Hey guys sorry I wasnt around to hit this q and a up a bit more. Been hella busy and on tour in Japan. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Carry on with your forum antics. Watch your step!

Sup Downlink! I'm from Canada and a huge fan of yours...

Could you go into some detain how you made the main bassline in Gamma Ray Burst? (effects chains + tips)

Its so heavy and crunchy!

thanks!

:corndance:

also how often do you resample your basslines?

I'm too lazy to go into great ...

Without sounding like I am swinging towards you (which I am not, I appreciate a couple of your tracks).

Have you done Dubstep which isn't the kind of stuff you're known for? Your production skills seem impeccable; it would be nice to hear someone from you which was more towards my tastes.

I ...

Trainrek wrote:What's your favourite waveform/wavetable?

In Massive a few faves are Carbon, AI, Bronze, Scrap Yard

Hey man - thanks so much for doing this!

Couple of questions.

Do you layer your basses much or are you tending to achieve a lot of your sounds with a single bass patch that you then process / resample a bunch.

I'm still at the stage where my basses are missing that midrange that pushes the sound ...

whats your live setup consist of? ever consider moving to ableton like datsik has done? 8)

Live set up is three Pioneer CDJ-2000's and a Pioneer DJM-900 mixer. Also Serato SL-4 and macbookpro.

I've briefly considered switching to LIVE but I just can't bring myself to do it. I think mixing for ...

I thought up a couple more questions, hope thats cool:
>You mentioned you use Ozone for mastering in an earlier post - what setting do you utilise, do you base them off a preset or do you got through each setting manually and tweak? Is Ozone the only plugin you use on your master bus? Aside from ...

Your a legend for doing this Q&A man,

How do you process your drums for your average track (Compression, Saturation, EQ etc.)?

Do you use a drum machine or straight audio hits?

Do you run effects through Sends & Returns, or are the effects just slapped straight on the drums?

Thx again ...

Big up for the Q&a!

What are your influences outside of dubstep?
and
Which of your tracks do you think gets the best audience response and why?

Again, massive respect for your time man.

Thanks man!

I've talked before about some of my influences so check those responses.

As for which of my ...

_v_ wrote:Cheers Downlink.
how about a random production tip?

Many of you may already know or do this, but try sidechaining all of your midrange bass to your snare a slight bit. Don't go overboard; used subtly you will love this trick.

big ups for doing this, big fan of your stuff!

questions:

what process do you go through to make your sub bass and and midrange bass flow together and sounding huge?

how should i mix down my tracks if i want to play them out in clubs?

do you plan on making any different genres in the near ...

ezi mate,
one of the few heavy artists in dubstep that i can listen to and enjoy!
my question is,
have you ever tried making something radically different to what usually make, for example deep house or something?

I've made a lot of music that is nothing like the stuff I release as Downlink. No ...

Wssup D - long time listener, first time caller...
Wondering if the rumours are true about you hating Toronto like how the rest of Canada does?

Also - can you give us a couple of tips that you wish you knew as a budding producer that would help take producing to the next level?

Cheers (go ...

I'm always struggling with basslines/leads and in some point they sound ok, but after a while they start to sound crappy and again the same thing starts over. What is the hardest part of making a track for you?

The hardest part of making a track is coming up with that initial 8 bar loop of the ...

Hey Downlink,
if you could tell all new producers something, what would it be?
Also, what pisses you off in the dubstep, dnb scene?

I would tell new producers to make sure that they work on defining their own style and sound, and to put as much time into this as they can. Work on building your ...

thanks for the answer! feel free to decline my reguest, but would you mind uploading a massive patch/project file for us to analyze? :)
would you say you do most of your filtering(for main movements ie wobbles, and big robot sounds) inside massive? or do you use massive's filters just to give it ...

python453 wrote:What guys (if any) do you look up to that are in the game right now? as in actively releasing material?

There are many producers that I rate. A few that come to mind right now are

Noisia, Spor, Nero, Burial, Tipper, Zedd, Knife Party, Far Too Loud, Koan Sound...

Thank you Downlink for taking time to do this, much appreciated!

My question is a further elaboration of Jr's question, "Melody or Tone, which is more important?":

In the context of producing bass driven music, what is the mindset you have when composing basslines?

To explain: For myself, I'm ...

Sorry for neglecting this for the past couple days. I'm going to try to get to a bunch more questions later tonight!

Hey man had the pleasure of meeting you when you were in Ireland a while back! :)

anyways...do you ever think you'll do like an interview or a masterclass for computer music or any other type of thing like that? I still refer back to the Reso masterclass a lot cause it helped me out a ton with ...