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Xfer Records Serum, bass

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Contest: Xfer Records Serum played bass on Water by Katy B (2016)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + sub sine -1, unison 1, detune 7 cents, sub sine -1
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
108 Hz
resonance
0.2, drive 0.17
envelope
A 5 ms D 102 ms S 0.86 R 30 ms; short punch to open the attack transient, closing back within the decay; filter env amount 0.56
modulation
glide 46 ms, mono
effects
short slap delay and a tight dub-style spring reverb, crush
notes
A bass in the UK funky/bassline garage idiom Katy B's whole catalogue is built on: a detuned Reese-style low end or a bright plucked top line, run through fairly lo-fi bit-reduction and a tight dub delay. Kept sparse and rhythmic rather than sustained, true to the genre's club-system mixing.

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  • Seedsystem