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KaosPV: Sep 25, 2007; Mediterranean schizo

I guess this is something simple and maybe Yoozer will smack my head for not having learnt such basics yet...

Still I'd like to get some tips to do this bass:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQmqrOBoDD8

# ¿ Apr 6, 2009 05:32

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 07:19

KaosPV: Sep 25, 2007; Mediterranean schizo

These guys: http://www.myspace.com/groupet

They are awesome, their last album is a tribute to Front 242 and they manage to get that old school EBM sound updated. I'm not that much of a fan of those bands supposedly doing old school EBM like Spetsnaz and stuff like that, to me they don't sound like the real stuff, but these guys nail it.

I'd like tips on how to get the sound of their bass on "Free fire zone" and specially for Strange days, specifically the bass that kicks around 0:15 (it's loving Nitzerian).

I know that they work fully on software.

Thanks in advance guys.

EDIT: btw I'm working on Ableton.

# ¿ Jun 8, 2009 17:47

KaosPV: Sep 25, 2007; Mediterranean schizo

Hey guys, how could I try to geat this sound? It's from Le Castle Vania's Black eyes remix (originally by Snowden):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ33OYUXpqQ&feature=related

I mean that distorted sound that starts at 0:15. When I first listened to the song I thought "Oh well, it's a remix by an indie band, it's probably just a bit of the guitar track sampled or something. Turns out I was wrong because I remember listening to the original song and I don't think any sound like that one pops up there.

So, is that a synth but going through which effects? I guess it's distorted but I use CamelCrusher distortion and it sounds too digital and "robotic" to my taste, that sound in the song sounds more like the distortion you hear on guitars... could it be an amp emulator plugin? Has anyone tried them? I've seen them used on youtube videos on some synths, but never tried one. What do people usually use them for?
Also is that pitch bending?

# ¿ Sep 3, 2010 09:15

KaosPV: Sep 25, 2007; Mediterranean schizo

grayrobot posted:

Ok, here's my query:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBhYQJRwK2M&feature=related

How would you simulate this vintage sound?

I have gotten similar effects by:
1. Bouncing the master track to a secondary, putting Dblue Glitch, Compression and Distortion so the levels are way past normal.
2. Using this now crushed track as a carrier signal for a compressor.
3. Re-applying the new compressor to the original track.
4. Using the Frippertron VST or a lesle speaker VST to make it pulse, or a slow tremelo.
5. Vibrato with the depth turned way up and the rate turned way down, so it just shows a very slow, but repetative pitch distortion (like you would hear on a warped record)

This is too complicated for something that I think is probably wrapped neatly into a VST somewhere. I have a want for a vintager or distresser, but other than being creative with similar VST's like the TAL bitcrusher, I am out of ideas.

Yes, I am one of those fags who wants their music meticulously placed to sound like it wasn't.

What do you mean with using a track as a "carrier signal" for a compressor?

# ¿ Sep 3, 2010 09:26

KaosPV: Sep 25, 2007; Mediterranean schizo

HotCanadianChick posted:

the tom sounds, at least, sound like samples of a Simmons SDS-V/Pollard Syndrum/Synare or any of the other various electronic drum kits of the late 70's/early 80's. That particular sound is pretty easy to reproduce, since it's just an unfiltered sine wave that gets pitched down by an envelope, so if you have a synth you can probably recreate it even without access to the original samples.

The kick drum and rest of it could be from anything. Most likely they're all samples, possibly from multiple instruments or sources.

Though if you're going after "meaty" and "80's" drum sounds, the two most famous drum machines of all time were made in the 80's: the Roland TR-808 and TR909. Those two machines are the staple sounds of like 90% of electonic music.

I think the 909 sounds more 90's (or at least late 80's) than pure 80's, personally (I associate it with The KLF for example, and primitive house acts).

I like using the TR-707 for the 80's synthpop vibe, the 808 gets you more the electro sound (a la Cybotron and Jonzun Crew, not Le Castle Vania). I think that The Outrunners use a 707 or 707 samples, if you want to know how it sounds like (I've only listened to a song by M83 and can't remember how his drums sounded, also I'm at work and can't youtube it).

# ¿ Sep 22, 2010 10:34

KaosPV: Sep 25, 2007; Mediterranean schizo

Yoozer posted:

Use Linn or E-mu Drumulator samples (the kick sounds familiar to that) - but play them back at a lower key, slowing them down (especially noticeable with the snare).

This alone probably won't do the trick - see http://www.gearslutz.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-electronic-music-production/423641-glo-fi-production-technique.html for more.

Yoozer, can I get some tips on how to recreate the sound of the Black eyes remix I posted?

# ¿ Sep 22, 2010 10:35

KaosPV: Sep 25, 2007; Mediterranean schizo

There's this sound which I absolutely love, straight out of P-funk (at least in my mind), and I would love to pull it off in a synth, but I'm still learning how to build sounds.

You can listen to the sound start at 2:09 at this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmOArLdg9d4

It keeps repeating the same couple of notes along the track.

Also, somewhat similar, at 0:43 here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njWIE4bje00

Is it a moog synth or what?

Also, would love to recreate the chord stab with the pitch wiggle from the second video, but I don't know if that's too much to ask Embarassed

# ¿ Jun 20, 2011 11:40

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 07:19

KaosPV: Sep 25, 2007; Mediterranean schizo

That sounds awesome.

Anyone knows how to link a MIDI parameter to a random value in Ableton? Like if I wanted the frequency of the bandpass filter to receive a random value every X time (as in the effect you are talking about)?

# ¿ Sep 23, 2014 22:34

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