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Resampling Effects on a Clean Dubstep Lead rather than a..Dirty Bassline.

Hi guys I'm looking for a bit of advice/a point in the right direction. I've been working on a track for a while in my signature and at the drop I have a high pitched lead which will compliment a sub Bassline going forward. Most of the resampling tutorials I've found on here or elsewhere refer specifically to dirty baselines and "How to f*ck up your sh*t" which is not what I want here.

I find using the methods I've seen in Ascians Tuts for example make my sound loose it's "lead" effect and muddy it up totally. I'm wondering if any of you could give me some advice on fattening my lead up, how to make it take up more space, sound thicker and fuller like the likes of Doctor P and Flux and various other Jump up producers do?

What effects should i use for getting that beefy sound without losing the emphasis on melody and pitch and keeping the sound clean but still acknowledging the fact that it is "The Lead". How do you guys resample these lead sounds and what do you do to it to make it sound huge and impressive?

P.s. if you know of any good tutorials or vids for this then please link to them if you can Thanks Guys - Chek

Do some sort of parallel processing.....duplicate the lead a couple of times and add a different styles of compression/distorion.

Then blend them in with the original so you keep the originals vibe but with added bite and ooomph.
Also introduce some width into the duplicates so you get a nice thick, wide lead

also copying the midi line onto another synth sound and have it play the same melody just an octave lower with some of the low end taken out etc.

saw an interview with rob swire and he says he recreates the same synth sound on several different synths like z3ta and massive and possibly nexus? and layers them over each other, some have slight vibrato and some with chorus or other effects.

i agree with the tips above, also dont add too many effects on a lead it wont sound as polished, try to keep it simple with these sounds.
use layering and distortion but dont go crazy with flangers or comb filters or anything like that, even chorusing can totally weaken the sound if you use a bit too much. i like automating/using an envelope on the vibrato so the pitch vibrates more as the sound develops. making good use of pitch sliding/portamento will make the lead sound better too.

I have various tricks using duplicated synths (not resampling, really duplicating the vst/synth channel), and:
- Change the synths slightly and pan them differently (makes it sound really wide w/o phase cancelations).
- Play a duplicate in a lower octave or with a lower filter (usually gives more body to high pitched leads).
- Layer with different synths.

So it sounds like the trick with mid to high pitch leads is duplicating and adding variety at the vst stage with minimum effects to keep the lead sounding clean and prominent am I correct?

Baselines however that's when you resample the shizznizz out of them with effects to get that dirty, Grundy variety that you need?

I'll have a play about tonight and record some before and afters to see how I get on...

like stated, duplicate and add different effects, different octaves...

for example, slow attack on one synth, fast attack and delay on another. side chain one or two of the synths to different things, like one to the kick, and the other to the first synth.