{"id":1312,"date":"2016-12-07T13:41:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T13:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2016-12-07T13:41:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T13:41:09","slug":"80s-synthwave-ddd-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/2016\/12\/07\/80s-synthwave-ddd-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"80s \/ Synthwave Bass with DDD & Bus"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sound of 80s pop<\/strong> never gets old, and it\u2019s actually seeing a revival today in the shape of the Synthwave genre. Today we\u2019re going to show you how to achieve that lush bass sound<\/strong> which many of the songs from back then and now are famous for. We\u2019ll start with a really basic bass line and then use the DDD \u2013 Dimension Chorus<\/a> plugin and the Bus<\/a> compressor plugin to give it that famous 80s sound.<\/p>\n

Going Back<\/h2>\n

The first thing we do is placing an instance of DDD \u2013 Dimension Chorus on the bass track<\/strong>, which is a stereo track. Setting the plugin up is a breeze as there\u2019s only a couple of controls. By flipping the left-sided switch from \u2018MONO\u2019 to \u2018STEREO\u2019 as well as choosing \u2018DIMENSION MODE 4\u2019 (which is straight stereo), we get a super wide bass tone in no time. The only thing else we need to do is to raise the \u2018GAIN\u2019 a bit. This will intensify the overall chorus effect in a subtle yet noticeable way<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The interface of DDD \u2013 Dimension Chorus<\/strong> should now look something like this: \"ddd-80s-synthwave-interface\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve already got a great bass sound now that definitely reminds us of the 80s \u2013 now it\u2019s time to give it a final treatment with some compression. Don\u2019t let the name of the Bus plugin fool you: of course, it\u2019s a great compressor for groups and sub groups but it can also sound great on individual tracks<\/strong>! The \u2018Solid State \u2013 4k\u2019 model i.e. the default mode is fine in our case. By turning up the \u2018SAT\u2019-knob we introduce some nice saturation. As for the actual compressor settings: a \u2018RATIO\u2019 of 3:1 will suffice (we aren\u2019t heading for an all too obvious effect), with a fairly long \u2018ATTACK\u2019 and shorter \u2018RELEASE\u2019. Finally, we lower the threshold (\u2018THR\u2019) until the vu-meter displays an average gain reduction of -5dB<\/strong>. The Bus plugin now gives our bass more consistency and also a tiny bit of grit thanks to the saturation.<\/p>\n

The interface of Bus<\/strong> should now look something like this: \"bus-80s-synthwave-interface\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Result<\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s do a before and after comparison. Here\u2019s the rather boring bass line on its own<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\nhttp:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DDD-Bus-80s-Synthwave-DRY.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

<\/p>\n

And this is how it sounds like <\/strong>with DDD \u2013 Dimension Chorus and Bus engaged<\/strong>:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DDD-Bus-80s-Synthwave.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

<\/p>\n

You can download the presets<\/strong> for DDD \u2013 Dimension Chorus and Bus here: ddd-and-bus-80s-synthwave-presets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sound of 80s pop never gets old, and it\u2019s actually seeing a revival today in the shape of the Synthwave genre. Today we\u2019re going to show you how to achieve that lush bass sound which many of the songs from back then and now are famous for. We\u2019ll start with a really basic bass…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[18,77,50,25,41,97,23,16],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1333,"href":"https:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions\/1333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sknoteaudio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}