More from our Deep House Series:

Hello producers, how’s it going? Let’s take a look at 5 more Deep House bass-line patterns and see what we can come up with. For simplicity, we’ll be using the same drums for most of them. So if you’re looking for some inspiration, feel free to try these out…change the pattern, notes, add more elements…you get the idea.

Summary:

Deep House Bassline #1

Deep House Bassline #2

Deep House Bassline #3

Deep House Bassline #4

Deep House Bassline #5

We’ll use Live 9 as our workstation, but you can follow this with any DAW. Just make sure to pay attention to the grid settings in the right corner of every image. Also, if you have any questions or suggestions just get in touch with us at hi@promusicproducers.com. Okay then, let’s start!

Deep House Bassline #1

Although a very simple, 1-bar repetitive pattern playing at 125 BPM, it creates a nice vibe around a minor 7th atmospheric pad track:

STEP 1 – Create a new clip, one bar long. Using G#, draw this nice pattern of 1/8 notes:

It sounds like this:



STEP 2 – Let’s see what happens if we shift the first two G# up one octave:

It sounds like this:



STEP 3 – Shift the 3rd G# down to F# and insert a shorter D# just before the F#. See how much that adds to the vibe:

It sounds like this:



Add some minor 7th chords and pads and see how that sounds:



Deep House Bassline #2

A bass-line with some longer notes, with an interesting change in the fourth bar, playing at 125 BPM.

STEP 1 – We’ll start with a long on-beat hit on B and then 2x 1/8 notes:

It sounds like this:

STEP 2 – Increase the length of the clip to 2 bars. In the second bar, shift the notes in a descending sequence G – E:

It sounds like this:

STEP 3 – Let’s connect these 2 bars with some off-beat notes (D3, A2) just before the end of each bar:

It sounds like this:

STEP 4 – Now duplicate the 2 bars so we can make something interesting in the fourth bar; insert a B2 just before the last A2, and a shorter A2 just before the B2. Also, increase the length of the first E2 so it fully covers the second one:

It sounds like this:



Add a pad playing B minor and see how that sounds:

Deep House Bassline #3

A repetitive ascending sequence of notes but with a small difference in their position every 2 bars, playing at 125 BPM.

STEP 1 – We’ll start with a two bars pattern using D1. Note the difference between the two bars:

It sounds like this:



STEP 2 – We’ll leave the first two D1 alone, but we’ll shift the rest to G – A – A#:

It sounds like this:



STEP 3 – Let’s change the usual progression every four bars. So duplicate these two bars and in the 4th bar, move all the notes up to D2:

It sounds like this:



STEP 4 – Link these bars together by filling the off-beat spot between them:

It sounds like this:



Add a chord sound with one of its oscillators pitched to +7 or +19, playing the same MIDI pattern, but without the off-beat notes we added in the previous step, and see how that sounds:



Deep House Bassline #4

A simple pattern of double off-beat notes playing at 125 BPM.

STEP 1 – We’ll start with four groups of 2x 1/16 notes playing the first on-beat and last three off-beat spots:

It sounds like this:



STEP 2 – Now duplicate this bar and move these notes around to create a nice progression:

It sounds like this:



STEP 3 – Add a B2 on the first off-beat spot and a B1 just before the D2 group:

It sounds like this:



Deep House Bassline #5

A simple, 2-bars bass-line derived from the classic 3/16 pattern, playing at 120 BPM.

STEP 1 – Create a new clip, two bars long and insert the following pattern of 3/16 notes:

It sounds like this:



STEP 2 – In the 1st bar, move the second E0 up to E1. In the 2nd bar, move the notes up to G – A – B:

It sounds like this:



STEP 3 – Now let’s add some notes between these bars:

It sounds like this:



Add some minor stabs and an arpeggio and see how that sounds:



That’s it!

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