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MooseyFate
May 20, 2007

Yes, that's right
Buckethead-Carpal Tunnel Slug at 1:37. I want to know how he does this, the guitar sounds like it's in physical pain.

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Jzf_K
Sep 1, 2002
JS
S'just a bunch of distortion+bitcrusher probably.

xpander
Sep 2, 2004
http://booster.angryhosting.com/samples/murderweapon.mp3

I'd love to know how that bass was made. I seriously lose my poo poo every time I hear it, it's just so incredibly deep and rich. I'm terrible at making bass in general, so if I can get close to this, it will serve me well.

HauntedRobot
Jun 22, 2002

an excellent mod
a simple map to my heart
now give me tilt shift
Future sound of london, papua new guinea (Yeah I know, but the first track I could think of that uses it). The strange noises at 1:08 and 1:16.

IanTheM
May 22, 2007
He came from across the Atlantic. . .

HauntedRobot posted:

Future sound of london, papua new guinea (Yeah I know, but the first track I could think of that uses it). The strange noises at 1:08 and 1:16.

Do you mean the seagull sound?

Ohms
Jun 5, 2008

spacescold.com
So a friend of mine were trying to figure out this song. It's on a Beatles album called Love and you can hear it on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLiCZrt85Q from 1:12 to about 1:23. Its the weird sound on the right channel. It sounded like a reversed stringed instrument of some sort but now I think it might be some sort of synth mixture of I dont know.

What do you guys think.

Bhm
Apr 18, 2002

"I died a mineral, and became a plant. I died a plant and rose an animal. I died an animal and I was man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?"
Check out this jazzy tune and please, for the love of god, tell me what kickass instrument makes that whiny high-pitched sound and while you're at it tell me how to recreate that sound and the vibrato in a decent manner.



(PS: I use Fruity Loops)

Edit: The person who recognizes the tune gets a cookie. (Pro-tip: it's made by a japanese dude...)

Bhm fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Jun 21, 2009

Mannex
Apr 12, 2006

Ohms posted:

So a friend of mine were trying to figure out this song. It's on a Beatles album called Love and you can hear it on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLiCZrt85Q from 1:12 to about 1:23. Its the weird sound on the right channel.

it almost sounds like a pitched up sample and they dicked around with the volume knob or something to dip the volume right after they plucked the string.


Bhm posted:

Check out this jazzy tune and please, for the love of god, tell me what kickass instrument makes that whiny high-pitched sound and while you're at it tell me how to recreate that sound and the vibrato in a decent manner.

pretty sure it's a high-pitched saw wave from a synth, lowpass filtered a little bit to cut out the synthetic-sounding highs. It's pretty drat expressive though so I assume it was played by an expert keyboardist with expression wheels and aftertouch and all that good poo poo.

h_double
Jul 27, 2001

Mannex posted:

pretty sure it's a high-pitched saw wave from a synth, lowpass filtered a little bit to cut out the synthetic-sounding highs. It's pretty drat expressive though so I assume it was played by an expert keyboardist with expression wheels and aftertouch and all that good poo poo.

yeah, it's a pretty simple monophonic synth line, you could get something pretty close to that with just about any virtual analog type VST. The important part is the portamento (for the gliding between notes), and a controller with a modulation wheel for the vibrato (aka an LFO modulating the amplitude).

HauntedRobot
Jun 22, 2002

an excellent mod
a simple map to my heart
now give me tilt shift

IanTheM posted:

Do you mean the seagull sound?

No the kind of grating "vvvvvvvvvHHHHHHHHHHHHH" sound. The sounds at the two timestamps are slightly different variations of the same sound, one's been bandpassed I think. But I don't know what's making the noise to start off with. Best I can guess is its a really high feedback, fast delay being faded in but I've not been able to replicate it.

Rkelly
Sep 7, 2003

h_double posted:

yeah, it's a pretty simple monophonic synth line, you could get something pretty close to that with just about any virtual analog type VST. The important part is the portamento (for the gliding between notes), and a controller with a modulation wheel for the vibrato (aka an LFO modulating the amplitude).

