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LMMS: A Complete Guide to Dance Music Production

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2012
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849517041
Length 384 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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David Earl David Earl
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Gearing Up: A Preflight Checklist FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Our Feet Wet: Exploring LMMS 3. Getting Our Hands Dirty: Creating in LMMS 4. Expanding the Beat: Digging Deeper into the Art of Beatmaking 5. Making Spaces: Creating the Emotional Landscape 6. Finding and Creating New Noises 7. Getting It All Stacked Up 8. Spreading Out the Arrangement 9. Gluing the Arrangement Together 10. Getting the Mix Together 11. Getting into Instruments 12. Where to Go from Here A. Pop quiz—Answers Index

Time for action—making the bass pitch friends with our harmony

For our first bassline to go with this beat, we are going to have the bass follow the kick:

  1. Grab the sample bass_acid02 from the My Samples | Basses folder.
  2. Add the sample to the Beat+Bassline Editor.
  3. Add 16 steps to the new instrument.
  4. Use the steps shown in the following screenshot for our new bass pattern:
    Time for action—making the bass pitch friends with our harmony
  5. Now hit the Space bar. It doesn't sound great, right? Let's open the Piano-Roll and change the bass note.
  6. Open the Piano-Roll for bass_acid02.
  7. Change your tool to Select Mode by using the Shift + s keys or clicking on the icon that looks similar to the following screenshot:
    Time for action—making the bass pitch friends with our harmony
  8. Click-and-drag over the notes in the Piano-Roll. The volumes at the bottom of the Piano-Roll should turn blue:
    Time for action—making the bass pitch friends with our harmony
  9. Now that the notes are selected, switch back to the pencil tool, and drag the notes down to F sharp 4:
    Time for action—making the bass pitch friends with our harmony
  10. Now go to the Beat+Bassline Editor and hit the Space bar. This bass note sounds better, right?
  11. Turn the volume of the new bassline down...
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