The most educational bass (the Moroder Bassline)

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  • If you have any questions about how to program basslines, start here: the Moroder bassline. This rolling 16th-note subtractive bass style teaches you the foundations of sound design, programming and music theory, which you can use as a starting point to create your own flavour of bass.
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    Contents:
    0:00 Examples
    1:05 Features of the Moroder bassline
    1:40 Programming a Moroder bassline
    2:58 How to synthesise a bassline
    7:02 Adding some minimal techno drums
    7:50 Bass plays the root note (music theory)
    9:27 Timbre edits and FX to add aliveness
    11:55 Next steps

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  • @OscarUnderdog
    @OscarUnderdog  Рік тому +8

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  • @djse
    @djse Рік тому +233

    Technically the Moroder bassline is playing on every 1/8 step, like in "The Chase", the 1/16 feeling is made by a delay (like in "I Feel Love"), that's a big part of the bassline groove

    • @OscarUnderdog
      @OscarUnderdog  Рік тому +52

      It's true there are probably more examples of 1/8th ones... Oh well :) same principles apply, mostly.

    • @clivemathieu9386
      @clivemathieu9386 Рік тому +2

      Lol

    • @productionneuftrois9488
      @productionneuftrois9488 Рік тому +32

      Moreover, the bass in I Feel Love goes to one side channel, and delay to another side, it makes the idea.

    • @TC-lk2ev
      @TC-lk2ev Рік тому +4

      I'm going to use all these ideas. Thanks everyone :)

    • @originunknown3209
      @originunknown3209 Рік тому +9

      No, technically the Moroder baseline is 1/16th notes, but the same results can be obtained with 1/8th notes and delay. Either way would work.

  • @slimpyman
    @slimpyman Рік тому +11

    I only watch your videos once every couple months. But I think you're a likable dude. Perfects amounts of cool, cheesy, and enthusiastic.

  • @SpaceDanceOfficial
    @SpaceDanceOfficial Рік тому +50

    Bless this man, educational and on point as always. Thank you!

  • @chrisblackmore6583
    @chrisblackmore6583 8 місяців тому +6

    i love how excited and enthusiastic you are about this. i can tell from your voice and the way you say things that you can't wait to move on to showing us the next piece of knowledge you have. you clearly derive a lot of pleasure about sharing ideas and skills - you're an inspiration bro!

  • @johannesmartinsaar2795
    @johannesmartinsaar2795 Рік тому +4

    I started to make techno a few weeks ago and I am loving it. But I am even more loving it now that I can educate myself with such a nice guy. Thank you my man!

  • @ELEKTROGOWK
    @ELEKTROGOWK Рік тому +2

    the shiny eyes at 5:48, when the envelope worked 😂👍

  • @yousseflamsallak9225
    @yousseflamsallak9225 Рік тому +3

    I paused as you went along and did the steps myself and that helped a TON.

  • @MissyB1200
    @MissyB1200 11 місяців тому +4

    Thank you sooo MUCH for taking the time to share and make all these AMAZING videos for us!

  • @thebeetbandit1732
    @thebeetbandit1732 Рік тому +4

    Damn this video has everything; theory, hisotry, excercises. Pure gold and a must watch for any edm producer.

  • @Ronntheway
    @Ronntheway Рік тому +3

    Such a great teacher! So much passion in your way of presenting knowledge! Thank you!

  • @moshik5
    @moshik5 Рік тому +9

    Thank you for the lessons; your videos are excellent and educational! Bless!

  • @GroundSound
    @GroundSound Рік тому +11

    Man I've been wondering about replicating this type of bassline for the last year but I didn't even know that it's got a name! Perfect! Thank you so much

    • @OscarUnderdog
      @OscarUnderdog  Рік тому +1

      I'm not sure it's any kind of official name, I think I just started calling it that myself :D

  • @mgp994
    @mgp994 Рік тому

    Love the simplicity of the explanations and how well you break down the concept in a short, but thorough video. Subscribed and will definitely be checking out more of your tutorials!

  • @allyouracid
    @allyouracid Рік тому +1

    Oscar, your videos are always great, no exception. The way everything is explained and shown, with always just the right amount of music theory / knowledge beamed right into my brain. Thanks for your efforts.
    I'm gonna try to replicate this on my Mono Station and / or the Crave later, today. 👌

  • @fugue6904
    @fugue6904 Рік тому +1

    you are so good at showing the core of a concept. great teaching!

  • @crushdesign
    @crushdesign Рік тому

    Cracking tutorial. Absolutely made so much sense & did help me understand the synths much more. Keep it simple and build!