This but make sure you find the perfect lfo time. So its smooth like a theremin. It is probably a nice vintage analog like a ems vcs3 or something, played by a good player/sound designer.

WAFFLEHOUND
Apr 26, 2007
Anyone know how to make a sound like the first few notes in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgMjVxk1iYU ? Preferrebly in Logic?

Rkelly
Sep 7, 2003

Piuro posted:

Anyone know how to make a sound like the first few notes in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgMjVxk1iYU ? Preferrebly in Logic?

Its 3 layers or so. Bass guitar on the bottom, probly a saw with resonance in the middle, the top has flanging, ring mod a ton of resonance with control from envelopes. High attack setting slow decay on the effect contolling envelopes.

Most likely its some samples chopped and stacked and effected.

How do I make this analog brass sound on my xiosynth?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERZditebxKM

Rkelly fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Jun 24, 2009

Rkelly
Sep 7, 2003
To answer my how to make synth brass question I went on a search read ten tutorials in different places made 10 or so brass patches.

First use one oscillator on saw only. key tracking on filter at 100 percent. lowpass mode 10 percent res. 0 filter freq. mod env connected to filter a 50 d 70 s 67 r 0
vca env a 45 d 0 s127 r 11. add a tad of delayed lfo1 connected to filter freq for vibrato on the end of the note or add it with pitch wheel set to +1 and wiggly very slightly.

Add shallow chorus and your money.

I like 1 oscillator brass way better that 3 osc detunes or giant unison patches.

a_gelatinous_cube
Feb 13, 2005

This isn't a synthesized sound, but I hope you guys can help me out with. I read an interview with Ogre from Skinny Puppy a real long time ago where he mentioned a plug-in he uses to chop and speed up his vocals. A good example is at 2:46 in this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1IdN3vleXQ

Does anyone know what plug-in he was talking about or a similar one that does this type of thing.

xdrquinnx
May 5, 2002

Can someone tell me how to get a Snapcase hardcore/metalcore guitar sound? I've fiddled around with Amplitube but nothing ever sounds quite right. It's never fuzzy/staticky enough. Here's a couple examples:

Snapcase - Caboose
Snapcase - Run and Fall
Snapcase - Weak Tyrant
Earth Crisis - Firestorm

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Laserjet 4P
Mar 28, 2005

What does it mean?
Fun Shoe

Zyklon B Zombie posted:

Does anyone know what plug-in he was talking about
Nope.

quote:

or a similar one that does this type of thing.
There's a way to do it manually if that helps; just record your vocals, then cut up every single word and cut out the silences, then timestretch/expand that so that it lasts for a 16th note.

Tokit
Dec 16, 2004

I was doing the composing.
How do I make that vocoder effect on the vocals at 3:47?

on this track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2jj3YbgX_w

I've played around with some vocoder VSTs before but i haven't gotten any sound like that out of them. Maybe it was the vocal sample I was using?

Computer Jones
Jun 22, 2005

Tokit posted:

How do I make that vocoder effect on the vocals at 3:47?

on this track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2jj3YbgX_w

I've played around with some vocoder VSTs before but i haven't gotten any sound like that out of them. Maybe it was the vocal sample I was using?

I think that's actually a talkbox.

Laserjet 4P
Mar 28, 2005

What does it mean?
Fun Shoe
A talkbox would be smoother.

This can be done by a vocoder; but instead of looking at the vocal sample (the modulator) - look at the carrier you're using, as well as the wet/dry settings. 2 oscillators, both saw waves, with one of 'm detuned -5 semitones.

Duplicate the vocal sample, cut away all but the high S- and T-sounds with an EQ, gate it to leave just the clicks, put a compressor over that, and mix it with the vocoded signal.

It depends on which vocoder you use - some simply don't have the particular character you're looking for, some do - they're not all created equal.

Tokit
Dec 16, 2004

I was doing the composing.

Yoozer posted:

A talkbox would be smoother.

This can be done by a vocoder; but instead of looking at the vocal sample (the modulator) - look at the carrier you're using, as well as the wet/dry settings. 2 oscillators, both saw waves, with one of 'm detuned -5 semitones.

