What notes are best for sub-bass?
G is, for me personally, the best key to write in for good sub-bass, but generally anything from F to A works well. C is a particularly difficult key to produce sub-bass in, but as always there are exceptions to the rule. Use a spectrum analyser to see where your bass is peaking.
How do you make a sub-bass sound?
How to Make Sub-Bass in Your DAW
- Make a separate MIDI track.
- Drag your favorite synth or synth VST on that track. I used Ableton's 'Analog. ...
- Keep only one oscillator (Osc1)
- Set the wave shape to 'sine'
- Draw a MIDI pattern in the very low octaves on the piano roll (below C3)
What is a sub synth?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A subharmonic synthesizer is a device or system that generates subharmonics of an input signal. The nth subharmonic of a signal of fundamental frequency F is a signal with frequency F/n.