Message 2/14
Date: 11-May-04 @ 07:01 PM -
RE: Jungle not Rumble Basslines
Well, you've got the hang of it... but, don't rely on the envelope to bring the sound up... us a deep (24db) low pass filter and just cut everything out... then when you trigger open the filter up... it's done best with an envelo0pe of the filter... or an LFO, but not on the amp... you loose a lot of impact with a weak attack. It's the filter that does the wumping, not the volume. Test this out by running a square wave into a low pass and turning the knob real quick like... but be careful, depending on your sound source you might hurt your monitors... the trick here is in the resonance setting of your low pass, too much and it'll squeel, not enough and it won't go THUMP when it hits the balance... if you play with it, you'll see the spot I'm talking about... you may want to try tweaking the res and cutoff together, so their moving at differently polarities... like as the cutoff comes up the resonance goes down, etc...
Distort or amp sim!!! and try using more than one oscillator, detuning the second, Considerably... the distortion effect should pull the detuned oscillator in and give it that wicked horror feeling.
try two voices... one on a bandpass, the other on a low.. then just tweak the band pass, that way the overall sound stays solid while it tweaks and thumps... Optikal was known for that!
Tweak your filter with whatever gives you control. Most fools use the cutoff and resonance knobs... but a wheel would work... whatever... .... ...
oh, and yeah, it's a square wave (you're right)... but you know, we've all heard the detuned square wave on a rising lowpass over and over again... you might want to consider pushing the idea into new places...
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