  • @NogueiraMG
    @NogueiraMG Рік тому +4

    Hi, Oscar
    I`m a completely beginner and your videos are awesome to give me a start point in the electronic music.
    Thank you for posting!

  • @cloudwizard7694
    @cloudwizard7694 Рік тому +2

    Thank you. This is a very useful and really an "essential" thing to know.

  • @alonsoabraxas2100
    @alonsoabraxas2100 8 місяців тому

    Mind blown! great video and explanation.

  • @tollertyp7230
    @tollertyp7230 Рік тому +1

    Wow!
    And also...
    Wow! Great lesson😉

  • @m.skolar1462
    @m.skolar1462 Рік тому +1

    Great video. I knew this had to be called something but thank you for explaining how to get there! So simple yet so versatile.

  • @AndyMontgomeryPiano
    @AndyMontgomeryPiano 8 місяців тому

    This is a great video - very easy to understand and well explained!

  • @Artek604
    @Artek604 Рік тому

    Simple, yet super powerful & satisfying! Thanks :)

  • @DEADLINETV
    @DEADLINETV Рік тому +2

    Great! Again a perfect tutorial for Synthwave too!

  • @BPM_ADAMO
    @BPM_ADAMO Рік тому

    I love this channel. This is literally what I've been looking for a while.

  • @adriejudd4811
    @adriejudd4811 Рік тому

    Learnt loads from this tutorial, thank you very much 😊

  • @5tablenet
    @5tablenet Рік тому +3

    Excellent tutorial and transferable to hardware. I use this in modular often but still learned a lot so thanks. I'm such a fan of his work, Einzelgänger and the Donna Summer stuff in particular that I named my little label Moroderik (a portmanteau of Moroder and Motorik, because I love Krautrock too). One of the acts I play in, a hardware only duo called TRIPLE X SNAXXX, mines Italo, Kraut, and early Techno pretty hard so when it came to naming the label it was GIORGIO! CIAOOOOO! time.
    Thanks again for these videos. Even a relatively seasoned hand like me always learns so much.

  • @glen3351
    @glen3351 Рік тому +1

    this man is amazing, such a great help in his tutorials, peace and love Gxxx

  • @SuperRingoffire1
    @SuperRingoffire1 Рік тому

    Thanks for some valuable advice look forward to implementing on my projects 👍😎

  • @geertwens1975
    @geertwens1975 Рік тому

    As always top notch! 👌

  • @ViKommunen
    @ViKommunen 6 місяців тому

    Your channel is like a wondrous, interactive museum of pure creative inspiration. 11/10

  • @diamondworks8026
    @diamondworks8026 Рік тому +1

    Absolute legend. Nice one

  • @djicebreaker80
    @djicebreaker80 Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing this great idea with the bass lines.. I found it very educational & fun to listen too ❤

  • @wizard6916
    @wizard6916 Рік тому

    Thanks! I love the Way you explain things, always calm and relaxed!

  • @DEEPCHEFDJ
    @DEEPCHEFDJ Рік тому

    well explained and easy to understand how to build a morodor bassline with simple osc/wavetable

  • @NyctalopeDiurne
    @NyctalopeDiurne Рік тому +1

    Cheers, that was lovely!

  • @ra5hid101
    @ra5hid101 Рік тому

    you made it so simple and fun.

  • @Benjamin-vx2ot
    @Benjamin-vx2ot Рік тому +1

    Mind blowing easy explained, thanks a lot 🤗

  • @ricardojmestre
    @ricardojmestre Рік тому +2

    🤯 Wow, you are a fantastic teacher! I have to watch the video about subtractive synthesis!

  • @jeffersonpacheco6580
    @jeffersonpacheco6580 Рік тому

    your videos are the best, you teach me so much

  • @FKeyPianoMan
    @FKeyPianoMan Рік тому +1

    Great tutorial for my knowledge level! Thank you😊

  • @dirtysolarremix
    @dirtysolarremix 8 місяців тому +1

    thank you 🙏🏻

  • @gilvaniooliveira8850
    @gilvaniooliveira8850 Рік тому +1

    Loooove your videos man. Keep it up!

  • @sto4339
    @sto4339 Рік тому +1

    Amazing video, love your approach. Thank you

  • @theboobyrau
    @theboobyrau Рік тому

    Dude, you freaking rule. This is so informative

  • @reneheijt
    @reneheijt Рік тому

    It doesn’t get clearer and better than these tutotials. Big up from Amsterdam !

