Getting a key bass tone, without a key bass

[alstocko]

Hey guys, bare with me for a minute as I'm not great at explaining myself.

Basically (no pun intended), I would like to try and make my bass sound like a Moog synth.

e.g. http://youtu.be/pdmg9xHuVo0

Is it possible to get a sound like this out of a bass guitar? I was thinking about tweaking with a Moog Low Pass filter, would this get me anywhere near this tone?

Thanks,

Alec

[dincz]

[quote name='alstocko' timestamp='1358017046' post='1931974']
Hey guys, bare with me for a minute[/quote]


Neck pickup, roll off treble and mids, flats? The portamento is a problem unless you're playing fretless.

[phagor]

That's a lovely bass synth sound, but quite mild - mostly just a sine wave. Dincz advice is spot on for this track.

In general, there's lots of us trying to get a synth sound from our basses (search for 'synth bass' here or on Talkbass to find a zillion threads). The main ways are:

1) Use a keyboard!
2) Use a synth pedal, like the Boss SYB5, Ibanez SB7, EHX Bass Micro Synth, Markbass Super Synth, Korg G5, Akai Deep Impact
3) Use a combination of pedals, often octaver -> fuzz -> envelope filter

[xgsjx]

I can't listen to the video just now, but if you get a boss OC2 or OC3 & put it on to -1 oct (have no direct or -2 oct audiable), then it's a good start for synth bass. Then put it through a Moog LPF & you can tweak some very synth like tones.
Any excuse to get some Moog pedals, eh!

[Doddy]

My 'synth' sound begins with the OC2.To be honest it sounds good enough on it's own (no direct signal,
-1 at 3/4, -2 around 1/2),but adding a bit of envelope filter and/or overdrive sounds cool. I've also had
good results with the Ibanez SB7.

Personally though,if I want a good synth bass sound I'll play synth. It's not just the sound-there is a feel to the
synth that you can't really get on an electric bass.

[pete.young]

[quote name='phagor' timestamp='1358169881' post='1934081']
That's a lovely bass synth sound, but quite mild - mostly just a sine wave. Dincz advice is spot on for this track.

In general, there's lots of us trying to get a synth sound from our basses (search for 'synth bass' here or on Talkbass to find a zillion threads). The main ways are:

1) Use a keyboard!
2) Use a synth pedal, like the Boss SYB5, Ibanez SB7, EHX Bass Micro Synth, Markbass Super Synth, Korg G5, Akai Deep Impact
3) Use a combination of pedals, often octaver -> fuzz -> envelope filter
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4) Roland V-Bass