Synth bass sound (eg Lionel Richie's "You Are")

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For those familiar with Lionel Richie’s “You Are”, there’s a synth-like bass sound accompanying the regular bass line.

Is this some sort of pedal effect the regular bass plays through or is it some sort of keyboard?

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Must…keep…thread…from…dying…give…one…bump…

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Well, I can’t help you on the synth-bass sound, but I’ll bump this thread again, with a comment.

A few years ago, I saw my friend’s daughter do an awesome floor-ex gymnastics routine to this song. (The song itself is terrific too, IMHO.)

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I have no idea about that specific song - I don’t know that I’ve heard it.

However, I am sure you are on the right track. The real question is how the effect is achieved:

  1. Bass playing through effects pedal with a Y-out, so one path is clean and the other path has the effect.

  2. Bass playing straight track, then studio manipulation used to copy track and put copy through an effect.

  3. Other instrument - synth, other bass, bass pedals, etc. - duplicating track.

All are used regularly.