  • @Skalakalava
    @Skalakalava 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for this video, you amazing teacher!

  • @thanos_k
    @thanos_k Рік тому +3

    When I see new stuff and try to understand how something works I always look at the fundamentals, why is this happening, and what's the purpose of it. You're doing a fantastic job explaining that.

  • @scramy6445
    @scramy6445 5 місяців тому +2

    Thank you soooo much for this video, this really showed me, how to use synthesis in my project :D

  • @Z3ID808
    @Z3ID808 7 місяців тому +1

    God Bless You MAN

  • @mrrayner7162
    @mrrayner7162 Рік тому

    Thanks for this, Been looking for something like this as a basis for some 1/8th basses in some techno influenced D&B

  • @martysmith2851
    @martysmith2851 Рік тому +1

    You're the best!! Never stop doing these video's :)

  • @nashmichaeld
    @nashmichaeld 4 місяці тому

    This video got me to use a synth for the first time. Thank you. So much fun!!!

  • @raakam52
    @raakam52 2 місяці тому

    Seriously good stuff, Well explained love it !

  • @Than3Dane
    @Than3Dane Рік тому +1

    Grew up along Thomas Moroder. He is also a multi-talented musician & educated Mechanic. He raised and taught me the Piano, took me to Mayrhofen South Tyrol - in Austria where their family roots stem from.
    I was then shown around Albin’s old Studio. Albin was his granpa, and Albins brother I recall is the grandpa to Giorgio Moroder. Which make Thomas & Giorgio Gran cousins. They never met each other though.
    But their deep lineage of family artistry lives on!
    Lately i regret not meeting him, as its quite a struggle to break through musically, & I have so much material accumulated over the past 15 years & more 🍻
    He truly have become an inspiration to many! :)

  • @jean-sebastienlantz9164
    @jean-sebastienlantz9164 Рік тому +1

    Bravo, excellent lesson.

  • @RocknRollkat
    @RocknRollkat Рік тому

    Excellent presentation !
    I've been doing this since 1961, always learning !
    Bill P.

  • @kurogawa
    @kurogawa Рік тому

    Informative, Fun, and Encouraging!

  • @victoriamleitner274
    @victoriamleitner274 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank you! 🙌

  • @elvisojeda5600
    @elvisojeda5600 Рік тому

    Blessings to you man... I'm going thru all your sound design videos and, man... Thank you!

  • @jager_cosmos_tv4668
    @jager_cosmos_tv4668 Рік тому +1

    TNice tutorials might just be the first motivational comnt ive ever seen on a tutorial vid. ga thanks bro

  • @dangerbird64
    @dangerbird64 Рік тому +1

    Great tutorial, thanks!

  • @haslo_
    @haslo_ Рік тому +1

    Great video as always!

  • @jazzsong8566
    @jazzsong8566 Рік тому

    Excellent video, Oscar! Thank you so much. I ❤️ this kind of videos of yours: you give us a masterclass onhow to be creative and use Ableton in all its possibilities

  • @francoisc4512
    @francoisc4512 Рік тому +1

    Merci, another Amazing vidéo tuto. Merci beaucoup. 😎🔥😊

  • @alexsingt...9436
    @alexsingt...9436 Рік тому

    the wall of brightness and thickness . . . really cool analitics !

  • @101Licious
    @101Licious 8 місяців тому

    Love the bassline in Scarface's Theme

  • @lawrencekelly5038
    @lawrencekelly5038 Рік тому +15

    How does that Donna Summer tune still sound like the future when it's over 40 years old?

    • @brei2670
      @brei2670 Рік тому +5

      Probably because modern synthwave is basically just copying the 80s.
      Well, obviously that's not the reason, really... But we do generally connect a particular, synth heavy sound with the future. Maybe because so many cool 80s movies made the far away future a popular theme, and accompanied them with the music from that time. John Carpenter in particular nailed that sound back then.

  • @dystopianvisions5566
    @dystopianvisions5566 Рік тому +1

    Thank you Oscar, really interesting, very well explained, it helps a lot!!!

  • @Bastviktech
    @Bastviktech Рік тому

    Much appreciation.

  • @mann-vom-mond
    @mann-vom-mond Рік тому

    Thank you for this lesson

  • @Joshheal
    @Joshheal 11 місяців тому +2

    Fun fact - Moroder produced the first ever tune made with a 4x4 kick drum.

  • @magica2z
    @magica2z Рік тому

    Great stuff. Thank you master.

