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Icicle's Dreadnaught Sub
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:23 pm
by blazinaidan
I'm not one to make "teach me how to sound like this bigshot producer!" threads but here I am now. The sub in this song is probably one of the best subs I've ever heard (in that style if you feel me). I mean it seems so simple, like it has to be a sine with just a bit of embellishment, but what embellishment?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohQoJeR6vAA
(God I hate that logo)
EDIT: Extremely subtle overdrive perhaps?
Re: Icicle's Dreadnaught Sub
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:56 pm
by dubesteppe
its definately a sine wave. you just have to play around with what octave its at. you are probably enjoying what the mastering engineer did more then what the actual artist did
Re: Icicle's Dreadnaught Sub
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:58 pm
by Aufnahmewindwuschel
hes using volume modulation for sure maybe some tiny tube and compressor on top of a eq? fells like he went to the last point possible before clipping
Re: Icicle's Dreadnaught Sub
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:59 pm
by Aufnahmewindwuschel
feels haha stupid me
Re: Icicle's Dreadnaught Sub
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:07 pm
by blazinaidan
Yea I feel ya Bud. Wouldn't be surprised if he sent the tube to a separate bus and eq'd that a little more too. BTW fucking sick track in your sig! May I ask something of the percussion? Online samples, recorded, or record digging?
Re: Icicle's Dreadnaught Sub
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:12 pm
by Aufnahmewindwuschel
thanks man as far as i remember online samples chopped to the illest repitch function in ableton layered reverb and voila haha
Re: Icicle's Dreadnaught Sub
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:15 pm
by blazinaidan
Haha, what, 100% frequency shift? I love tuning drums like that.
Re: Icicle's Dreadnaught Sub
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:18 pm
by Aufnahmewindwuschel
yeah i love it haha most of the time i dont get any close to the stuff i do when i work with drumloop samples but i get better with programing myself ;if you want you could have a listen to my tune puristica everything programed
Re: Icicle's Dreadnaught Sub
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:26 pm
by blazinaidan
sure! link me in a pm!
Re: Icicle's Dreadnaught Sub
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:39 am
by Pony_Boy
Check out icicle's masterclass video.
with that in mind, i would bet he made that sub with logics esx24 sampler. (fantastic for subs). it has a filter with a drive knob on it, so if u run a sine through it and crank up the drive, with a lpf over it, you'll get that warm saturated sound he's acheived. modulate the filter cutoff with an lfo (hello 2006!) and you're done. also sounds like the amp envelope has a shorter decay and sustain. maybe run the finished sound through a vintage warmer as well.
icicle ftw. wicked song
Re: Icicle's Dreadnaught Sub
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:21 pm
by blazinaidan
Yea I think it's some subtle overdrive that's adding that extra sexiness. Reason's Thor has a drive knob too, but I honestly don't really know EXACTLY how it's affecting the sound, gotta read up on that. Yea Icicle's a mean producer, but sometimes his stuff is a little too crystal clear HD DVD-ey if you know what I mean, for my taste.