Test 5: is an experiment in getting a clean and full bass sound from the sound stone samples. In the first two tests the bottom end had been a bit uncontrollable mainly due to
using long samples pitched down to make the drones. For this piece I am keeping the process really simple and just using a Piano and sound stone sample for the bass.
Bass: I used Sound Stone 11 tip (melodyne) in the Cubase sampler and re- pitched the notes down to play A1, E2, A1, and E1. I looked for a segment of the sample that was pretty smooth and slightly rolled off the attack to stop any clicking.
I added two EQ’s on the insert, Cubase’s Frequency and the Waves H-EQ to remove everything over 500Hz. This left me with a nice clean bass sound.
I wanted the bass to be tight with punchy, I used the EMO D5 gate and compressor to compress the bass line similar to how you would a kick drum. This pulled it all together and left me with a really strong, present, bass sound.
Conclusion: I am very pleased with the bass sound I made, it is possible to get a clean punchy bass sound from the stone samples. I believe the difficulties with earlier experiments were due to using the palm samples, they don’t really lend themselves to creating a clean sound. It is now becoming very apparent what can and cannot be done with the tip and palm samples and this will be a major consideration when I am writing compositions for the stone.