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