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How to make a Nice Build up

Post by Mapledelux » Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:16 am

I have yet to figure out how to make a nice build up the windy kind where it gets more intense as it any tips for fl studio

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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by bigfootspartan » Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:29 am

Most build ups like you are describing are just white noise. Take some white noise, run it through a low pass filter and then modulate the cut off. As the cutoff gets higher it'll sound "windier." If you want to add a "swoosh" try adding some resonance to your filter.

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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by ogunslinger » Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:34 am

automate the resonance and it will go wooooooooooooooooooooooosh

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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by wub » Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:45 am

bigfootspartan wrote:Most build ups like you are describing are just white noise. Take some white noise, run it through a low pass filter and then modulate the cut off. As the cutoff gets higher it'll sound "windier." If you want to add a "swoosh" try adding some resonance to your filter.

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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by 2mb1o » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:31 am

Bandpass filters work nice with white noise.

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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by wub » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:34 am

And don't just limit it to white noise.

I've got a folder full of 4/8/16 bar sounds - white noise, pad sweeps, random 3xOsc bass modulations, synths etc etc. Run them through several automated events, like the afore mentioned filter cranking, maybe sidechaining to a silenced 4/4 kick, gradually opening flange whatever, then bounce out.

If they're shit, delete them. If they're half decent, save them in a folder somewhere and whenver you need something to pull out to flesh out the transitions in a project, you can just drag & drop.

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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by Karoshi » Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:34 pm

I was messing the other day and i highpassed the main riff, added camel phat onto it, and automated the bitcrusher only from 0% to 100% and as it gets near 100% you get some weird glitchy sound. i thought it sounded pretty good layered with the white noise build up, like the track was decaying or something. maybe something to try?
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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by Kochari » Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:19 pm

Flange sounds delicious on white noise.
And automate EVERYTHING on the riser - delay, reverb, EQ, resonance etc etc
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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by Recessive Trait » Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:21 pm

use the same envelope you're using for the riser to increase the wet on phasers, flangers, etc.

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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by Sinisterbeats » Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:57 pm

cant go wrong with a reversed crash symbol either


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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by shaneynclan » Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:18 pm

Kochari wrote: And automate EVERYTHING on the riser reverb
+1
increase reverb as b-b-b-b-b-b-uiiild.
then cut for drop.

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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by skwiggo » Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:34 am

bitfuckingcrush and downsampling automation with highpass filter is a personal favourite, or use sends and build lots of effects up to full (delay, reverb, whatever) then switch them all off to give contrast

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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by codymackaz » Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:41 am

In FL Studio..
1. Select the 3xOsc synthesizer.
2. Change the waveform to the 'noise' shape.
3. Put 3xOsc on a mixer track.
4. Add > Fruity Filter.
5. Select lowpass or bandpass.
6. Automate the cutoff filter.

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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by Brisance » Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:14 am

codymackaz wrote:In FL Studio..
3. Put 3xOsc on a mixer track.
4. Add > Fruity Filter.
You could also use 3xOSCs internal filter.

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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by deadly_habit » Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:22 am

how to make a cliche drop :6:

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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by amphibian » Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:45 am

deadly habit wrote:how to make a cliche drop :6:
Token jaded response.

OP: Any kind of automation that makes it sound more "epic", is a good choice. Aka, automating lfo rate so that it gets faster (or slower), automating reverb amount, volume, eq frequencies.etc.
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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by Mapledelux » Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:54 am

amphibian wrote:
deadly habit wrote:how to make a cliche drop :6:
Token jaded response.

OP: Any kind of automation that makes it sound more "epic", is a good choice. Aka, automating lfo rate so that it gets faster (or slower), automating reverb amount, volume, eq frequencies.etc.
deady you making new kinds of drops or someshiet? :4:

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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by deadly_habit » Thu Dec 02, 2010 2:00 am

yep, though the typical methods work great on dj formulated tracks

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Re: How to make a Nice Build up

Post by Mapledelux » Thu Dec 02, 2010 2:05 am

guess my question did sound kinda noobish.. gotta learn sometime tho

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