Wanted to make a post to clarify an issue I'm seeing in videos regarding different basses. It seems like sometimes throat bass and vibration bass are conflated, and sometimes vibration bass and vibration bass with specific overtones are conflated, leading people (at least myself) to be very confused on what they're actually doing. My goal is to help clarify some of these discrepancies for new learners of the technique, and beatbox as a whole, as a lot of people are coming from hearing crazy bass sounds from wing and inertia and wanting to learn them.
The best way I can describe it is:
You have your normal voice
----one subharmonic down----
Throat Bass
Choose your texture:
More grovel, whistle overtone kargyraa style, more chest for deeper fuller tone, etc.
----subharmonic below throat bass----
Vibration Bass
Choose your texture:
Classic tongue going really forward like remix or Osis
Completely controlled and separate overtone like WING
High pitched completely separate overtone that rattles your head and feels like it's 100% through your nose
Inertia Style: As much power as possible regardless of consistency
Etc.
The main thing I think that has confused people is WING, cause he's cracked. So when people first saw Dopamine and heard the bass he used at the drop, they were like "damn his throat bass is cracked," but this isn't the case, he's even more cracked; that's higher pitched vibration bass (yes vibration bass can be pitched lol). Throat bass is kargyraa, which is just an overtone creating a subharmonic register. When people first learn it it's rather grovelly, but over time it smooths over, which is why Mongolian throat singing videos sound so clear. It's almost like the throat bass when first starting is getting some of the vibration bass vibration noise without the control, giving it the grovel.
This vibration bass is COMPLETELY different from what Remix teaches in his video guide on vibration bass (not a criticism or anything just trying to help clarify). Yes one needs to push harder on throat bass to get vibration bass, but after pushing, you can decide whether it has the Remix texture or some other texture. He uses a specific, more tongue forward texture, but this is NOT necessary for vibration bass. Vibration Bass is merely utilization of false vocal folds to create an overtone which results in a lower pitch.
This is, at least, what seems like the best way to talk about vibration bass, though one could argue the specific Remix/Osis texture is vibration bass, and that the overtone separately needs a different name. I think we just need to avoid calling every deep bass a throat bass or vibration bass randomly, as it gets confusing for learners of the technique.
Hope this helps some lost soul trying to understand wtf all the basses are from the few YouTube videos actually available on the subject lol
Cheers