  • @evgeniidvorkin4159
    @evgeniidvorkin4159 Рік тому +1

    Big thanks for video. Very useful

  • @user-em4ts3dk4k
    @user-em4ts3dk4k 11 місяців тому

    Zeer handige en goed uitgelegde content, dankjewel !

  • @sunflwer
    @sunflwer Рік тому

    thanks
    Bless this man,

  • @DISCOTEKED
    @DISCOTEKED Рік тому

    loving the new camera depth of field

  • @ArtisolGG
    @ArtisolGG Рік тому +1

    The underdog 🔥

  • @louislogie2654
    @louislogie2654 Рік тому

    Verrry helpful. This cuts out many guesswork n loudness issues

  • @oldowl4290
    @oldowl4290 Рік тому

    Really cool lesson. Thanks.

  • @jemtbbb3223
    @jemtbbb3223 4 місяці тому +1

    Wow thank you!!

  • @quailbuddy9338
    @quailbuddy9338 Рік тому

    I don't know anything about music production apart from a very small amount of fiddling with an ableton trial, but this guy makes me feel like i could learn anything

  • @OzgunOfficial
    @OzgunOfficial Рік тому +1

    Very informative 🔥🔥

  • @wesleyjay8379
    @wesleyjay8379 Рік тому +8

    A-E-G bass figure (for Am chord for example) with 16th and 8th variations is the most popular bassline of late 1970-early 1980 disco music

    • @cookieintune
      @cookieintune Рік тому +1

      Very interesting to know 👍👍👍

    • @OscarUnderdog
      @OscarUnderdog  Рік тому +2

      I did a little bit on something like this for the video about Chord Planing as well, curious what you think!

    • @wesleyjay8379
      @wesleyjay8379 Рік тому

      @@OscarUnderdog yes, i have watched that! I just meant that it was on trend for that time. All in all I think the bassline is the only thing that makes old disco music so groovy

    • @hoagy_ytfc
      @hoagy_ytfc Рік тому +2

      @@wesleyjay8379 plus the live drums that they often used back then!

    • @wesleyjay8379
      @wesleyjay8379 Рік тому

      @@hoagy_ytfc do you think so? I think early 1980s were a time of single-users projects. And drum machines. "Why do I need three more people?" (Vince Clarke before leaving DM)

  • @lucianoespin6759
    @lucianoespin6759 11 місяців тому

    Thank you,
    Today I listened for 5 times Giorgio By Morodoer (Daft Punk) while I was driving, It inspire me so much, when I arrive to the Studio I opened my live session and the first thing that I toght was the bassline and how i can create something like that for my tracks.
    This video helped me a lot!!

  • @timspencer1
    @timspencer1 Рік тому

    Brilliant. Been making music for years and didn't know how to do this!

  • @jantomasjuza7907
    @jantomasjuza7907 Рік тому

    Thank you! You don't know that yet, Oscar, but you are my teacher now. This video is cool, and the one on subtractive synthesis is SUPER HELPFUL. 👍

  • @laviejaguardia1900
    @laviejaguardia1900 Рік тому

    Grande Oscar, this one is gold mister

  • @AggroNoobs
    @AggroNoobs Рік тому +3

    To anyone with a keen ear, you just add a bit of side-chain, play along a minor scale and boom, you have the basics of a Slasher/Synthwave bassline.
    Also, not getting far from Darker EBM with a couple more tweaks and tempo changes.
    An honestly foundational bassline that's still used heavily to this day.

  • @guskum
    @guskum Рік тому

    muchas gracias maestro!!!

  • @rohidmusic
    @rohidmusic Рік тому

    hey man, thank you! I appreciate you. You got a new follower.

  • @RalphHaring
    @RalphHaring Рік тому

    Amazing! ❤

  • @estebanismaelespinozapayan1014

    Works well!! DANKEEE

  • @nirelmar
    @nirelmar Рік тому

    WOW this video was SO helpful!! I so appreciate you. The way you explain and demonstrate in Ableton is so clear. As an absolute beginner I was able to follow along and understand! I can't wait to learn more and practice. Thank you, thank you.

  • @oliverscleaningco1911
    @oliverscleaningco1911 Рік тому +1

    Thank you

  • @lukashammel1994
    @lukashammel1994 Рік тому +1

    For real oscar. thank you so much for all this teachfull content

  • @kirpidos
    @kirpidos 9 місяців тому

    Thanks . Even on Volca sample possible to this bassline , cool!

  • @direkhtor4061
    @direkhtor4061 Рік тому

    great outro made my day haha :)

  • @prodbyowls
    @prodbyowls Рік тому +1

    great video! Thank you man±±
    🧡