Maschine real low Subbasslines [Tips]

LXNDR_BE
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If you have a nice Bassline with a frequency above your Kick you can add realy deep Subbasslines with a simple Sinewave and the build in Maschine Basssynth.
I use this in my Technoprojects mostly.

F.e. you play in the key of E
A bassline in the key of E2 would be around 82Hz, most of the time this is also the Frequency where your Kick is at, so you use an EQ to make place for these two elements.
To compensate the nice low vibe of the bassline, simply copy your bassline, transpose it to E1 (+-40Hz) use a simple Sinewave in the Basssynth and set a lowpass in your EQ to leave space for the Kick and the mainbassline at 80Hz.
If you want to go even lower, tune your Subbass according to your scale of the project. Maybe try a D or an F if you are in the Major Scale.
With this method you could even go down to a G0 (+- 24 Hz) depending on your scale and if it fits within your track.

Same method can be used to give your Kick a nice low tail.
In techno, we have 4-on-the-floor, so the Kick always is on the first beat.
Add a basssynth with a simple Sinewave tuned to the Kick and set it on the second beat. Play with saturation/maximiser and EQ to leave place for the kick or even ad a short delay on this bassline.

You could even group those instruments and add some kind of Monomaker to it, f.e. the A1AUDIO Stereocontrol (Free) wich lets you set the Frequency under wich this group is mono.



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