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Quick Tip: Creating Skrillex Style Tech Basslines in NI Massive

Quick Tip: Creating Skrillex Style Tech Basslines in NI Massive

Jack Wiles on Feb 9th 2012 with 9 comments

This series of quick tips will outline how you can use the ever powerful NI Massive synth to create techy basslines used by artists such as Skrillex. In this example I have used Cubase but the same principles will translate to pretty much any other DAW. Here is an example of the kind of sound you can expect to end up with at the end of this series:

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How to Create Classic FX Synthesizer Patches

Mo Volans on Dec 21st 2011 with 25 comments

Twice a month we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Audiotuts+. This tutorial was first published in March 2009.

Synthesis can certainly be a daunting subject. There are a huge number of software instruments on the market now, many of which feature different forms of synthesis and varying styles of interface. To the beginner this huge choice and tech jargon may be slightly confusing, to say the least.

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This entry is part 6 of 12 in the Creative Session: All About Synths Session
Quick Tip: Make a Bass Drop Sound Like Nelly Furtado’s “One Trick Pony”

Quick Tip: Make a Bass Drop Sound Like Nelly Furtado’s “One Trick Pony”

Michael Picard on Dec 19th 2011 with 1 comment

“One Trick Pony” is my favourite track by Nelly Furtado. If you listen to it you’ll hear a great bass sound that’s thrown into the mix here and there in the track. You’ll have heard this kind of “drop” sound quite often in dance music, and sometimes in other styles as well. This synthesis technique can also be applied to other sounds too.

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Quick Tip: How to Make Sweepers and Risers – Part 1

Quick Tip: How to Make Sweepers and Risers – Part 1

Nemeth Balazs on Dec 7th 2011 with 2 comments

Today I will teach you how to make your own sweeper/riser. Sweepers and risers are very important element of the EDM tracks. There are many excellent sample libraries is out there where you can find great sweepers which you can use in your productions.

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Quick Tip: Some Unusual and Creative Uses for LFOs

Quick Tip: Some Unusual and Creative Uses for LFOs

Jack Wiles on Nov 28th 2011 with 4 comments

We’ve all heard (and possibly overheard) the classic LFO>Filter Frequency used in extensively in Dubstep, but LFOs can be used in many other creative ways. This quick tip will give you some ideas about how you can create interesting effects by applying LFOs to some other parameters on your synths/samplers. Most of the sounds in this tip have a slight 80s feel to them, but the techniques can be used in all musical styles.

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Quick Tip: How to Make a Heartbeat Sound in Absynth

Quick Tip: How to Make a Heartbeat Sound in Absynth

Lukas Kobela on Nov 14th 2011 with 2 comments

Have you ever wanted to make your own heartbeat sound to accompany your tracks or to add drama? Here’s a quick tip how to make it in five easy steps using Absynth.

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Vocal Time Stretch Effect with Reason’s Combinator & Granular Synth Techniques

Vocal Time Stretch Effect with Reason’s Combinator & Granular Synth Techniques

Jack Wiles on Nov 3rd 2011 with 0 comments

This tutorial will make use of some interesting wiring techniques in Reason to create a vocal time stretching effect. It also goes some of the way to creating a graintable synth much like the Malstrom in Reason and should give you a good understanding of how graintable oscillators function. This tutorial assumes a basic understanding of envelopes and routing in Reason, though it shouldn’t be too tricky to follow even if you are a beginner.

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How to Make Simple Events with FMOD Designer

West Latta on Oct 25th 2011 with 28 comments

Twice a month we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Audiotuts+. This tutorial was first published in September 2008.

FMOD Ex is one of several audio middleware systems that are used in modern game development. It is integrated alongside an existing game engine technology (such as Unreal or Gamebryo) to add or extend audio playback functionality. One of the primary benefits of using a technology such as FMOD is that it shifts much of the systems design and implementation into the hands of the sound designer, rather than relegating it to a programmer, who may or may not be as well versed in audio.

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Quick Tip: Create That ‘Yoy’ Sound in Synth1

Quick Tip: Create That ‘Yoy’ Sound in Synth1

Jeremiah Ott on Sep 22nd 2011 with 1 comment

You’ve probably heard that ‘yoy’ sound a million before times in Dubstep tracks. Here’s how to make it in everyone’s favourite freeware softsynth.

If you’re still unsure of what I’m referring to, here’s a quick example.

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Dubstep for Beginners – Part 1: The Drums
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Dubstep for Beginners – Part 1: The Drums

Mike Elliott on Sep 21st 2011 with 13 comments
This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Dubstep for Beginners

With three equally important focal points, this tutorial series will initiate you each of these areas of dubstep and how to start producing your own grooves. This first tutorial will focus around the drum beats and what makes the dubstep beats unique. Get ready for some head nodding grooves!

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