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We got the bass here and this is probably the most important part of Cyberpunk
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You basically just want some kind of synth bass with a lot of distortion on it
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Your bass also tends to move around a lot. So rather just being kind of following the root note of the chords
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your bass is almost kind of an instrument, a lead instrument itself here in Cyberpunk
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So here's what I got here. For this bass, I am using a preset by Synth Control from their Cyberpunk preset pack called Killzone
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Pretty cool, and I got a filter opening up here, so if we turn this off..
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So very dark, and you can really hear that distortion shine through, help it cut through the dense mix
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So I just have this little filter opening up here, so it, again, is increasing in energy as it goes across the verse or the build-up section here
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here. And then actually starting in the second verse here, I actually layered in another bass
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this one from Syntronic using the T03 synth, which is based on the Roland TB-303, I believe
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And this is kind of the acid, classic acid bass sound. And this is also very common in
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cyberpunk. So I just kind of layered these two together here. So just trying to get some of that acid feel going on in here. And I just threw an ARP on
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some distortion, some overdrive. And then I cut out the low end because I have the serum base
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taking up the low end here. So I didn't want to make it too overpowering. I'm going to get the
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chorus here where I'm again using the Killzone serum bass from Synth Control along with a sub
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bass by Synthronics. That sounds like this. So again, you have the bass moving around a lot
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It's almost like its own lead line, its own lead instrument here. So in summary with the bass
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all you really need to do is just find some kind of synth bass of any kind
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add some distortion and then maybe add an ARP to it or just have it play eighth
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or sixteenth notes and have it move around a lot. If you found this video helpful
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be sure to hit that like button like you're Marty McFly trying to get back to
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the future. And if you want more help creating synthwave music, be sure to click the video playing on the screen right now
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as that is my full in-depth tutorial on creating a synthwave song from start to
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finish with that. Have an awesome day and keep creating
