Remaking the bass synth from the 2004 song "Hit My Heart" by Benassi Bros. Feat Dhany can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "Hit My Heart" bass patch and play this iconic sound on most hardware or software subtractive synthesizers (Serum, Vital, Pigments, Prophet, Korg, Moog, etc). We've included the preset download directly for your convenience, but we strongly recommend you use our programming tutorial to recreate it yourself.
Original Audio
The bass in Benassi Bros. feat. Dhany’s “Hit My Heart” is a tight, sawtooth-based dance bass that starts immediately and locks the groove from the first bar. The patch is essentially a plain saw oscillator run through distortion/overdrive and filtering plus time-based effects, giving the track its punchy, rough texture. The bassline is audible from the intro and remains the driving low-end throughout the verses and drops. Forum reports and interviews link Benassi’s signature saw-bass approach to a Reaktor ensemble used in their productions.
Our Remake of The Bass Synth sound
This audio clip is how close we've matched the original tone of the bass synth from the song "Hit My Heart" by Benassi Bros. Feat Dhany, giving you a reference point as you design your own synthesizer preset. Play it as often as you need to familiarize yourself with the nuances of the sound.
Synth Patch Programming Recipe
Getting Started
- Start by initializing your synthesizer to a plain saw with no filter, modulation or effects. For soft synths use the "init"/"default" preset or the the button to reset all parameters to their default factory values.
- No two synths are exactly alike, so treat the values below as approximate, and use your ear.
- Percentage values (e.g. 50%) represent the relative position of a knob or slider within its full range. The full range of each parameter may differ from synth to synth, so use your ear.
Note: the patch settings may slightly differ in the Syntorial challenge.
Explore More
- Benassi Bros what gear did they use? – Gearspace
- Patch Request: Benny Benassi (Thick Bass) – AudibleGenius community
- Benny Benassi | Equipboard
- Create The “Benny Benassi Synth” On Reason! (YouTube tutorial)
Preset Downloads
Don't want to learn synth programming now? Use our synth preset as your starting point and tweak it from there. Register an account with Audible Genius and download the presets for free for the following synths:
- Serum
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