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which vst's are best for the wah wah wobbly bass effect, i'm using sx3 with
bfd for the beats and absynth 3 for the ambiance. i just need to make some dirty fuckin bass an i'm away. appreciate any advice.....

anything with a lfo to cut off/resonance/envelope etc should do the trick.

minimonsta is sick.

nice one pal.... ive been tryin to get to grips with absynth 3's lfo's but its tough goin like. i'll get that minimonsta .... thanks for the heads up

cool man, yeah i tried to get my head round absynth3 too: all them graphs were too much after a stogie or two. i'm sure if you took a long enough time over programming it you could get amzing sounds, personally i haven't got the patience. good to get real deep atmos from absynth though innit.

just checked the web site now.... thanks alot pal your right .....it is sick its as sick as askin yer girlfriends mum to hide your drugs in her minge lol

yeah absynth3 just blaggs me head man. i like playin with the sounds to get somethin new but if you already know what your after you wanna get on with it not spend 5 fuckin hours with all the fuckery.

I make all my bass on absynth 3. Only synth i use.

how long did it take you to get to grips with it. i've been using it for about a week.

you can always just assign a filter in the FX channel and then automate the cutoff

yeah thats what i've been experimenting with today. i'm finding it hard going but i'll master it soon enough. thanks for the advice m8..

Ermm. A while.

i've got the tutorial dvd but it wont sync and sounds like my speakers are gonna get ruined with all the clicks and shit. wankers sellin me a fucked up dvd. i put a support ticket in and got no reply....

docwra do you make your own waves or sample the wave first so you virtually have what you want to begin with.

aaarrggh so close to gettin it with absynth3. just missin something.

Loadsa ways of using absynth. U can use it a sampler . A synth or combine. The filters r very powerful and the envelopes. All im saying.

hav a go with vanguard that can chuck out seem serious bass

vanguard's added to da list thanks for the heads up.

z3ta+ is the finest synth i've ever used

technical guff

i won't pretend to understand things like

6 Morphing capable LFOs, 4 global, 2 local (per-voice), all host Tempo Sync capable.
One-shot LFO mode.
60 waveforms, 10 user waveforms.
Individual Offset, Delay, Fade In, Morph Time, Speed, Tempo Sync and Key Sync mode controls.
10 LFO combination modes: MORPH, ADD, IADD, SUB, ISUB, MUL, MIN, MAX, HALF1, HALF2.

or

Modulation Matrix
16 row modulation matrix with Source, Range (min/max), Curve, Control and Destination options.
24 modulation sources, including all LFOs, Egs, main Oscillators, Attack and Release velocity, Unipolar and Bipolar keyboard tracking, internal functions and polyphony.


Min and Max modulation adjustable.
12 modulation curves, including Linear, Slow, Fast with normal and reverse polarity, and four pitch curves.

but what i do know is it can do anything; bass, pads, leads, whatever. it's got 6 oscillators and it sounds amazing. can "sell" you a copy if you can't find anywhere to "buy" it.

also Frohmage is a sick resonance filter that never fails to turn basses into chest shatterers

Bruv you got any tips for z3ta? was having a play around with it the other evening and it was doin my noggin. Couldn't work out how to assign an LFO to the filter cut off.

to be honest with you i think i'm only using about 10% of its potential, as i don't have a manual for it

however, i do know how to do that!

i couldn't find a blank picture of the matrix, so ignore these settings..


under Source select the LFO you want to use, then under 'destination' go filter1 or filter2 (or All Filters) then select Cutoff/Resonance/whatever you want to modulate. Range is the amount & direction the lfo does its stuff in, left click to go left to right or right click to go (cunningly) right to left. it's like the 'Amount' wheel in fruity, if you use that..

sorry i'm really bad at explaining this sort of stuff

i'm sure there's a great deal of tutorials out there for z3ta i've just never got around to looking for them ;[