Bassmaker’s hidden pages + a free 24‑band EQ
Tonight’s desk time: you’ve got Bassmaker open and you’ll find five settings you probably skip. Plus a free EQ that does Pultec‑style tricks and a Serum 2 lead patch that’ll glue a melodic techno drop together. Two solid freebies and some bassline brain‑food.
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▶ Bassmaker’s hidden pages: detection ranges, parallel balance, sub mute
A grab‑bag of less obvious Bassmaker tricks — sub detection settings that tighten the bottom end, the balance knob as a parallel dry/wet, and muting the original signal while keeping detection alive for creative layering.
◢ learn
▶ Serum 2: Massive lead, melodic techno (Massano/Innellea style)
A full patch walkthrough that builds a wide, moving lead using FM, phase distortion, dual LFOs and a chain of convolution reverb and pingpong delay — the result is that big‑room melodic techno sound.
▶ 13 bassline ideas: velocity accents, TB‑303 slides, exponential rhythm
A quickfire list of techniques that push beyond basic patterns — using velocity to shape filter, sequencing polyrhythms, and morphing between two bass sounds with a macro.
◢ free & gear
Takumi EQ: free 24‑band dynamic EQ with multiband saturation(free)
A zero‑cost parametric EQ with four phase modes, a Pultec‑style low‑end trick and a saturation section with five bands — surprisingly flexible for shaping kicks and bass.
◢ the word
▶ H.K.’s ‘First Summer’ breakdown: layered 909 claps, vinyl noise, pre‑shifted timing
A minimal house track deconstructed to show how layering a second 909 clap at lower volume, pre‑shifting samples and softening percussion with envelopes creates a loose, human groove.
🔮 Producer Horoscope (for fun) — That layered 909 clap you pre‑shifted? It’s going to make the hi‑hat sound jealous.
Now push faders.
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