most overused synths

slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:05 am

The Wiggle Baron wrote: Like...what the fuck are you doing if youre using preset patches? lol!

Writing tunes?

People have been using 'preset patches' on guitars and flutes and pianos and tablas and guiro and lutes for thousands of years, it's only in the past thirty or so that building a sound from the ground up has even been possible.

d+ · Post by d+ » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:43 am

i always use presets

75% of the time i will change them ALOT

25% of the time they go into the tune untouched bar EQ'ing / Comp

whats the difference between sampling a sound from a vinyl and sampling a sound from a preset on a synth? not much i think....

if it works do it. i remember when i started producing i used to come on this forum and see alot of stuck up producers talking about "I synthesize EVERYTHING even my HI Hats" and "I HATE it when the sub is not in Key with the Bassdrum!" and "Never compress sub/x/y/z". For a while I really listened to these people and my tunes suffered because of it.

4 years down the line, where are they? Still making boring beats. Still spending hours making a mediocre sound just for the self gratification that they made it themselves. If you enjoy it then thats all good, but don't try to make other producers live your dream. Theres alot of new guys on here and I think they should all be encouraged to follow 3 simple rules;

1. Keep it simple
2. If it sounds good do it
3. Spend time on your mixdown

If you want to rinse the same preset in all your tunes - Do it!

Don't listen to the stuck up guys on here who have ALL THE GEAR, ALL THE VSTS and seem to be encyclopedias on compression and eq because normally those are the guys who have been making boring beats for 10 years!

the wiggle baron · Post by **the wiggle baron** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:52 am

Slothrop wrote:
The Wiggle Baron wrote: Like...what the fuck are you doing if youre using preset patches? lol!
Writing tunes?

People have been using 'preset patches' on guitars and flutes and pianos and tablas and guiro and lutes for thousands of years, it's only in the past thirty or so that building a sound from the ground up has even been possible.

And thats the advantage (and very nearly point) of electronic music imo!

slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:16 pm

The Wiggle Baron wrote:
Slothrop wrote:
The Wiggle Baron wrote: Like...what the fuck are you doing if youre using preset patches? lol!
Writing tunes?

People have been using 'preset patches' on guitars and flutes and pianos and tablas and guiro and lutes for thousands of years, it's only in the past thirty or so that building a sound from the ground up has even been possible.
And thats the advantage (and very nearly point) of electronic music imo!

It's an advantage. It's a great option to have available to you but if some people are more into rhythms and melody and stuff and are happy to just pick some presets that they can work with and just go at it rather than spending months getting bogged down learning techniques that aren't really relevant to what they want to acheive then fair play to them.

Personally I'm almost incapable of using a preset without tweaking it, though, just because I know enough to know how I can make the sound do what I want it to more... and obv if you're rinsing presets while playing a one note bassline with a predictable rhythm then you're unlikely to do anything particularly interesting.

ketamine · Post by **ketamine** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:33 pm

Its not just Dubstep.

I was browsing Electro House on Beatport some days ago an heard Brutal Electro in no less than 2 or 3 TOP 10 TUNES

karmacazee · Post by **karmacazee** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:45 pm

I don't have Massive.

Z3ta all the way baby, 6 oscillator madness! Although the presets in Z3ta sound like bad Euro dance/cheesy trance. I've been very very tempted to make a Euro dance tune because of it.

ketamine · Post by **ketamine** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:56 pm

Karmacazee wrote:I don't have Massive.

Z3ta all the way baby, 6 oscillator madness! Although the presets in Z3ta sound like bad Euro dance/cheesy trance. I've been very very tempted to make a Euro dance tune because of it.

Nu genre alert: Eurostep

hans blix · Post by **hans blix** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:21 pm

I reckon Albino 3 is more widely used than Massive. Used in all Skream, Benga, Rusko, etc tracks.

Brisance · Post by **Brisance** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:29 pm

Ketamine wrote: Eurostep

d+ · Post by d+ » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:32 pm

The Wiggle Baron wrote:
Slothrop wrote:
The Wiggle Baron wrote: Like...what the fuck are you doing if youre using preset patches? lol!
Writing tunes?

People have been using 'preset patches' on guitars and flutes and pianos and tablas and guiro and lutes for thousands of years, it's only in the past thirty or so that building a sound from the ground up has even been possible.
And thats the advantage (and very nearly point) of electronic music imo!

the point of electronic music or any music is never to simply make sounds

FSTZ1 · Post by **FSTZ1** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:40 pm

futures_untold wrote:cack 'bass'

FSTZ1 · Post by **FSTZ1** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:42 pm

my fav preset: "Init Patch"

seems to be on all the synths I use

futures_untold · Post by **futures_untold** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:45 pm

FSTZ wrote:my fav preset: "Init Patch"

seems to be on all the synths I use

+1

lojik · Post by **lojik** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:58 pm

Yea I tried getting to grips with Massive but I definately prefer Albino3. You can probably get some amazing sounds out of Massive but I don't know it well enough and seeing as I can get good sounds from Albino I don't really bother

FSTZ1 · Post by **FSTZ1** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:31 pm

I must add...

the presets on my access virus are quite nice

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:33 pm

i used a modified brutal electro in my tune lets be blunt

FSTZ1 · Post by **FSTZ1** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:35 pm

I don't have massive

I'm still trying to get my head around Reaktor tbh

contakt321 · Post by **contakt321** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:52 pm

I have, use and enjoy Massive and never do anything remotely "Brutal Electro-ish"

I use presets. I sample. I don't give a f_ck.

the wiggle baron · Post by **the wiggle baron** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:59 pm

D+ wrote:
The Wiggle Baron wrote:
Slothrop wrote:
The Wiggle Baron wrote: Like...what the fuck are you doing if youre using preset patches? lol!
Writing tunes?

People have been using 'preset patches' on guitars and flutes and pianos and tablas and guiro and lutes for thousands of years, it's only in the past thirty or so that building a sound from the ground up has even been possible.
And thats the advantage (and very nearly point) of electronic music imo!
the point of electronic music or any music is never to simply make sounds

Oh no, not at all! (unless, you know...thats what youre going for...) Massive part of my problem with dubstep at the moment is the "difference" between so many tunes being the type of "craaaaooowww" (or whatever

) noise, and veeery little else.

Think I might be explaining myself badly. Its the idea of someone going through some patches, and hearing one and deciding on that being the basis of their idea for the track that gets me. Seems to be music made the wrong way round. If music is meant to be an expression of creativity, surely it would have to go the other way. Idea -> Make your sound.

Again, its harder to verbalise (and less clear cut) than I thought, but the idea of a preset being (worse case scenario) the basis of a tune, or even the idea behind one just seems a bit unmusical to me.

I spose, theres: Hear preset -> Gives you idea -> You fuck around with noise until its what youre hearing in your head. But thats not really what I meant originally...and is gonna require more thinking on my behalf tbh

FSTZ1 · Post by **FSTZ1** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:13 pm

^^^I am with you man

we need more soul in dubstep

IMHO

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