Umek 'Slap' Bass - how to?

[prussell]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As9u42H3CdA

i still play that one on occasion...total jam.

[XIII NRV]

Great track !

I'd say a hoover portamentoish to a higher octave...dunno if that makes

sense

[Minimal Samples]

well this goes little offtopic but omg how shite is umek nowdays..

comparing these for example

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lbEN7mBdwA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXuOOh09Fp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A689btel3VA

Indeed, UMEK was better at the harder stuff IMHO. But I still like his stuff as Zeta Reticula best. I really find it hard to better this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N4itDQ5gNs

[workistorture]

wow..just discovered Brotax through you guys...fucking tune!


We seriously need a good mnml history thread or something started! I'd love to listen to more/get to know more about the great music of old!

[loopdon]

That stuff was more minimal than most stuff today is.

I was thinking yesterday that while i like lots of stuff for the production values i reckon i felt tracks like 'Lanicor' etc more?



tis all good i reckon ...

[loopdon]

I would love top get some pointers on how this bass is made?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8hIWihMZ2c

I have looked at in a spectrogramm (made with audacity),
it looks like chords (?) immediately bending upwards. Or rather some kind of arpeggio?

This is the spectrogram picture taken from audacity:



Any additional pointers on the production are very welcome as well.

Thanks!

Saw wave, filtered with a fairly neutral resonance (Q=0.7 or so) at maybe 2-300Hz or so, with a linear ascending pitch envelope. Stick an envelope on the filter frequency too so it goes up at the same rate as the pitch. It's a really simple bass; don't overdo it with fx.

And it's just one note; the "chord" pattern on the spectogram is just its harmonics.

Thanks, must have overread this post!

[loopdon]

[dubgil]

well this goes little offtopic but omg how shite is umek nowdays..

comparing these for example

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lbEN7mBdwA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXuOOh09Fp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A689btel3VA

I hope I'm understanding this post correctly, are saying the 3 examples are not shite, compared to the original posters link, correct? As I find these 3 examples to be great, but the Slap bass thing is stupid...

sorry for the need of a clarification...