<pony><original> Ruby Skies and Violet Clouds

[Lavender_Harmony]

Posting this here, hoping for some feedback, first serious attempt at this wobble bass stuff, I've already got some (hilarious) hate for it.

Did I do good? ^^'' Also anything about it you guys wanna ask about?

[@ppleBukker]

I honestly think you did great. The builds seems great and well-placed. I especially like the chorus of "Ahhs" at the second build-up.

Questions:
Okay, I've tried to make dubstep here and there. Honestly, I've never gotten too serious with it. So, in your bassdrops, how many bass synths did you use? Is there a lot of automation used? How long did this take to make?

All in all, it's a great song. I don't know why anypony would hate on it.

[Lavender_Harmony]

I honestly think you did great. The builds seems great and well-placed. I especially like the chorus of "Ahhs" at the second build-up.

Questions:
Okay, I've tried to make dubstep here and there. Honestly, I've never gotten too serious with it. So, in your bassdrops, how many bass synths did you use? Is there a lot of automation used? How long did this take to make?

All in all, it's a great song. I don't know why anypony would hate on it.

All in all there are around 20 or so sounds used. That is not counting the subs, if you count those, double that number. I didn't use much automation on the actual bass sounds, I make them modulate within the synth using the performer, which I found to be a lot more flexible and good for brainstorming rhythm ideas rather than manually noting everything out. If I wanted something super complex I could have used automation but I never ran into that issue here. One important note is that every sub I used alongside the bass isn't static, I modulated it in the same way the bass sound itself modulates, through a filter, so that it actually pumps in a similar way to how sidechaining works, which creates a lot more dynamic quality to the bass sound.

It took around 10 hours total to complete, I'd say. Not in one sitting mind you!

[@ppleBukker]

That explanation actually clarified a lot for me. I knew that making dubstep meant using a lot of synths. However, I never thought of modulating the subs to move with the bass sounds.

Thanks for the explanation, it's really helped out with my understanding of making dubstep. I say that was a good 10 hours well spent!