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hey im trying to make some old school g funk synth lines i got the minimoog and mdajx10 which both have presets for it but im still not getting the sound i want. anyone got any ideas or links to a vst?

add portamento

pitch a sine wave up a few octaves

portamento (glide) helps

mess around on that moog

not very difficult to manage

detune a bit too if u want.
make sure u low pass a lot as well.

try two oscilators too, detune one by atleast 10 cents

All good tips, or you could do what most G-Funk producers do and sample great big slabs of anything Bernie Worrell touched.

thanks guys alot of good tips here. im gonna be layin it down like dre in no time haha

try squares, triangles, and saws too. Imo saws will give you the most accurate sound but it's always good to try something different, eh?

BY THE WAY.. that synth line is called a ghetto bird.

original NWA and Dr. Dre birds were made with a mini moog

just for a little bit of history

also, 25% portamento

gambledub wrote:hey im trying to make some old school g funk synth lines i got the minimoog and mdajx10 which both have presets for it but im still not getting the sound i want. anyone got any ideas or links to a vst?

I would be interested in a audio clip if anyone could point me in a sensible direction please.

I would like to understand what you lot are on about

black lotus wrote:BY THE WAY.. that synth line is called a ghetto bird.

original NWA and Dr. Dre birds were made with a mini moog

just for a little bit of history

also, 25% portamento

interesting. thanks for the info

BY THE WAY.. that synth line is called a ghetto bird.

i think you might be getting mixed up "ghetto bird" is a song by ice cube that uses the sample, but it is usually called "the funky worm" its an old school funk track that dre used alot in n.w.a's music

gambledub wrote:

BY THE WAY.. that synth line is called a ghetto bird.

i think you might be getting mixed up "ghetto bird" is a song by ice cube that uses the sample, but it is usually called "the funky worm" its an old school funk track that dre used alot in n.w.a's music

not mixed up.. i've heard it referred to as both, several times by industry people (ie. people that produce for a living) i'm very familiar with the funky worm, and the ghetto bird. it's a reference to the constant patrol of police helicoptors.

Serox wrote: I would be interested in a audio clip if anyone could point me in a sensible direction please.

I would like to understand what you lot are on about

serox we're talking about the typical 90s west coast g funk synth lines that were more or less omnipresent in the day. like here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkYTXHZycPE


and the funky worm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVobCE7ikow

In FL studio add a 3xosc channel

turn down all the way osc2 and osc3 to get a basic sine wave running from osc1.

In the misc tab select the mono and porta buttons and turn the portamento up a bit on the dial (about 40%). Use a LP filter as well.

draw a melody in the piano roll but overlap 1 beat at the end of each note to get the porta sliding up and down properly.

tempromental wrote:In FL studio add a 3xosc channel

turn down all the way osc2 and osc3 to get a basic sine wave running from osc1.

In the misc tab select the mono and porta buttons and turn the portamento up a bit on the dial (about 40%). Use a LP filter as well.

draw a melody in the piano roll but overlap 1 beat at the end of each note to get the porta sliding up and down properly.

This is what I would do....

black lotus wrote:
serox we're talking about the typical 90s west coast g funk synth lines that were more or less omnipresent in the day. like here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkYTXHZycPE


and the funky worm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVobCE7ikow

Thank you.