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Free synth bass samples

Free synth bass one-shots and loops, from acid squelches to analogue plucks and house bass stabs, with root notes where known and a licence verdict.

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Basses from synthesizers

Synth basses come in many shapes: round Moog-style tones in funk and disco, punchy square-wave stabs in house, resonant 303 acid lines, FM basses in 1980s pop and gritty saw basses in electro. Samples of single notes are useful when you don’t own the synth, and loops give you a ready-made groove to chop.

Picking and pitching

Root notes matter more for bass than for any other sample. Check the note on the card, or play the sample against a reference tone, before you map it. Short, plucky basses stay in tune across a wider range than sustained ones. Layer a sine sub under a bright synth bass if the low end needs more weight, and keep both in mono below about 120 Hz.

Free bass samples come from vintage-synth sample sites, Creative Commons archives and producers’ giveaway packs, each with its own licence. The verdict on each card says which you can release with.

Questions

How do I play a bassline from one synth bass sample?
Load it into a sampler, set the root note (shown on the card when known), and play it across a range of about an octave either side. Beyond that it starts to sound artificial; use several samples at different pitches for a wider range.
What is an acid bass?
The squelchy, resonant bass of acid house, originally from the Roland TB-303 with its filter cutoff and resonance swept while it plays. Acid samples capture single notes or whole patterns of that sound.

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