Bass & Subs · Session 05

FAT Bass

10 min · Mono · No patch cable needed

 

Three complete bass patches, built one after another from scratch.

A wide layered bass with a slow filter sweep, a plucky disco bass built on a fifth interval, and a simple reese with glide. Along the way: why two saw waves often stack up too bright and a square works better, how to hunt down an unwanted wobble in the oscillators rather than blaming the filter, and how decay and sustain together decide how plucky a bass actually feels.

In this session

Waveform pairingDetune & pullingFifth-interval tuningPlucky envelope shapingDistortion + emphasisReese bass with glide

Tip: Hearing a slow “wow” in a layered bass? Check the oscillator ranges before touching the filter — beating between layers is the usual culprit, and dropping one an octave fixes it.

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