kanye is my fav of all time

but ive realized there isn't much "kanye" in the music i make

all about sampling bro

surprisingly, there's a lot of sampling in my mixtape despite never wanting to sample anymore

s*** is so fun, i record whatever i want and just chop and play bro

that just takes time and it comes down to just the style of music you make. But you can download drum kits for free at r/Drumkits or ask some of the guys in here to send you some kits to get started.

Anyone cop that new keyon Christ kit?

how do I come up with bass lines and s*** to bring the sample more color like Ye does?

What’s the cheapest but quality interface, mic and studio speakers? I want to do more singing than rapping if that helps.

LOOK WHAT I JUST GOT

What’s your budget?

Savin up for that Shure SM7B

My voice is a lil higher pitched and I heard it's good for capturing those types of voices

Let’s do $100+ obviously my first songs will suck but I need something that can help keep track of my singing and s***.

Check this vid out, should help you out

that is what i want to know too bro, i have everything else but bass lines, i know it’s better to have bass lines that follow the samples key notes

another synth added to the collection of gear that i dont really use at all

I don’t really see good youtube tuts neither. Might have to really learn bass and learn how to jam by ear or some s***.

Im steadily working on them as well.

My biggest issue I think was just not spending enough time really dissecting the bass line in a song.
Or even knowing the bass line I wanted.

I listened to a zhu album recently and it helped me out a bit along the route of accomplishing the style im trying to.

That and I got a few good presets for serum.
In term of learning bass I've just been on and off playing with drum loops while playing the bass in a certain key.

But it's definitely a journey.

You got an example song?

Bound 2 is a good example. Bass synth if not mistaken

you asking how to make the bass sound or a bassline. cause for bound 2, rick rubin literally just kept it two notes i think

add distortion to get it to sound like that

Yeah basslines. Wtf music can be that simple? Rick Rubin composes?!

yes, rick rubin composes. he has a whole history producing for some of the best artists.

And yeah music is really simple at times.

“ So we started by getting the sample to work in the song, and then taking out as much stuff as we could, and then in the chorus reducing what was this whole musical thing, just this sort of one ugly, distorted bass note.”

Also for basslines it generally depends. If I already have my chords laid out then I just make the bass follow the root note of chord with some minor note variations here and there to mix it up.

If I don’t have any chords and i start with a bass then I just play with my push 2, find a cool rhythm then modify the midi notes to see what I can add or remove

If you’re sampling a song then use your ear. You can do a low pass on the sample to just keep the bass and find the bass line like that