thanks so much! I'm learning so so much here. Today I created a 90s trance track following your video and I nailed it :) Learning about composition of basslines and melodies, arps, beats, rhythms and specific sounds is equally important to recreate the classic trance and dance music that I love so much. Thank you!!
Jonas, I found your channel a few weeks ago and am watching one or two videos every other day and I love every single one of them. I want to tell you that I absolutely love your content. Just the right amount of introduction, explanation and entertainment. Keep up your great work and a big thanks for everything! :)
Well this is a great list of choices. I would add: Haddaway - What is love? Culture Beat - Mr. Vain Depeche Mode - Enjoy the silence New Order - Blue Monday Pet Shop Boys - Before (extended mix) - this one it's so groovy to me!
Great video! Other superb basslines were: Snap - Rhythm Is a Dancer Ace of Base - All that She wants Culture Beat - Mr Vain Technotronic - Pump up the Jam But I am still in love with these two legends: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean Queen - Another one bites the dust
The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/estuera08211 So what are your favorite dance synth bass lines ? And what defines a 'good' bass line according to you ?
Few years back I got a TR-09 and started syncing my Juno-60 arpeggiator with a trigger pattern (instead of a continuous pulse). Then I realised that basslines like Mr Fingers - Can You Feel It, can be played just by chord on hold + arpeggiator + trigger pattern. :)
My favorite is "Snap! - Rhythm Is a Dancer" of course! I would also like to highlight these rolling two-octave bass lines from Spacesynth genre, but almost the entire genre revolves around them (the variant with FM RubBass then even got into "James Brown is Dead" from there).
Personally, I think Livin Joy "Dreamer" with that click on the Bass organ was the one that that did it. The grove on that track takes it to a different level.
Great selection. A few others Michael Jackson - Billie Jean Giorgio Moroder - Chase Madonna - Into the Groove Mr Oizo - Flat Beat Benny Benassi - Satisfaction Pet Shop Boys - West-End Girls Double 99 - RIP Groove
Occasionally I do (kind of) review some gear. But it's basically the gear I purchase because I plan to keep on using it in the studio. This means videos like that will remain quite limited and irregular.
@@Estuera yeah, i’m against you buying gear for the sole purpose of reviewing it - but yeah some sort of gear reviews and studio tour would be great! also, what’s your opinion on the behringer deepmind ??
I'm going to move to another place later this year, which also means I'm going to have a new studio. So there will most probably be some content coming about that :) In theory the deepmind looks quite interesting but I have no practical experience with the instrument so can't really say anything else about it.
Great video, great bass makes instant hits! My vote goes to Just an illusion by Imagination. Maybe too old (1982?) to be considered synth dance but still hits right where the heart is. Legend has it ithe bass was recorded live in one take because they had no sequencer..
Thank You! Those tracks are great to learn, as they are great "party starters". Even my MC-303 can make some music now! For me Chase by Moroder , Body language, Overpovered by Roisin Murphy are also good
Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat, Benny Benassi - Satisfaction, Buzzy Bus - Don't Stop, Kriss Kross - Jump, Run DMC - It's Like That, Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise, Mauro PIcotto - Komodo/Proximus, 2 Unlimited - Let The Beat Control Your Body, Haddaway - What Is Love, .........
Some iconic ones… Joey Beltram- Mentasm (What the…, need we say more?) Terrorist - P.A. Mix (say Reese) AWEX - It’s our future (playing in your head now, isn’t it?) Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 (detuned saw never gets old and this one was a massive hit using it. Could’ve suggested N-joi - Malfunction, too.) Ramirez - La Musica Tremenda (quite unique bass sound) AFX - Alien Fanny Farts (no list is complete without RDJ!)
Great selection! Some more for the check: Boney M - Ma Baker (accoustic, but I can't help to think about this whenever someone says "bassline") Colonel Abrahms - Trapped Snap! - Rhythm is a Dancer Bomb the Bass - Beat Dis
I love all your videos. I was going to suggest Newcleus - Jam On It but I can't find confirmation of exactly what synth was used. I always thought it was a Jupiter 8 but it seems like they didn't own one until after that song was released. Others say it could be a Jupiter-6 or most likely a Pro One.
