A Beginner's Guide to Jungle Bass

A beginner’s guide to jungle bass. I kick off with a little context, then cover how to make some foundational jungle bass sounds with Serum.
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Chapter markers:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Chapter 1: The roots of jungle bass
02:14 Chapter 2: Basic waveforms
07:29 Chapter 3: 808 bass drums
11:27 Chapter 4: Reese bass
15:10 Chapter 5: Dred bass
18:01 Chapter 6: Wobble bass
Serum Patches:
drive.google.com/file/d/1Zoke...
Tunes mentioned:
Barbie Gaye - My Boy Lollypop
• 1st RECORDING OF: My B...
Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop
• Video
The Maytals - Do The Reggay
• The Maytals-Do The Reggay
Ansel Collins - Stalag 17
• Ansel Collins - Stalag 17
Reggie Stepper - Drum Pan Sound
• Reggie Stepper - Drum ...
Aswad - Warrior Charge
• Aswad ‎- Warrior Charge
2 Live Crew - Ghetto Bass
• Ghetto Bass - 2 Live Crew
Dynamix II - Just Give The DJ A Break (12” Club Version)
• Dynamix II - Just give...
Unique 3 - The Theme
• Unique 3 - The Theme
Ability II - Pressure Dub
• Ability II - Pressure ...
LFO - LFO (The Leeds Warehouse Mix)
• LFO - LFO (Leeds wareh...
Nightmares on Wax - Aftermath (Original Mix)
• Nightmares On Wax - Af...
Rebel MC Feat. Tenor Fly & Barrington Levy - Tribal Base (Foundation Mix)
• Video
Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Acen In Wonderland)
• Baby D - Let Me Be You...
Altern8 - Hypnotic St-8 (Higher St-8 Mix)
• Altern8 - Hypnotic St8...
Nookie - Give A Little Love
• Nookie - Give A Little...
Origin Unknown - Valley of the Shadows
• Origin Unknown - Valle...
Lennie De Ice - We Are I.E.
• We Are I.E. - Lennie D...
SL2 - Way In My Brain
• Way In My Brain (Origi...
Awesome 3 - Headstrong
• Headstrong
Urban Shakedown - Some Justice (Original Mix)
• Urban Shakedown - Some...
Foul Play - Finest Illusion
• Foul Play - Finest Ill...
LTJ Bukem - Music
• LTJ BUKEM "MUSIC" (199...
The Invisible Man - The Beginning
• The Invisible Man- The...
DJ Mayhem - Inesse (Ray Keith Remix)
• DJ Mayhem - Inesse (Ra...
Shy FX - This Style
• This Style
MA3 - Those DJs
• MA3 - Those DJ's
Renegade - Terrorist
• Renegade - Terrorist
Reese - Just Want Another Chance (A3)
• Reese - Just Want Anot...
DJ SS - Black
• DJ SS Black 1995
Remarc - R.I.P. (DJ Hype Remix)
• R.I.P. (DJ Hype Remix)
Trace & Nico - Amtrack
• Amtrack
Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce - Cutslo (Lokuste Mix)
• Ed Rush, Optical & Fie...
Dead Dred - Dred Bass
• Dead Dred - Dred Bass
Hyper On Experience - Lord Of The Null Lines (Foul Play feat Randall Remix)
• A2. Hyper On Experienc...
Bay B Kane - Jungle Warriors
• Jungle Warriors - Bay ...
Double 99 - Ripgroove (Original Mix)
• Double 99 - Ripgroove ...
Bizzy B & Marvellous Cain feat. Tempo O'Neil - Everyday Junglist
• MARVELLOUS CAIN & BIZZ...
Shimon & Andy C - Quest
• Shimon & Andy C - Quest
DJ Hype - The Trooper
• The Trooper
Software and soundware mentioned:
Ableton Live
www.ableton.com/en/trial/
Xfer Records Serum
xferrecords.com/products/serum/
Nick Minieri - Akai S950 Test Tone (Free Sample Pack Download)
/ akai-s950-test-tone-fr...
Voxengo SPAN (It's free!)
www.voxengo.com/product/span/
Goldbaby - tape808
www.goldbaby.co.nz/tape808.html
Samples From Mars - 808 From Mars
samplesfrommars.com/products/...
SoundToys Decapitator
www.soundtoys.com/product/dec...
XLN Audio RC-20 Retro Color
www.xlnaudio.com/products/add...
FabFilter Pro-Q 3
www.fabfilter.com/products/pr...
Further reading and viewing:
Kevin Saunderson on the Reese bass, synths, software and a life in techno
www.musicradar.com/news/tech/...
Stranjah - Recreating Locust Reese By Ed Rush & Optical For 2020
• RECREATING LOCUST REES...
Fanu - Create a healthy sub bass with Serum (fix the Reese bass / two-oscillator sub bass drift problem)
• Create a healthy sub b...
Bizzy B - How To Make A F$%^ing phat Everyday Junglist Bass
• HOW TO MAKE A F$%^ing ...
Jungle photo by Karl Anderson on Unsplash:
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