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Try a couple of these tips:

1. No effects-keep the sound bone dry.
2. Run the sound through a bass amp. You might want to try out a bass 
P.O.D.if you're feeling rich and you don't want to lug a massive 
extra amp with you. Sans Amp is also supposed to work well. 
3. Keep the sustain turned way down(0-9), and fiddle with the decay 
until the sound gets punchy and percussive.
4. Try turning the VCA feedback up (80s)
5. Try an outboard compressor-the 80s Boss stomp box works nice for 
bass.
6. Try a single oscillator patch.

Try the hints listed here:

http://www.darksonus.com/articles/analog_bass.html

I play through a sixties Fender Bassman. I bought it used a million 
years ago. Almost impossible to dial up a bad bass sound when played 
through this amp.

Rainbow Jimmy
http://www.mp3.com/spaceanimals
http://www.spaceanimals.com

VERYYYY off topic but speaking of Bass Pod, I got one a few
months ago, nice peice of hardware man ...

Jt

 --- spaceanimals <alciere@...> wrote: > Try a couple
of these tips:
> 
> 1. No effects-keep the sound bone dry.
> 2. Run the sound through a bass amp. You might want to try out
> a bass 
> P.O.D.if you're feeling rich and you don't want to lug a
> massive 
> extra amp with you. Sans Amp is also supposed to work well. 
> 3. Keep the sustain turned way down(0-9), and fiddle with the
> decay 
> until the sound gets punchy and percussive.
> 4. Try turning the VCA feedback up (80s)
> 5. Try an outboard compressor-the 80s Boss stomp box works
> nice for 
> bass.
> 6. Try a single oscillator patch.
> 
> Try the hints listed here:
> 
> http://www.darksonus.com/articles/analog_bass.html
> 
> I play through a sixties Fender Bassman. I bought it used a
> million 
> years ago. Almost impossible to dial up a bad bass sound when
> played 
> through this amp.
> 
> Rainbow Jimmy
> http://www.mp3.com/spaceanimals
> http://www.spaceanimals.com
> 
> 
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Ed & Jimmy:

Thanks for your help. I found those ideas helped me.

Jimmy, on one of your thoughts, could you clarify?

> 3. Keep the sustain turned way down(0-9), and fiddle with the decay 
> until the sound gets punchy and percussive.

Are you talking about amp or filter sustain? And you are talking 
about doing it to get punch on the attack right? So far I have been 
using low sustain levels on the filter but not on the amp. I guess I 
have been trying to get a sustainable sound, in order to articulate 
staccato and legato notes. (Maybe that's one of the problems) I do 
know that sometimes, my timing is sloppy in the way I take my finger 
off the key.

Cheers,

Jerry