Bassline

This article explains the term in sound engineering, the theory for integrating the bass line is explained under Bass line . Bassline also refers to a genre of music that originated in Sheffield in the early 2000s and is related to the UK Garage .

As a bass line ( dt. , Bass line ') is referred to in the audio engineering , the sound track on which the bass instrument is recorded. The bassline, together with the drumline (recording track of the drums), forms the rhythm section of a music recording.

Especially in the field of electronic music , synthesizer sounds are mainly used for this. Probably the most historic bassline of a hardware synthesizer comes from the cult device TB-303 , which was brought onto the market in 1983 by the Japanese company Roland and which became the epitome of acid house and techno basslines with the techno boom of the 1990s . Synthesizers such as the Minimoog or the Roland SH-101 are also popular for analog bass lines.

literature

• Roland Enders: The home recording manual. 3rd edition, Carstensen Verlag, Munich, 2003, ISBN 3-910098-25-8