«Der Mussolini (bassline cover)» by rukano
on 16 Aug'11 01:17 inAn approach to try to reproduce the 'famous' bassline of "Der Mussolini" by D.A.F.
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/* An approach to try to reproduce the 'famous' bassline of "Der Mussolini" by D.A.F. */
// very bad simulated analogue distorted bass synth
// too distorted compared to the original...
SynthDef(\daf_bass,{ |out, freq=440, sustain=1, gate=1, amp=0.1|
var snd, env, fenv, harm;
harm = [1,1.01,2,2.02,3.5,4.01,5.501];
harm = harm ++ (harm*2);
snd = SinOsc.ar(freq*harm).sum.distort * 2;
snd = snd + SinOsc.ar(freq / [1, 2]).sum!2;
env = EnvGen.kr(Env.adsr(0.001,0.2,0.9,0.25), gate, amp, doneAction:2);
snd = snd * env;
OffsetOut.ar(out, (snd!2));
}).add;
// approx 63 bpm
TempoClock.default.tempo = 63/60;
// approx bass pattern + modulation of Mussolini bassline
Pdef(\daf_bass,
Pbind(
\instrument, \daf_bass,
\scale, Scale.minor,
\octave, [3], // try out [2,3] or [3,4] for octave bass leetness
\ctranspose,Pseq([
Pn(-1,16*4),
Pn(1,16*2)
], inf),
// -1 for thinking in musical degrees...
\degree, Pseq([1, 4, 1, 10, 1, 8, 1, 1, 8, 1, 8, 1, 8, 7, 1, 8]-1,inf),
\legato, Pwhite(0.75, 0.8),
\dur, 0.2
)
).play;
// link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15ScQivK5DY
reception
i liked it! though its an aproxymation! cheers