Excellent list, Jonas! Your videos are great! I'd like to suggest some bass lines that always make me groove when they play on my stereo: Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam; Snap! - See The Light (Original Mix); Masterboy - Everybody Needs Somebody (Up & Down Mix); B.G. The Prince Of Rap - Round, And Round; 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor - Dreams; Culture Beat - Mr. Vain; Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis; Micro Chip League (MCL) - New York; Front 242 - Headhunter; Information Society - Running. I hope you like them. Cheers!
- Rick James - Super Freak (aka M.C.Hummer - can’t touch this) - Depeche Mode - World in my eyes. - A lot of Michael Jackson songs such as Thriller, Billie Jean and so on.
And a couple of cassette recorders (!) because he needed to do overdubs, but didn't have access to a multitrack recorder, let alone a DAW. It's Incredidble how something so lo-fi still sounds fresh today.
Great video. Here are my top 5 basslines: Liaisons Dangereuses - Los Niños Del Parque ATB - Renegade (A&T remix) Nitzer Ebb - Murderous Fatboy Slim - Everybody Needs A 303 The Prodigy - Everybody's In The Place (fairground remix)
Hard & Cheap - Too Late Egma - Let The Bass Kick D-Shake - My Heart The Beat Bodyrox - Yeah Yeah King Bee - Feel The Flow Dr. Baker - Kaos 1989 Fire On High - Float In A Dream Of EX-TC
Thanks for the memories and great basslines. 🙂 The youtuber KOSmusic has made a complete instrumental version of "show me love" without being flagged. I recommend it if u haven't heard it already. KOSmusic makes many great instrumental covers on keyboard, I recommend this channel. Maybe a part II in a near future, but yeah it is hard because there are so many great and awesome basslines out there.
pretty sure Jam El Mar knows about the synth used for the remix? xD it always amazes me how iconic and remembable you can go with just a bassline ... in almost all i hear the rest of the song playing, upon you playing the bassline ...
If he remembers :D Because I sure as hell do not remember all the details about my own old tracks. And the Age of Love remix is almost 30 years old now.
great video! is it possible to explain how you program or use your TR-08s. I m planning to program some basic 4 by 4 beats. Lots of other famous baselines to go man, thx for the possitive vibes, i ll also check on your link in a minute
Crockett’s Theme from Jan Hammer also has a unique and famous (arpeggio) bass line. It’s on his album Escape From Television, and most people know this iconic song from Miami Vice. Great video btw.
Great examples! I always took the sound of “I like to move it” as not being a bassline, but a lead sound. Depends on how you look at it, I guess. And if the audio is getting flagged, you know you’re doing it right 😁
Yes indeed. I already mentioned it in the text in the video. I initially thought 'square roland house bass line late 80s ? Must be a 303' but than I realized the chorus sounded very Juno like.
@@Estuera Moroder worked on modulars and minimoog. fact is that the bassline from "I feel love" wasn't written on 303, coz the track released on 1977 and teh first TB-303 produced on 1981.
Nice topic! Regarding the 'sloppy playing', which is completely forgiven btw, would it be an idea for a video to cover how sequencing was done those days?
Interesting idea. Although the further back you go the more diverse methods you'll find. So its a topic that can go anywhere from early Cubase on Atari to all kinds of hardware sequencers and multitrack recording variations.
@@Estuera Glad you like it! Perhaps the scope could be limited to house/trance/techno (and variants)? I noticed there's a ton of videos about the synthesizers used in the 90s, but barely to nothing covering the sequencing (without modern software that is).
