Quick Complextro/dubstep question

[bmar22]

When you guys are making dubstep or complextro and inputting all of your glitches, do you guys put your pieces on a sampler and actually play it or do you sit there and put in piece by piece? I' curious to know how other people are going about doing it.

I know it all depends I'm curious how different people do it

thanks for the help.

[almostskate100]

Id definitely say it depends. But for me personally, I use a combination of both of the techniques you mentioned. If I have a "batch" of glitchy samples that are sort of similar (i.e. a bunch of "bubbly" sounds, a bunch of snaps, etc) I would probably put those into a drum rack together, just so that I can process them together with similar EQ, compression, and FX.

In other cases, if I have a glitch sample that may only appear once or twice in the track, or one that I want to make a bunch of variations in audio format by reversing, stretching, and pitching up or down, I might just leave it as its own audio track. I dont think it really matters how you do it. Just whatever seems to make sense in your workflow at the time.

[invisibled]

i just piece it together with audio, i find it's easiest to manipulate audio very quickly in logic (it's all i've ever used) so if i make the sound from a plugin I just make a bunch of different options and bounce them all down and just mute ones I dont want to throw in yet. going further bus'ing all the glitch/sound tracks together and putting a bit of glue on them also helps them stick together

[Burgeamon]

I always find it easier to just work with audio, even if it means bouncing down layers etc. I think its a subconscious thing where by making it all audio I separate the sound design and arrangement process so it shifts my mindset.

[NinjaEdit]

With audio hits, you can see where the waveforms are.

[D00FY]

Only really just started to get the hang of dub step.. and by that i mean i'm still struggling lol. I'm doing it piece by piece. Making sure I design all my own bass leads & growls but using samples to blend them in so to say.

Bang my first post.. it's a masterpiece

[dickman69]

so u sample other basses?

[Justin Bays]

I make a bunch of different synth sounds, play them in the key of the song and render them to audio and then i just put all the audio bits together