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high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by Benza » Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:40 am

im having trouble making a high pitched doctor p /flux pavillion sound. i tried making just playing synths in higher octaves then the typical bass range but i havnt had any success , i hear rumors about the comb filter but havnt had any success with that either

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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by Basic A » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:09 am

:lol:

Are you buy any chance talking about the bass in got to know and ect?

I was just discussing this with someone... we're clueless! :lol: but id be curious myself if this is what your on about. Its the grit/ring I have trouble with, other then that it just sounds like a typically 2 octave spread.
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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by freakah » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:16 am

I made a similarish bass using albino, filter saturation 3 turned up fairly high, and lots of resampling!!

Otherwise you could try layering sounds, so have a low grit synth and a high one...

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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by Benza » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:22 am

flux pavillion definitely layers his sounds that much i can tell , hmm im using massive is there an equivalent for filter saturation in massive?

and yeah im talking about the you got to know / gold dust bass. so fucking sick !!!

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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by ogunslinger » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:32 am

i can get the sound.... but it's the volume I have trouble on, no matter how much compression/limiting I apply I can't get a loud enough result without affecting the quality of the lead

:u: so stumped on this one

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Post by OlzaMK » Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:07 am

Also you could layer different formants maybe :6:
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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by BananaBomber » Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:22 am

mod osc in massive go to the phaser add phade to the osc then turn thr tuning on the mod osc up to either 12 or 24 semitones :)

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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by victor w » Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:08 pm

Not so sure about Flux's synth style but I made a very similar synth using thor that cookie monsta uses in "blurgh" and other tracks like that. I'm not sure about the science behind it lol so i'm just going to note the basics..? sub sine wave, any high pitched analog type sound, and a low chord/multiosc sound running through a shaper. i set thor's shaper to "rectify" .. what ever that means. open up the filter a little and it sounded mean. the shaper makes the sub rumble a little, which distorts the analog high pitch sound and makes it "gritty", and with that added low somewhat-crunchy chord sound on top of those it added to the grittiness. note: the chord sound shouldn't be too thick. sorry i'm not so good at explaining synths but i tried my best.
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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by futures_untold » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:41 pm

You need a synth capable of FM between the oscillators.

Set one oscillator to frequency modulate the oscillator. (For instance, set osc 2 to FM osc 1).

Set the pitch of the modulator two or three octaves above the carrier. (The modulator is the one doing the modulation, in this case, oscillator 2.)

Set the mixer level between the two oscillators so you can only hear the carrier.

Either use a saw wave on both oscillators, or use a saw wave on the modulator and a square wave on the carrier.

Adjust the FM depth to taste.

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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by narcissus » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:09 pm

i've got some bass sounds that are a lil like dr. p

but i can't tell you how to make them

otherwise the cat would be out of the bag, wouldn't it?

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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by Benza » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:11 pm

i dont think ocs can fm other ocs in massive can you? or am i just totally not seeing this right ? , what synth can do that?

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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by tylerblue » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:31 pm

Benza wrote:i dont think ocs can fm other ocs in massive can you? or am i just totally not seeing this right ? , what synth can do that?
massive is subtractive synthesis. you need an fm synthesizer (FM8, Operator, etc)
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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by 3za » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:50 pm

tylerblue wrote:
Benza wrote:i dont think ocs can fm other ocs in massive can you? or am i just totally not seeing this right ? , what synth can do that?
massive is subtractive synthesis. you need an fm synthesizer (FM8, Operator, etc)
Massive is not a classic subtractive synth, its more of a hybrid monster. it is not capable of FM, but it can do phase modulation (PM). PM is very simular sounding to FM.
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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by BananaBomber » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:57 pm

tylerblue wrote:
Benza wrote:i dont think ocs can fm other ocs in massive can you? or am i just totally not seeing this right ? , what synth can do that?
massive is subtractive synthesis. you need an fm synthesizer (FM8, Operator, etc)
WELL FLUX AND DOC P USE MASSIVE FOR THRE BASS I ASKED THEM :p

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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by futures_untold » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:58 pm

Come on guys, do your homework!

Massive is a wavetable synth. It also has filters which subtract/filter out the sound. You can use the 4th oscillator to frequency

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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by futures_untold » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:02 pm

If they used Massive for that bassline, they most likely had some kind of ring modulation going on. ;)

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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by legend4ry » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:07 pm

Theres a preset on Crystal what sounds exactly like it.



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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by rawali » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:08 pm

errr... scream filter + playing the same note on multiple octaves and some saturation would be my bet

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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by dav.id » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:12 pm

legend4ry wrote:Theres a preset on Crystal what sounds exactly like it.



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Re: high pitched dubstep synth?

Post by Benza » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:13 pm

hmm yeah somthing with the phase and the ring mod do you think they keep the wave types simple for that kinda sound ? like just squares and saws?

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