Predictably ascending and descending the scale gives your bassline more continuity.
Distortion is used by electronic music producers on basslines, synthesizers, drums, and even entire songs. It is a vital tool that can give your music a much rougher, louder sound.
A modern vocoder combines two audio sources to produce a third “blended” sound. Usually, one of the input sounds is produced using a synthesizer while the other sound is recorded from a microphone.