I did. You'll need to use the Juno-106 model and set the pwm and filter values just right. I actually learned this after watching this video of synthmania: th-cam.com/video/OuPh-PaPhp0/w-d-xo.html
I'm not a very big fan of covers, although I am always interested in how a specific track has been made. I rather focus on a specific aspect or the general sound of a genre and thats what you are proposing in the second part of your question. So I'm already doing that. Recreating tracks is something I don't want to do though. I rather write new original tracks (with occassionaly a wink towards a specific old school sound)
Zig and zag " Them Girls Them Girls" is a dope one.... But my Favorit Bassline is Not from a Dance Track. "When the musics over" from The Doors is my all time fav
Have to agree that the Doors have some pretty great basslines going on. The Zig and zag one is basically the same patch as the reel to real one as far as I can remember.
I liked a lot Madonna Into the Groove. The Bass Line is a Killer.
Your selection is cool.
Vogue was even more deeper bass
I love these videos recreating old synth patches. Thanks, Jonas.
my pleasure :)
thanks so much! I'm learning so so much here. Today I created a 90s trance track following your video and I nailed it :) Learning about composition of basslines and melodies, arps, beats, rhythms and specific sounds is equally important to recreate the classic trance and dance music that I love so much. Thank you!!
Killer and Can You Feel It? - job done my friend, no need for Part 2!
another great video!!
Amazing AGAIN!!!! Please don't stop - love these videos sooo much
Jonas, I found your channel a few weeks ago and am watching one or two videos every other day and I love every single one of them. I want to tell you that I absolutely love your content. Just the right amount of introduction, explanation and entertainment. Keep up your great work and a big thanks for everything! :)
Thanks Andreas :) Greatly appreciated.
Well this is a great list of choices. I would add:
Haddaway - What is love?
Culture Beat - Mr. Vain
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the silence
New Order - Blue Monday
Pet Shop Boys - Before (extended mix) - this one it's so groovy to me!
excellent re-creations ! nice job
its amazing!!
Great video!
Other superb basslines were:
Snap - Rhythm Is a Dancer
Ace of Base - All that She wants
Culture Beat - Mr Vain
Technotronic - Pump up the Jam
But I am still in love with these two legends:
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Queen - Another one bites the dust
I just enjoy this type of videos, easy to watch and understand 😀
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So what are your favorite dance synth bass lines ? And what defines a 'good' bass line according to you ?
I really appreciate and enjoy your channel!
Great work. Loved it.
"c'mon... dans wis me" Thanks for the trip thru the basslines!
Another (very smooth sequenced) Bass Line:
Heaven 17 - Let me go
Absolutly unique!
Few years back I got a TR-09 and started syncing my Juno-60 arpeggiator with a trigger pattern (instead of a continuous pulse). Then I realised that basslines like Mr Fingers - Can You Feel It, can be played just by chord on hold + arpeggiator + trigger pattern. :)
One bassline that really hit me and still does is in "Rhythm is a dancer - Snap"
JAM & SPOON!!!
Takes me back to the good old days lol
can you feel it was my jam as soon as i heard it in san adreas, wish i had discovered it sooner
Awesome Stuff man 👍👍
Master skills
My favorite is "Snap! - Rhythm Is a Dancer" of course!
I would also like to highlight these rolling two-octave bass lines from Spacesynth genre, but almost the entire genre revolves around them (the variant with FM RubBass then even got into "James Brown is Dead" from there).
Great suggestion indeed. Love it when the bassline starts in rhythm is a dancer.
Personally, I think Livin Joy "Dreamer" with that click on the Bass organ was the one that that did it. The grove on that track takes it to a different level.
Livin' Joy music is pure joy indeed.
Das is a great inspiration! Thx a lot 4 this! Greetz from Germany! 🇩🇪🎧
Great selection.
A few others
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Giorgio Moroder - Chase
Madonna - Into the Groove
Mr Oizo - Flat Beat
Benny Benassi - Satisfaction
Pet Shop Boys - West-End Girls
Double 99 - RIP Groove
Great video and pretty good, if you actually put this all together today!
i would love to see some gear reviews from you!
Occasionally I do (kind of) review some gear. But it's basically the gear I purchase because I plan to keep on using it in the studio. This means videos like that will remain quite limited and irregular.