Duplicate the vocal sample, cut away all but the high S- and T-sounds with an EQ, gate it to leave just the clicks, put a compressor over that, and mix it with the vocoded signal.

It depends on which vocoder you use - some simply don't have the particular character you're looking for, some do - they're not all created equal.



A bit too much speech coming in so it overpowers the vocoder. :ohdear:

I know the sample shouldn't matter but maybe because I'm trying them on rap acapellas?

edit: using orange vocoder demo

Laserjet 4P
Mar 28, 2005

What does it mean?
Fun Shoe
Orange is ancient, like from 1998.

Today, I finally tested the vocoder in Live 8 and I found out what makes it sound so typical; it's when you turn the bandwidth nearly to zero that it approximates the glassy character of Orange. Also, your demo's playing chords instead of fifths ;).

Nah, the actual source should not matter that much - but you could try conditioning it (e.g. throw an EQ on the original signal, cut away everything outside of the human voice range, and put a compressor over it to get constant levels).

Here, go try the demo of these things:
Eiosis ELS
Virsyn Matrix

Far more bang for the buck.

An0
Nov 10, 2006
I enjoy eating After Eights. I also enjoy eating Old El Paso salsa with added Tobasco.
Wrong Thread. Sorry.

An0 fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Jun 30, 2009

Gxp
Jan 23, 2004

Son I'm afraid this is a stereo disaster.
I've been trying to figure out how to recreate a really aggressive synth I've heard in a few songs here and there, I'm sure it's some hardware preset on a Virus or something.
Rhapsody of Fire - Never Forgotten Heroes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTKiM5D_PpA
At about 3:20 a synth comes in for a solo (which in this case is one of the most awesome parts of any song ever).
I keep trying to figure out what makes it so awesome, it's a combination of things, there's like a stereo reverb on it, a little bit of modulation (or he's manually doing vibrato with the pitch wheel :psyduck: ), and he pitch bends it a few times. It seems like it's not too far off of a basic saw.

I'm pretty sure basically the same thing is in The Black Mages - The Man With the Machine Gun at 0:28, that it's just been either phased or the oscs have been slightly detuned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyGkDWZaVtA

Laserjet 4P
Mar 28, 2005

What does it mean?
Fun Shoe

Gxp posted:

I've been trying to figure out how to recreate a really aggressive synth I've heard in a few songs here and there, I'm sure it's some hardware preset on a Virus or something.

Nope. It's the MonoLead (or any of the countless variations thereof) found on almost any Korg (sample-based) synthesizer - and they're ridiculously cheap, too.

Check out the demos here:
A78 MonoLead : http://www.synthmania.com/05r_w.htm
Bank C, preset 78 MonoLead : http://www.synthmania.com/n-364.htm
Bank C, preset 63 Mg Lead : http://www.synthmania.com/TR-Rack.htm

Actually, this kind of sound is really not that easy to do on a Virus.

Gxp
Jan 23, 2004

Son I'm afraid this is a stereo disaster.

Yoozer posted:

Nope. It's the MonoLead (or any of the countless variations thereof) found on almost any Korg (sample-based) synthesizer - and they're ridiculously cheap, too.
:psyduck: Awesome, high five!

I wonder if that's in the Korg legacy collection or something. I'm not a hardware kind of guy. :saddowns:

Laserjet 4P
Mar 28, 2005

What does it mean?
Fun Shoe
http://www.synthmania.com/wavestation_a_d.htm has the Mono Lead preset too. This is something that partially sucks and rules about Korg sample-based synths - the presets tend to be passed down from machine to machine. My Trinity Rack still has the original M1 piano sample in it.

KrazyKosher
Jul 15, 2006
Does anyone know how to play the Phantasm Theme on piano?

wat combo
Jul 28, 2008
I remember it being pretty simple, do you need it transcribed or what?

KrazyKosher
Jul 15, 2006
I'm not really a musician, I just would like to rework it for a radio promo that I'm recording. So transcribed would be awesome.

