The Ultimate Guide to Psytrance Kick & Bass!

0:00 intro
0:55 Kick & bass examples
5:48 Deeper kick & bass analysis
9:24 Kick synthesis
19:24 Bass synthesis
28:41 Kick processing
30:20 Harmonics & phase shifts
35:50 Bass processing
37:50 The multiband approach
50:30 Other phase-shifting plugins
55:12 Processing problems & resampling
1:10:46 Determining groove with volume
1:14:03 Classical phase allignment
1:21:10 Subbass-less phase allignment
1:29:09 Wavetable basses
1:38:46 The wavetable bass dynamics problem
1:43:45 The long bass resample trick for melodies 1:49:32 Bass layering
1:54:19 Stereo processing the bass
2:05:35 Different bass grooves & patterns
2:10:59 The basics on bass melody
2:16:58 Different bassline sound design ideas
2:36:34 A quick word on analyzers & listening environments
2:39:47 Advanced kick synthesis
2:47:54 Using kick & bass in an actual production 3:02:56 Mixing kick & bass
3:13:09 Long term learning kick & bass
3:16:36 Outro

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