@@Estuera yeah, i’m against you buying gear for the sole purpose of reviewing it - but yeah some sort of gear reviews and studio tour would be great! also, what’s your opinion on the behringer deepmind ??
I'm going to move to another place later this year, which also means I'm going to have a new studio. So there will most probably be some content coming about that :)
In theory the deepmind looks quite interesting but I have no practical experience with the instrument so can't really say anything else about it.
@@Estuera best of luck with the move! i’m sure you have some awesome plans for the new studio! cant wait for the next video!
Great video, great bass makes instant hits! My vote goes to Just an illusion by Imagination. Maybe too old (1982?) to be considered synth dance but still hits right where the heart is. Legend has it ithe bass was recorded live in one take because they had no sequencer..
What a great stuff😍like a lot
One of my personal favourites has to be Poor Leno by Röyksopp
Age of love... whata tune 05:46
Id like to see the bassline from Halcyon + On + On by Orbital. Its not really the highlight of the song but ive always really loved it.
Thank You!
Those tracks are great to learn, as they are great "party starters". Even my MC-303 can make some music now!
For me Chase by Moroder , Body language, Overpovered by Roisin Murphy are also good
Just found your channel, I'm gonna be here for a while
Welcome ! :)
Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat, Benny Benassi - Satisfaction, Buzzy Bus - Don't Stop, Kriss Kross - Jump, Run DMC - It's Like That, Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise, Mauro PIcotto - Komodo/Proximus, 2 Unlimited - Let The Beat Control Your Body, Haddaway - What Is Love, .........
RunDMC vs Jason Nevins "Its Like That" is the bassline I think you mean. Thats bassline is sick ! And yes- Flat Beat is one of the coolest ever.
Some iconic ones…
Joey Beltram- Mentasm (What the…, need we say more?)
Terrorist - P.A. Mix (say Reese)
AWEX - It’s our future (playing in your head now, isn’t it?)
Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 (detuned saw never gets old and this one was a massive hit using it. Could’ve suggested N-joi - Malfunction, too.)
Ramirez - La Musica Tremenda (quite unique bass sound)
AFX - Alien Fanny Farts (no list is complete without RDJ!)
Video got flagged... stupid ML lol. GREAT video! Thanks!
Don't forget "Hands Burn - Good Shot"!
I was already thinking about this one ! Love that you mention it. Such a great bass line !
Mantronix - Got To Have Your Love
A further interesting video!
Great selection! Some more for the check:
Boney M - Ma Baker (accoustic, but I can't help to think about this whenever someone says "bassline")
Colonel Abrahms - Trapped
Snap! - Rhythm is a Dancer
Bomb the Bass - Beat Dis
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My favourite basslines are the eurodance basslines
Especially Mr. Vain one
I love all your videos. I was going to suggest Newcleus - Jam On It but I can't find confirmation of exactly what synth was used. I always thought it was a Jupiter 8 but it seems like they didn't own one until after that song was released. Others say it could be a Jupiter-6 or most likely a Pro One.
Klubbheads - Kickin Hard
3:35 Its used JUNO-60 but it was triggered by TR-909 with Trig-Out (Muted Rim-Shot)
Excellent list, Jonas! Your videos are great!
I'd like to suggest some bass lines that always make me groove when they play on my stereo:
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam;
Snap! - See The Light (Original Mix);
Masterboy - Everybody Needs Somebody (Up & Down Mix);
B.G. The Prince Of Rap - Round, And Round;
2 Brothers On The 4th Floor - Dreams;
Culture Beat - Mr. Vain;
Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis;
Micro Chip League (MCL) - New York;
Front 242 - Headhunter;
Information Society - Running.
I hope you like them. Cheers!
- Rick James - Super Freak (aka M.C.Hummer - can’t touch this)
- Depeche Mode - World in my eyes.
- A lot of Michael Jackson songs such as Thriller, Billie Jean and so on.
