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so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:54 pm
by goldengrime
So I know there's a lot that don't care etc and I'm certainly not a fan of the guy but its like he went from ysing skrillex samples to producing the skrillex sound? How has he done that? Who has he ended up meeting along the way to show him, becoz its not like he's even associated with anyone producing that sound.

Some of the funniest stuff I've heard him come out with is like how talks about how he was good at mixing before he released the zomboy stuff and then how he doesn't want to share how he makes the sounds becoz its taken him so long to workout how to make it, but its like MATE WE HEARD THE FUCKIN TRACKS!! Lol blatant samples and deffo not mixed well lol

Anyway my point to this is that his new stuff has got some sick sounds in it, even the drums are sick! And the mixdown on his stuff is a million times better... I'd say he doesn't mix his own stuff anymore, but where's the sounds come from?

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:55 pm
by goldengrime
I do understand if I get flamed for this lol

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:59 pm
by wub
Maybe he sat down and learnt his synths?

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 2:00 pm
by Dustwyrm

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 2:02 pm
by thrillion
I don`t know the dude, but I`m a firm believer of WORK x HOURS = AMOUNT OF SUCCESS. :z:

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 2:26 pm
by goldengrime
For starters I'm not hating, did you read my post?

And yea maybe he did put the hours in but so do so many others and there's not exactly much info on the net how to get the exact sound.

I was curious if anyone actually knew anything, I wasn't trying to just randomly hate on the guy lol

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 2:27 pm
by Augment
I can tell you that I heard a sampled Skrillex kick in one of his tunes, sampled it myself once upon a time.
The drums part is not really that hard once you understand how they sound so good, then it's all about finding right samples and stuff.
+Skism can have tought him alot, and all the other guys on NSD :)

EDIT: I know the basics to some of his sounds, havent bothered to try to make them exactly as his though

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 3:01 pm
by Maxxan
Seriously, listen to his tunes. Point me to one sound that sounds like Skrillex. His growls sound NOTHING like Skrillz.

Yeah, he had some RAWRAWR-wobbles back on his earlier tracks that sounded like some of Skrillex synths but that was a long time ago. Listen to the growl in Nuclear for example. It has NOTHING in common with Skrillex growls. I really don't get it when people bring this up, there are many producers who's sounds are a lot closer.

Maybe it's something I'm missing, I dunno. I just don't see the similarities, the tonal qualites of the growls are so far apart.

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 3:43 pm
by OfficialDAPT
He has a similar style as Skrillex, but I don't think he samples very much from what I can hear. It's not very hard to make talking basses. All you need to do is dedicate some time to learning FM8, watch some tutorials, and figure it out from there. His mixdowns are pretty crisp that's one of the reasons why I like listening to his songs.

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:04 pm
by Augment
OfficialDAPT wrote:He has a similar style as Skrillex, but I don't think he samples very much from what I can hear. It's not very hard to make talking basses. All you need to do is dedicate some time to learning FM8, watch some tutorials, and figure it out from there. His mixdowns are pretty crisp that's one of the reasons why I like listening to his songs.
You dont even need an FM synth.
He uses massive for his ones, so.. :P
But yeah, I love his mixdowns, they're always crisp as fuck.

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:07 pm
by wub
Relevant;
wub wrote:Taken from the Beats & Bass special...

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[Taken from here - http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=222644 ]

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:12 pm
by Brothulhu
"tour-bus-cum-studio" made me laugh

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:21 pm
by OfficialDAPT
I don't understand. In that interview skrillex says it sucks when you have to bounce down to audio because of CPU spiking. Isn't he rich enough for afford a legendary laptop?

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:53 pm
by rockonin
Zomboy used to be a Heavy metal producer, and he studied production in uni or something. Here's a video of his metal production days. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKzU_-Awl-g

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:00 pm
by bassinine
composition. you might think its the individual sounds that are what sounds good. but it's not, it's the arrangement and contradictions. a growl will ALWAYS sound better if the sounds before and after it COMPLIMENT the growl. also, silence, and variations in the volume envelope.

anybody can make those sounds - the hard part is arranging them so they sound good together.

so, bounce out an 8 bar bass riff, bounce out the same riff with some hovers, then again to some high pitched/laser gun noises. once you have 4-5 copies of the same riff, but with different sounds, start cutting that up and splicing it together.

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:11 pm
by wub
OfficialDAPT wrote:I don't understand. In that interview skrillex says it sucks when you have to bounce down to audio because of CPU spiking. Isn't he rich enough for afford a legendary laptop?
Wealth is not about how much you earn, it's about how much you don't spend

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Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:15 pm
by goldengrime
He used to be a metal producer but his mixdown sucked before he was on never say die lol

Nuclear?? Are you mad? Its even the same high pitch sound as skrillex!

I dunno maybe its just me

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:46 pm
by OfficialDAPT
wub wrote:
OfficialDAPT wrote:I don't understand. In that interview skrillex says it sucks when you have to bounce down to audio because of CPU spiking. Isn't he rich enough for afford a legendary laptop?
Wealth is not about how much you earn, it's about how much you don't spend

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I'm sure that phrase is directed toward rich people buying useless items. Skrillex's laptop is his source of income so it would make sense to have the best of the best.

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:59 pm
by Samuel_L_Damnson
zomboy is balls.

Re: so how the **** has zomboy done it?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 6:15 pm
by NinjaEdit
The results formula is productive time x abilities and resources. This is an over-simplification when you consider the Pareto principle; there are learning curves involved.
OfficialDAPT wrote:
wub wrote:
OfficialDAPT wrote:I don't understand. In that interview skrillex says it sucks when you have to bounce down to audio because of CPU spiking. Isn't he rich enough for afford a legendary laptop?
Wealth is not about how much you earn, it's about how much you don't spend

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I'm sure that phrase is directed toward rich people buying useless items. Skrillex's laptop is his source of income so it would make sense to have the best of the best.
I think his point is that Skrillex may have wasted the money with none left for a laptop. If there's one thing I learned in accounting, it's that profit = revenue - expenditure.