Maxximal - Super Bitch | Bass Synth Patch Remake

Remaking the bass synth from the 2009 song "Super Bitch" by Maxximal can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "Super Bitch" 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

Maxximal’s 2020 electronic dance track “Super Bitch” became a club favorite with over 1.5 million streams, built around a commanding synthesizer bassline that drives the entire composition. The track’s signature sound features a gritty, distorted bass synthesizer that combines aggressive pulse wave textures with a booming sub-bass layer, creating the track’s distinctive low-end presence. The creative process centered on this main bass synthesizer, which Maxximal designed to provide the primary rhythm alongside the drums, ensuring maximum dancefloor impact. You can hear this growling bass synthesizer make its entrance at 1:01 in the song, where it establishes the track’s relentless groove.

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 "Super Bitch" by Maxximal, 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 allx 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.

Voices

• Voice Mode: Mono

Oscillator Setup

Oscillator 1

• Mix: 100%
• Wavetable: Basic Shapes
• Wave Frame: Sine (position 0)
• Routing: Direct Out
• Transpose: -12 st
• Unison Voices: 2
• Unison Detune: 1%
• Unison Stereo Spread: 100%

Oscillator 2

• Mix: 55%
• Wavetable: Basic Shapes
• Wave Frame: Square (position 175)
• Routing: Filter 2
• Unison Detune: 1%
• Unison Blend: 0.27

Oscillator 3

• Mix: 46%
• Wavetable: Basic Shapes
• Wave Frame: Saw (position 127)
• Routing: Filter 2
• Transpose: -12 st

Filter Settings

Filter 2

• Model: Analog
• Style: 24dB Slope
• Blend: Low Pass (0)
• Cutoff: 64% (920.062 Hz)
• Resonance: 70%
• Drive: 30%

Envelope Settings

Envelope 1 (Amp)

• Attack: 0 ms
• Decay: 260 ms
• Sustain: 44%
• Release: 527 ms

Envelope 2

• Attack: 0 ms
• Decay: 338 ms
• Sustain: 0%
• Release: 591 ms

Effects Processing (Ordered)

Distortion

• Mix: Default (100%)
• Drive: 78%
• Type: Default (Soft Clip)

Reverb

• Mix: 13%
• Size: 70%
• Chorus Amount: 5%
• Chorus Frequency: Default (0.250 Hz)
• Time: 0.346 s
• Low Shelf Cutoff: 26% (57.584 Hz)
• Low Shelf Gain: -6 dB
• Pre Low Cutoff: 47% (258.432 Hz)

Note: the patch settings may slightly differ in the Syntorial challenge.

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:

• Vital

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