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02-10-2010, 10:00 AM
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Me and some friends are going to do a cover of Tik Tok for a talent show for the hell of it. and I was wondering what kind of effect I should use for the bass in it. because I never use effects and I don't even know the variety of them. thanks. |
02-10-2010, 10:24 AM
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There's no bass line per se, so you can do whatever you want. Basically you could either just make up a line that compliments the vox, or you could play only during the chorus, which has a "bassy" synth line. If you go the second route, there are various synth pedals, so search on "synth". The quick'n'dirty method is just use a bright-sounding fuzz pedal. |
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02-10-2010, 10:26 AM
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02-10-2010, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by MikeZer  Me and some friends are going to do a cover of Tik Tok for a talent show for the hell of it. and I was wondering what kind of effect I should use for the bass in it. because I never use effects and I don't even know the variety of them. thanks. | A couple of friends and I are doing the same thing. While there's no actual bass line there's this fun little 8-bit sounding synth line going on most of the song. At first I was using my EHX Bass Micro Synth which didn't give me that sound but it sounded good with the song. Then my roommate was messing around with Garageband and found this plugin called Bitcrusher that basically turns everything into 8-bit sounds so if you've got a mac there's the solution right there. I also messed around with my MXR Bass Octave Deluxe and that sounded pretty cool too. You've got loads of options really.
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02-10-2010, 03:19 PM
| | | | people must having a hard time decifering that. but i ment the "bass line" as in the bass line i'm writing for it off the synth in the song. i hate when people try to correct somthing when there wrong. thanks Kwesi though, much help. |
02-10-2010, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeZer i hate when people try to correct somthing when there wrong. | That made my snowed-in self very happy. |
02-10-2010, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by cybersnyder That made my snowed-in self very happy. | i am very happy for you |
02-10-2010, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeZer people must having a hard time decifering that. but i ment the "bass line" as in the bass line i'm writing for it off the synth in the song. i hate when people try to correct somthing when there wrong. |  A shame on so many levels. |
02-10-2010, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania A shame on so many levels. | oh dude -
you edited. The original "you're all winners" line was way funny |
02-10-2010, 04:13 PM
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02-16-2010, 01:54 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ashburn, Va | | | My coverband does this song. I use my Source Audio Bass Mutliwave Distortion Pro and I can pretty much nail the tone during the chorus. For the verses, I use a different patch but play a bit higher up on the fretboard.
The pedal I use gets that ring modulation type of squeal when done correctly too. Kinda cool.
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02-16-2010, 02:00 PM
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02-23-2010, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Floridabwoy haha.. this song is one of my guilty pleasures. Its so bad....yet it's so gooooood! Her voice is so sexy. | +1, and there is just something so trailer trashy about her... nasty girl!!!
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