I'm ready to lay some synth bass
Oh, I forget Whigfield - Saturday NIght :-)
TX81z preset C15 Lately Bass with about 50% velocity ;-)
Exactly ✅
The famous Lately Bass that defined an entire era
If we talk pure baseline in electronic music: MR OIZO - FLAT BEAT (also fun to patch on a MS-20)
I happen to have a MS-20 so indeed a good option
You beat me to it ;)
I simply can't turn on my M1 without playing that Robin S baseline at least once.
Come On ! Move your body ! Dance with me ! ... 😁
Fallout - The morning after! Such a classic song... I'd love to see it here
3:29 the synth wasnt a tb-303, but a juno-6
very likely just a sub oscillator
Yes I suspect the same
@@Estuera Larry Heard had said that he made it using the tr 909 and juno-6 on one of the interviews
And a couple of cassette recorders (!) because he needed to do overdubs, but didn't have access to a multitrack recorder, let alone a DAW. It's Incredidble how something so lo-fi still sounds fresh today.
@@AutPen38 yeah he also said it
Great video. Here are my top 5 basslines:
Liaisons Dangereuses - Los Niños Del Parque
ATB - Renegade (A&T remix)
Nitzer Ebb - Murderous
Fatboy Slim - Everybody Needs A 303
The Prodigy - Everybody's In The Place (fairground remix)
I think the first ever organ bass is the Yamaha DX7 patch "E. ORGAN 1".
Hard & Cheap - Too Late
Egma - Let The Bass Kick
D-Shake - My Heart The Beat
Bodyrox - Yeah Yeah
King Bee - Feel The Flow
Dr. Baker - Kaos 1989
Fire On High - Float In A Dream Of EX-TC
Thanks for the memories and great basslines. 🙂 The youtuber KOSmusic has made a complete instrumental version of "show me love" without being flagged. I recommend it if u haven't heard it already. KOSmusic makes many great instrumental covers on keyboard, I recommend this channel. Maybe a part II in a near future, but yeah it is hard because there are so many great and awesome basslines out there.
For part 2: Front 242 - Headhunter. Best synth baseline ever.
I heard: "Hi, my name is Giovanni"
Amazing video!! Holiday by Lil Nas x has a pretty cool bass.
pretty sure Jam El Mar knows about the synth used for the remix? xD
it always amazes me how iconic and remembable you can go with just a bassline ... in almost all i hear the rest of the song playing, upon you playing the bassline ...
If he remembers :D
Because I sure as hell do not remember all the details about my own old tracks. And the Age of Love remix is almost 30 years old now.
@@Estuera hahah that is true ;) Maybe we are lucky? Also the special hihat in this remix, i can recreate it - any ideas for the hihat?
It seems to be some combination of a reverb and a chorus/flanger on the closed hihat. Quite a specific and recognizable sound.
@@Estuera I'm sure he does as he remembers well what they used for Stella: th-cam.com/video/jd0NFWSsiuk/w-d-xo.html :-)
great video! is it possible to explain how you program or use your TR-08s. I m planning to program some basic 4 by 4 beats. Lots of other famous baselines to go man, thx for the possitive vibes, i ll also check on your link in a minute
I'm considering doing a video about the TR-8S indeed.
Crockett’s Theme from Jan Hammer also has a unique and famous (arpeggio) bass line. It’s on his album Escape From Television, and most people know this iconic song from Miami Vice. Great video btw.
Agreed. Very nice an iconic arpeggio bass in Crockett's theme.
Great examples! I always took the sound of “I like to move it” as not being a bassline, but a lead sound. Depends on how you look at it, I guess.
And if the audio is getting flagged, you know you’re doing it right 😁
Imo in 'I like to move it' its both the bassline and the lead. Always loved that sound 😁
my first track ever made is heavily inspired by adamski's killer and zombie nation's kernkraft 400 and smoking cooling towers
How 'bout the Knight Rider theme?
Oh yes, thats a great one !
One of my favourites is Passion by Gat Decor. The original, not the commercialised vocal version.
Great video. Mr. Fingers was actually done on a Juno 6, not a TB.
