A Beginner's Guide to Jungle Bass

Описание: A beginner’s guide to jungle bass. I kick off with a little context, then cover how to make some foundational jungle bass sounds with Serum.

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Chapter markers:

00:00 Intro

00:28 Chapter 1: The roots of jungle bass

02:14 Chapter 2: Basic waveforms

07:29 Chapter 3: 808 bass drums

11:27 Chapter 4: Reese bass

15:10 Chapter 5: Dred bass

18:01 Chapter 6: Wobble bass

Serum Patches:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zoke...


Tunes mentioned:

Barbie Gaye - My Boy Lollypop
   • 1st RECORDING OF: My Boy Lollipop - Barbie...  

Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop
   • Видео  

The Maytals - Do The Reggay
   • The Maytals-Do The Reggay  

Ansel Collins - Stalag 17
   • Ansel Collins - Stalag 17  

Reggie Stepper - Drum Pan Sound
   • Reggie Stepper - Drum Pan Sound  

Aswad - Warrior Charge
   • Aswad ‎- Warrior Charge  

2 Live Crew - Ghetto Bass
   • Видео  

Dynamix II - Just Give The DJ A Break (12” Club Version)
   • Dynamix II - Just give the D.J. a break (1...  

Unique 3 - The Theme
   • Unique 3 - The Theme  

Ability II - Pressure Dub
   • Ability II - Pressure Dub [HQ]  

LFO - LFO (The Leeds Warehouse Mix)
   • LFO - LFO (Leeds warehouse mix)  

Nightmares on Wax - Aftermath (Original Mix)
   • Nightmares On Wax - Aftermath (Original Mix)  

Rebel MC Feat. Tenor Fly & Barrington Levy - Tribal Base (Foundation Mix)
   • Видео  

Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Acen In Wonderland)
   • Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Acen In W...  

Altern8 - Hypnotic St-8 (Higher St-8 Mix)
   • Altern8 - Hypnotic St8 (Higher St8 Mix) (HQ)  

Nookie - Give A Little Love
   • Nookie - Give A Little Love (Original 92 Mix)  

Origin Unknown - Valley of the Shadows
   • Origin Unknown - Valley Of The Shadows ᴴᴰ  

Lennie De Ice - We Are I.E.
   • We Are I.E. - Lennie De Ice  

SL2 - Way In My Brain
   • Way In My Brain (Original Remastered)  

Awesome 3 - Headstrong
   • Headstrong  

Urban Shakedown - Some Justice (Original Mix)
   • Urban Shakedown - Some Justice  

Foul Play - Finest Illusion
   • Foul Play - Finest Illusion (Original Mix)  

LTJ Bukem - Music
   • LTJ BUKEM "MUSIC" (1993) GLR004  

The Invisible Man - The Beginning
   • The Invisible Man- The Beginning  

DJ Mayhem - Inesse (Ray Keith Remix)
   • DJ Mayhem - Inesse (Ray Keith Remix)  

Shy FX - This Style
   • This Style  

MA3 - Those DJs
   • MA3 - Those DJ's  

Renegade - Terrorist
   • Renegade - Terrorist  

Reese - Just Want Another Chance (A3)
   • Reese - Just Want Another Chance (A3)  

DJ SS - Black
   • DJ SS   Black 1995  

Remarc - R.I.P. (DJ Hype Remix)
   • R.I.P. (DJ Hype Remix)  

Trace & Nico - Amtrack
   • Amtrack  

Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce - Cutslo (Lokuste Mix)
   • Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce - Cutslo (Lokust...  

Dead Dred - Dred Bass
   • Dead Dred - Dred Bass  

Hyper On Experience - Lord Of The Null Lines (Foul Play feat Randall Remix)
   • A2. Hyper On Experience - Lord Of The Null...  

Bay B Kane - Jungle Warriors
   • Jungle Warriors - Bay B Kane  

Double 99 - Ripgroove (Original Mix)
   • Double 99 - Ripgroove (Original Mix) [Sate...  

Bizzy B & Marvellous Cain feat. Tempo O'Neil - Everyday Junglist
   • MARVELLOUS CAIN & BIZZY BEE - EVERYDAY JUN...  

Shimon & Andy C - Quest
   • Shimon & Andy C - Quest  

DJ Hype - The Trooper
   • The Trooper  


Software and soundware mentioned:

Ableton Live
https://www.ableton.com/en/trial/

Xfer Records Serum
https://xferrecords.com/products/serum/

Nick Minieri - Akai S950 Test Tone (Free Sample Pack Download)
  / akai-s950-test-tone-free-sample-pack-download  

Voxengo SPAN (It's free!)
https://www.voxengo.com/product/span/

Goldbaby - tape808
https://www.goldbaby.co.nz/tape808.html

Samples From Mars - 808 From Mars
https://samplesfrommars.com/products/...

SoundToys Decapitator
https://www.soundtoys.com/product/dec...

XLN Audio RC-20 Retro Color
https://www.xlnaudio.com/products/add...

FabFilter Pro-Q 3
https://www.fabfilter.com/products/pr...


Further reading and viewing:

Kevin Saunderson on the Reese bass, synths, software and a life in techno
https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/...

Stranjah - Recreating Locust Reese By Ed Rush & Optical For 2020
   • RECREATING LOCUST REESE BY ED RUSH & OPTIC...  

Fanu - Create a healthy sub bass with Serum (fix the Reese bass / two-oscillator sub bass drift problem)
   • Create a healthy sub bass with Serum (fix ...  

Bizzy B - How To Make A F$%^ing phat Everyday Junglist Bass
   • HOW TO MAKE A F$%^ing phat EVERYDAY JUNGLI...  


Jungle photo by Karl Anderson on Unsplash:
https://unsplash.com/@karlkiwi90