SUB BASS Secrets in Native Instruments MASSIVE

Posted on 4th January, by Steve Foulds in Tutorials for Massive, Video. 10 Comments

Sub bass is one of the most elusive and critical parts of electronic and digital music production, although tricky at first, there are some very basic rules, that is followed, will help you get the sound you want every time and NI Massive makes it easy.

This helpful video tutorial will show you how to go about creating sub bass quickly and easily in Massive and you will probably end up coming back to this simple technique time and time again for years to come. Who knew adding serious low end and depth to your songs could be this easy!

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10 Responses to “SUB BASS Secrets in Native Instruments MASSIVE”

dopemcee says:

January 4, 2011 at 2:09 pm

ummm..im sort of disappointed i didnt hear the "vespers…vespers veeeeeeeesssssssppppppeeeers" intro..

i feel cheated…

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DJVespers says:

January 4, 2011 at 3:17 pm

@FinalFragment Nice work mate. Cheers!

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DJVespers says:

January 4, 2011 at 4:25 pm

@Extremequip4u Nice tips. Thanks mate!

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DJVespers says:

January 4, 2011 at 5:33 pm

@sammypotato You’re welcome. Thanks for watching!

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DJVespers says:

January 4, 2011 at 6:41 pm

@riskzerobeatz Totally.

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DJVespers says:

January 4, 2011 at 7:49 pm

@neo36uk Yeah, sometimes simple is better. Cheers!

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FinalFragment says:

January 4, 2011 at 8:57 pm

@FinalFragment I figured out a way to get close to what I was looking for now. I used the 1 Env with a rather high decay and no level, then it sweeps from the pitch settings down to the sub freq.

Thanks for the tut

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sammypotato says:

January 4, 2011 at 10:05 pm

you are a helpful fellow. cheers

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riskzerobeatz says:

January 4, 2011 at 11:13 pm

Good tutorial. Sub base is just a modulated sinewave nothing too fancy.

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KillTheFiasco says:

January 5, 2011 at 12:21 am

thanks man , synthesized kicks..
Is it only used to layer sampled kicks or can it be used to make your own kick like in logic?

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