«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
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i liked it! though its an aproxymation! cheers