In this video I explain how to make dark, mysterious bass melodies like you find in Alex Niggeman's "Materium" track. You'll see the role of the arpeggiator and secret hack to make Ableton's stock arp play dotted eight notes

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Contents:
0:00 Intro
1:50 Nailing the rhythm of 8th notes
3:31 Step 1: Breaking up a big chord using the arpeggiator
6:35 Step 2: Recording the arp's outputted MIDI notes and customise the result
8:00 Step 3: Adding Sound Design using uhe's Diva
8:40 Step 4: Automating the parameters on Diva
10:21 Playing everything in context with extra elements
11:05 Ideas for taking this further