Psytrance style kick and bass

Just load some expansions for the kick and bass. You can always change the sample's properties to suit the style better.

Creating Psytrance kick and bass in standalone Maschine with onboard sounds and effects:

PSYTRANCE KICK

1. Start with Kick synth and create clean snappy kick

• Engine: Sub
• Short Decay: under 50
• Bend: 100
• Time: 0
• Attack: Thin & Amount 100%

2. Resample Kick by rendering to new audio sample (Normalize sample and trim)

3. Apply Modulation to resampled kick: Decay around 30-60ms and Pitch 100%

4. Resample to audio again (Normalize sample and trim) and re-apply the same pitch modulation from step 3

5. Resample kick again (Only Trim) and add Compressor and adjust to taste (for example otherwise default but: -40 Threshold, 85release, Gain -1.8)

6. Result should be very snappy psy style kick (further process with EQ etc to fit your song)

7. TIP: WHEN TRIMMING SAMPLE: Be careful to not trim too tight on the beginning of the audio wave, because Maschine softens the attack somehow if it's trimmed too close. (Bug?)

PSYTRANCE BASS

1. Start with Bass synth to create saw bass with tight envelope

• Shape: 70
• Oct: -2
• Cutoff: around 20hz
• Resonance: 0
• Mod amount: around 90%
• Decay: 38%
• Drive 42%

2. Add Compressor (default setting is already fine)

3. EQ to cut Excess boom around 120-160hz (DEPENDING from the Note you use) & EQ cut around 2khz of excess high-mids (depending from note)

4. use single note in Oct2 for the bass

5. Resample the bass note (Normalize sample and trim)

6. Adjust EQ / Filter for to fit the song etc

SEQUENCING PSYTRANCE KICK & BASS

1. Obviously kick every 1/4th Note

2. Bass 3x 1/16th notes after every Kick

3. Lower velocity of every first 1/16th bass (after every kick) to 80velocity and leave rest at default 100 velocity

4. Have the Bass at Polyphony 1 to prevent possible overlapping

5. (Keep further processing the kick and bass with EQ and other effects to fit your song (be creative))

I use the samples from the expansions for the kick and bass

Well samples can be quite sterile/static/ordinary/mediocre if you just drop them on the timeline like many do. My suggestion has always to be use a sampler, or sampler designed for drums like Battery.

This way you can add in Velocity, filters and envelope modulation to make them less stagnant. Plus there's the other types of features that samplers come standard with.

Moinsen, ist denn jetzt zu Terminen einer Veröffentlichung was gesagt worden?

99% of time I start with presets. I wobble the knobs and add things and routings.

I don't know if is relevant, but in any genere, I like to start with a sampled kick and than shape it other than transient shaper compressors etc, also to mess with the start and end point of the sample. great result without any processing, just keep in mind to avoid unwanted clips.

sometimes I like to maybe synthesise it but for that I more often use my external synths, as it more for enjoyment than necessity.