works.

@syrupcore said:

@setAI said:
Dublin in Gadget >mic drop<

Hey, you dropped your mic on my iPhone (which doesn't run gadget).

mrufino1

This is on iPad, isem specifically, so I don't know if it will help the iPhone question (I haven't heard it in a while, I forgot that I did it!), But if you do want to hear it, here it is:

KING

@AudioGus said:
hehe, I was trying to think of a good one. That works.

@syrupcore said:

@setAI said:
Dublin in Gadget >mic drop<

Hey, you dropped your mic on my iPhone (which doesn't run gadget).

Nah, the best one is Gadget doesn't have a preset in Dublin called mic drop.. ::p

[Deleted User]

Cyclop has extra sub bass, Poseidon can go low down too with the built in EQ effect. Mind your ears ladies.

Audiojunkie

@1nsomniak said:
iKaossilator has a handful of nice basses, Ive made some DnB tracks with it. For processing, Final Touch has good features including multiband compression.

I've been wondering about iKaossilator as a synth. Maybe there will be some sales on it sometime....

Audiojunkie

@NTKK said:
Very nice Bass topic by the way.

It's definitely something I'm interested in and I am learning a lot from everyone!! :-)

Audiojunkie

@NTKK said:
In Seskbeats - find a kick you like - find another kick or tom - roll off the attack and adjust till it fits the beat. You can make a deep sub from just a 808 sample this way. Add reverb and other efx if you want more craziness.

I'll have to experiment with this--I just picked Seekbeats up in a sale.

Audiojunkie

@syrupcore said:
think it totally depends on what you're trying to do and what you're using as source layers and why.

The Eden method I barfed out earlier is doing essentially what you're asking about. One regular bass sound (OSC 1) and one sub/sine wave (OSC 2). The Aux envelope acts as a blend control.

Cool! Thanks!

Audiojunkie

@syrupcore said:
Don't forget to leave lots of room in your mix for the bass; to whatever extent is reasonable, roll off the low frequencies of everything else with EQ, preferably a shelving type high pass.

Excellent tip!! Thanks!!

Audiojunkie

@mrufino1 said:
This is on iPad, isem specifically, so I Stuby know if it will help the iPhone question (I haven't heard it in a while, I forgot that I did it!), But if you do want to hear it, here it is:

I found it very informative!! Thanks!!

mrufino1

You're welcome, glad it was helpful. That was before I was able to shoot video. Isem sounds great for synth bass though.

Telstar5

Cyclop!!!!

audiblevideo

@mrufino1 You rock! I encourage everyone to do the same - tutorials via video or audio. Devs feel free to do the same. In a new ecosphere, especially in a new paradigm of touch and limited menu-ing, offered by the iPad/iPhone, there needs to be a use case example of how an "instrument" can be or could be optimally played.

I often find that muddling through can lead to confusion, and a disgruntled feeling towards the developer and the app that might be better served by circumventing the TL;DR manual(s).

PS Happy Turkey day, and in all seriousness thank you all, devs and users, for making iOS a viable and vibrant music making place.

Brain

EDIT: oops, just realized you were asking about IPHONE apps, which I don't use... sorry for the tangent!

I'll say that I wish there was an iPhone-only version of this Audiobus group. I'd love to know there is a good chance that most all of what I read there might potentially have a benefit.

And no, an iPad is not in the cards for me (unless it's a Xmas gift, and whomever had better get some specs from me beforehand - I don't want surprises, I want the right gadget).

Audiojunkie

@Telstar5 said:
Cyclop!!!!

I would be so excited if Cyclop really were on the iPhone...... :-( Thanks though!!!

Brain

See what I mean? ;-)

KING

@Brain said:
See what I mean? ;-)

Hehe.. Nicely timed!