MUTATED BASS
Mutated Bass
After last month’s warped keys, we’ve set our pro sample providers the task of mutating their bass ends. Here’s what Robbie from Cyclick Samples has to say on his new pack…
“This collection was created with two basses, a heap of pedals and absolutely no intention of making clean bass tones.
“The Epiphone Ripper is a modern remake of the 70s big body classic and features a P-bass style neck pickup and a Jazz-style bridge pickup. For most of these samples the neck pickup was used.
“Where the Ripper focuses on the mids, the 1977 Musicman Stingray has loud and proud bass and treble, though I have the controls rolled to midway.
“The chain they were recorded through started with a Boss EQ and Korg compressor and ended with a Mutron III and Eventide Modfactor. What happened in between changed with each set. Once I had gnarly or mutant tones, the 70s bass lines were run through four virtual bass amps from UAD and Amplitube 5.
“Despite the heavy, effected tones the basslines are musically useful, as opposed to fiddly squealings or rumbles. Some are whole, heading into P-Funk territory, and for that I blame the Musitronics Mutron III…”