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Need help with a sound

Postby Derpageddon » 28 Aug 2012 23:01

Does anybody have any idea how one might even start on making a sound like that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efjsQ-Cb ... page#t=78s
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Re: Need help with a sound

Postby Lavender_Harmony » 29 Aug 2012 00:41

Here is my best attempt at recreating it.

It's three laters. A dirty bass, chord synth and sub. Here is what I did, and a few things you can try if it's not exactly right. I used Massive for all of this.

1. DIrty Bass

    Osc 1: Groan 1. Don't worry too much about this yet.
    Osc 2: Saw, pitch up 12st
    Mod Osc: Phase on Osc 1. Turn it up to 95%
    Insert 1: Turn it to Parabolic Shaper, fiddle to taste.
    Now cycle through the Osc 1 selections til you find something really gritty that works.
    Voicing tab:
    - Unison 4
    - Pan Position ON all the way left
    - Pitch Cutoff ON a TIIIIINY bit to the right. Like, just a smidgen so it phases ever so slightly.
    FX1: I put it on C. Tube for extra grit.
    Lastly, EQ out the low end. Very important.

Things to try here:
    -: You might want to double up the sound, use a different Oscillator on each and pan them left/right for an even wider sound. if you do this, turn off Pan Position.
    -: You can try adding an LFO modulated dnotch filter for added movement to the sound without losing any power. Don't go crazy with the resonance though.

2. Chord Synth

    Osc 1: Saw
    Osc 2: Saw, +12st
    Mod Osc: Phase on Osc 1, at about 35%
    Ins 1: Hard clipper, just to give it a little more power. Don't push it too hard or you'll turn the sawtooth waves into square waves, and it'll just sound odd.
    Filter 1: High pass, 30% Cutoff, 30% Resonance. This removes the low end and gives it a nice buzzy, organy tone.
    Voicing: Unison 3, Pan position on full, Pitch cutoff On a little bit, same as before.
Notes
    This synth plays chords on top of the bass synth, so be sure to play it high enough so it doesn't meld with the low end. You can EQ out the lows, just in case any resonance pushes some weirdness down there, but it shouldn't be necessary. If you find the sound is a bit weak still, you can compress it to flatten out the sound, but be sure to EQ it a little after that, especially rolling off a little bit of the high end so it's not too tinny and uncomfortable.

3. Sub

Osc 1: Sin

Just make it follow the notes of the bass synth. If ithe notes pop, turn up the attack in Env 4 (The Amp mod by default) a smidgen.
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Re: Need help with a sound

Postby Derpageddon » 29 Aug 2012 12:12

Thanks a bunch!
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Re: Need help with a sound

Postby Raddons » 29 Aug 2012 13:27

I dropped the modulation channel an octave down on the bass sound. Sounds more bass-y that way :D Thanks Lav! I'll toy around some more and see what else I can do with it.
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