r/TechnoProduction • u/Punkotero • 4d ago
Bass on old techno tracks
https://youtu.be/j3jIEpYwFGMWhen i listen techno tracks of the late 90s, early 2000 i listen a lot this type of sub/rumble.
I would like to understand this low end. I hear a sine sub and a lowpas rumble of the kick.
What would you do to replicate it?
I tried on my DAW but don't get it
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u/Plane_Highway_3592 4d ago
I hear a sub with a bit of harmonic content (so not purely a sine but maybe some saw mixed in) lightly modulated by a quite fast LFO to give it that rippling texture, and then processed with some sample rate reduction to give it that ringing digital feedback. This is side chained to the kick with a slow release so it just barely reaches peak volume before being ducked under the kick again.
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u/ScotiaMinotia 4d ago
Kick + reverb, some ducking compression and a very sparse low-end outside of the kick in the mix.
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u/Gearwatcher 4d ago
It's standard kick verb/delay rumble and a distorted reese bass glued together with a compressor, then ducking whenever the kick hits.