Yes indeed. I already mentioned it in the text in the video.
I initially thought 'square roland house bass line late 80s ? Must be a 303' but than I realized the chorus sounded very Juno like.
@@Estuera I understand. The raw tone
without the chorus is def a typical Roland sound.
For something a bit different: Covenant - Replicant. That bassline is carrying it so much
Kamaya Painters - Endless Wave (Albion mix)
On the next part do a Noisia bassline.
Cool man. What settings did you use for the reel 2 real sound
Mr Fingers played this baseline by hand and it was Jupiter i guess. Check red bull academy interview with him
I feel love by Donna was created whole on the moog minimoog by Giorgio Moroder. On the TB-303 you can recreate the original bass sound ;)
Do you have a source that confirms it was the minimoog ? I read that it was a moog modular.
@@Estuera Moroder worked on modulars and minimoog. fact is that the bassline from "I feel love" wasn't written on 303, coz the track released on 1977 and teh first TB-303 produced on 1981.
Yes, I never said it was a 303. In the video clearly says 'Moog modular'. You're the one that started talk about 303's ;)
@@Estuera ok ;) Honesty when I watch this video I was a little stoned, hahha!
😁
Please make a tutorial for Gigi D'Agostino sound 99...like a bass, lead...
Nice topic! Regarding the 'sloppy playing', which is completely forgiven btw, would it be an idea for a video to cover how sequencing was done those days?
Interesting idea. Although the further back you go the more diverse methods you'll find. So its a topic that can go anywhere from early Cubase on Atari to all kinds of hardware sequencers and multitrack recording variations.
@@Estuera Glad you like it! Perhaps the scope could be limited to house/trance/techno (and variants)? I noticed there's a ton of videos about the synthesizers used in the 90s, but barely to nothing covering the sequencing (without modern software that is).
No Coke - Dr Alban. The bass makes the whole song..! (Was that a EU/global hit? Or mostly Nordics?)
I know it but the biggest Dr Alban hit in my country (Belgium) was 'Sing Hallelujah'
@@Estuera In Poland it was "It's my life Raggadag rmx"
Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Timo Maas Remix)
Did you create the patch for I Like To Move it yourself on the Jupiter Xm? If so how? I would like to re-create this as well.
I did.
You'll need to use the Juno-106 model and set the pwm and filter values just right.
I actually learned this after watching this video of synthmania: th-cam.com/video/OuPh-PaPhp0/w-d-xo.html
My favorite synth bass line is Tryouts for the Human Race by Sparks
do marshall masters i like it loud
The flirts - Passion
what Moog model used in I Feel Love track?
It was a Moog modular but I'm not sure which exact model.
Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet like chocolate (1 min in)
Isn`t Around the World bassline played with a MS20?
Dolce Vita. Blue Monday. Koto - Dragon's Legend. Inner City Good Life.
Freeez IOU is a great bass line.
Domino dancing by psb
Beginning sounded like Leila k, electric 😃. Oh, never mind, it was Donna summer.
Why don't you make a video on how you approach creating covers of hits. Maybe even just focus on the rhythm/percussion.. ?
I'm not a very big fan of covers, although I am always interested in how a specific track has been made. I rather focus on a specific aspect or the general sound of a genre and thats what you are proposing in the second part of your question. So I'm already doing that.
Recreating tracks is something I don't want to do though. I rather write new original tracks (with occassionaly a wink towards a specific old school sound)
Rink for the age of love, jp800
Hi, my name is Jonas, but people call me Jonas.
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Well known is never what makes a classic to me..... But thats what classic is... I guess.
So, on that..wheres the "Moon Patrol" video game music?
I had to look it up but it certainly has a cool bass line :)
@@Estuera Synth bass line
Zig and zag " Them Girls Them Girls" is a dope one....
But my Favorit Bassline is Not from a Dance Track. "When the musics over" from The Doors is my all time fav
Have to agree that the Doors have some pretty great basslines going on.
The Zig and zag one is basically the same patch as the reel to real one as far as I can remember.