Freeze_Dried_Chives
Jul 22, 2007

I will not go down the hole again good sir.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSdw8kYxnks

I would kill to know how the sound playing the melody at the beginning of this was made. It's the best sound I have ever heard in a song. I think it is a voice, but I can't tell for sure.

Also, it seems that a lot of the big spacey feeling of Enigma's songs are from a poo poo ton of reverb, but I can never come close to recreating it. Any tips?

Freeze_Dried_Chives fucked around with this message at 09:21 on Jul 3, 2009

Gxp
Jan 23, 2004

Son I'm afraid this is a stereo disaster.

Freeze_Dried_Chives posted:

I would kill to know how the sound playing the melody at the beginning of this was made. It's the best sound I have ever heard in a song. I think it is a voice, but I can't tell for sure.
Not too far from

Laserjet 4P
Mar 28, 2005

What does it mean?
Fun Shoe

Freeze_Dried_Chives posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSdw8kYxnks

I would kill to know how the sound playing the melody at the beginning of this was made.

http://www.synthmania.com/v-synth.htm - 020 LetThemPray. You can get one of these awesome synths for about $800 secondhand now if you're lucky.

quote:

Also, it seems that a lot of the big spacey feeling of Enigma's songs are from a poo poo ton of reverb, but I can never come close to recreating it. Any tips?

Don't overdo on the reverb, but do use panning and EQ to give each instrument its own space. Cretu used to have a studio that cost tons (then the gov't demolished the gently caress out of it for some stupid reason); good reverb is expensive.

HauntedRobot
Jun 22, 2002

an excellent mod
a simple map to my heart
now give me tilt shift
OK another "general artist" one, but how does Ulrich Schnauss get his sound? I'm specifically talking about the effect that he uses on just about all his stuff, where everything's just smeared across the track. It's not a reverb effect that I can tell, it's like... horizontal motion blur, in sound form.

Gravybong
Apr 24, 2007

Smokin' weed all day. All I do is smoke weed. Every day of my life it's all I do. I don't give a FUCK! Weed.
I have an Audix D6 and a fairly decent kick drum.

How do I make it sound as ridiculously powerful as the kicks on Veil Of Maya's "The Common Man's Collapse" or Born Of Osiris' "The New Reign"?

example tracks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRIjMVfk3Hg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnfh1wTPH7A

so good

No. 9
Feb 8, 2005

by R. Guyovich
Is there a good chamberlain VST? I want some of that Jon Brion sound!

Freeze_Dried_Chives
Jul 22, 2007

I will not go down the hole again good sir.

Yoozer posted:

http://www.synthmania.com/v-synth.htm - 020 LetThemPray. You can get one of these awesome synths for about $800 secondhand now if you're lucky.

Oh thank you. Now I gotta track one of these bad boys down.

wat combo
Jul 28, 2008
Ok, done.

I based it off of this, wrote the bassline as the left hand part, and edited out everything that I thought wasn't crucial in the interests of having it be physically possible to play on a piano. If I misunderstood and you wanted all of the xylophones and synthovoices and such written down I can do that too.

Pie in the Sky
Apr 16, 2009

whoops here we go again



The bass in Get Down by Jack Beats (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3fh-yZSWoU). Can be heard specifically starting at 1:37.

I can tell it's probably a square with high resonance and a speedy LFO on the cutoff, but I can't seem to replicate the cleanliness of the sound. It's super punchy but no muddiness. How? All I can get are dirty squares that come close but are all yucky with distortion-y type nonsense in the lowend.

Ideas?

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Mannex
Apr 12, 2006

HauntedRobot posted:

OK another "general artist" one, but how does Ulrich Schnauss get his sound? I'm specifically talking about the effect that he uses on just about all his stuff, where everything's just smeared across the track. It's not a reverb effect that I can tell, it's like... horizontal motion blur, in sound form.

It still sounds like just a shitload of reverb and delay. He has his synths pitch-bending to sound like an old warped VHS tape. That's about it.

Just turn the reverb length all the way up and start cramming stuff in there. That's what Panda Bear does.

Mannex fucked around with this message at 07:52 on Jul 10, 2009

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