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can anyone give me some basic methods of getting stab sounds going? ive been trying with no luck. i use ableton if people want to get more specific. but broader descriptions are more welcome, so i can get my own creative juices flowing

Sample them from old funk/soul records.

to get the general stab "shape", use a sharp envelope on a lowpass filter so it drops from high to low. Tweak the envelope to get the desired shape of said stab and voilà
Also works if you stick an envelope on the volume or use a ramp LFO instead of an envelope

Sounds nice on square waves.

JemGrover wrote:to get the general stab "shape", use a sharp envelope on a lowpass filter so it drops from high to low. Tweak the envelope to get the desired shape of said stab and voilà
Also works if you stick an envelope on the volume or use a ramp LFO instead of an envelope

Sounds nice on square waves.

All you need to know right there!

Dub Mons wrote:can anyone give me some basic methods of getting stab sounds going? ive been trying with no luck. i use ableton if people want to get more specific. but broader descriptions are more welcome, so i can get my own creative juices flowing

Get a knife and a field recorder
FInd a crowd of people and go to town
SOme good stab sounds there

krispy wrote:

Dub Mons wrote:can anyone give me some basic methods of getting stab sounds going? ive been trying with no luck. i use ableton if people want to get more specific. but broader descriptions are more welcome, so i can get my own creative juices flowing

Get a knife and a field recorder
FInd a crowd of people and go to town
SOme good stab sounds there

Fuckin' hell, man...

krispy wrote: Get a knife and a field recorder
FInd a crowd of people and go to town
SOme good stab sounds there

nah not even.... the best stab sounds come from pumpkins!
stabbing flesh just doesn't sound realistic enough!!

tis what a sound designer for Weta Workshop reckons anyways!

!!chea