Throaty Justice-style Bass in Logic Pro

http://sound-guru.com I often get asked how to make Justice or Boyz Noize style basslines, and I found myself making something not too dissimilar today, so thought I'd post a tutorial. See 3:55 for the finished sound.

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• logic
• bass
• synth
• electro house
• justice
• boyz noize
• electro
• distortion

[soundsLogical]

They use lots of distortion on their bass sounds, yes. I believe Skrillex uses Logic's bitcrusher a fair amount. Try distorting your sound with the bitcrusher, then add an autofilter over that. Then layer another synth playing a sub-bass with a simple sine-wave. That should get you started.

[BasementPoetry]

Please name one song made by Justice where this kind of bass is used?

[soundsLogical]

@BasementPoetry I was just giving some ideas on the general "distorted" bass sound that justice popularized. No, this isn't a recipe to exactly replicate Justice's bass, I'm sure you can find that somewhere else. I'm just trying to discuss how distortion can work to create that style of sound.

[prescotthill]

Is this the software that comes with all the macs?

[soundsLogical]

No, you're thinking of Garageband, which is shipped preinstalled on all Macs. Garageband is a good place to start, but Logic is a more professional (and complex) package.

[paulogoddardo1985]

@BasementPoetry if you know everything why are you watching Logic tutorials? What a prick...

[ttoxique]

@soundsLogical Yes, resonant/peak-based distortion can give a sound that throaty tone justice uses.

What I've found works best (for me personally, however) is starting with an already throaty tone (formant, sync'd waves, vowel filter, modulated and resonant HPF, wavetables etc.) and then using analogue distortion emulators- tape and vinyl emulators, etc.

I think I read that Justice applies tape emulation after mastering.

I have my own take on the Justice bass on my channel, if you're curious.

[jachmed]

can anybody tell me what kick he is using? Or does anybody know a good kick i can use for like dance tracks?

[tjnovak27]

@soundsLogical skrillex doesnt use logic

[DjSimp1icity]

this is going 2 be a noob question but whats with the gray on some of the instrument tracks does it have something 2 do with the automation or is the sound just that massive?

[paeturek]

Good tutorial, thanks!

[githm]

Thanks for the post. Nice info!

[CircusOfBedlam]

thanks!

[teejgyte89]

@paulogoddardo1985 sometimes its just ncie to see how other people do things..?

[funkydrummerboy]

really useful stuff thanks!