How To Make Dubstep Bass's With Massive

[JonnyB]

k im just gonna post a few dubstep tutorial's for massive in here.

and before you watch these and say 'this isnt that sound'

no, your right its not, most of these sounds you can not just simply make in massive, you need certain effects/ do a bit of resampling blah blah blah. who cares, this will get you close enough and at least youll learn some stuff that you will be able to incorporate into your own tracks.

and before anyone says anything about 'dont copy other people's sounds' - - copying other people's sounds is a great way of learning things to expand your knowledge so youll be able to create your own sounds....need to start somewhere yeah

First up, Skrillex

Doctor P Talking bass (no talking, just watch what he does)

Datsik/excision style bass

rusko/caspa - cockney thug

[AaronStatic]

I've been layering whitenoise over my breaks/dubstep mid-lines and routing it through the same filter & distortion effects that are modulating the bass to great effect.

Also check out this Noisia Q&A on dogsonacid from way back... talks about resampling in some detail http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.ph ... did=298904

[AaronStatic]

I don't tend to use Massive though.. not a fan of it's waveforms and it's extremely CPU intensive

Skrillex and many professional dubstep producers use Albino 3 because of the waveform morphing

EDIT: Rusko video tutorial including how he uses Albino 3

Rusko production masterclass from montani on Vimeo.

[JonnyB]

i love in albino how you can blend the 2 waveforms on each oscilator,

i still prefer massive though, i find it alot simpler but at the same time alot more versitile. you can automate anything haha

i recon its all down to personal preferance

[eggssell]

nice one jonny!

a lot of peeps trying to try their hand at producing.

now someone do pro tools/ reason adapted ha ha

[JonnyB]

ill try and track down the Funtcase Masterclass video, he uses reason in the video to show all his stuff.

[ChevChelios]

I cant believe the title of the Dr. Pee one, some people are just fucked.

[ChevChelios]

Also a lot of tunes I hear these days have a serious lack in the little smooth wave, you know, the one that makes an awesome vibration in your chest when played below 60Hz, it seems people have forgotten about that one...

[SweetIshDub]

best thread ever thanks Jonny

[JonnyB]

Also a lot of tunes I hear these days have a serious lack in the little smooth wave, you know, the one that makes an awesome vibration in your chest when played below 60Hz, it seems people have forgotten about that one...

moar sub bayse

[AaronStatic]

Also a lot of tunes I hear these days have a serious lack in the little smooth wave, you know, the one that makes an awesome vibration in your chest when played below 60Hz, it seems people have forgotten about that one...

You mean the sine wave, amirite?

[JonnyB]

Also a lot of tunes I hear these days have a serious lack in the little smooth wave, you know, the one that makes an awesome vibration in your chest when played below 60Hz, it seems people have forgotten about that one...

You mean the sine wave, amirite?

yep think what he is getting at is dubstep these days is more about then mid range distortion bass then the sub bass which is how it used to be, and how chev loves it

ill try find a good tut on making a booming sub

[JonnyB]

some great info in this 2 hour split up video i recomend watching it for sure.

PART 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

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Part 11

Part 12

Part 13

[AaronStatic]

Also a lot of tunes I hear these days have a serious lack in the little smooth wave, you know, the one that makes an awesome vibration in your chest when played below 60Hz, it seems people have forgotten about that one...

You mean the sine wave, amirite?

yep think what he is getting at is dubstep these days is more about then mid range distortion bass then the sub bass which is how it used to be, and how chev loves it

Yeh figured as much. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing out on some awesome waveform that resonated your chest cavity better than a sine. Although I've heard that the right sawtooth lowpassed can be more effective and sometimes use that instead.

I've also been told by a certain top 40 drum n bass group that you should ensure the waveform goes positive before negative so the subwoofer pushes air instead of pulling, but personally I can't tell the difference so was probably being trolled.

[ChevChelios]

Usually if its a lowpassed saw it will be a reese, which is three detuned saws, used a lot in DnB and dark garage stuff like Burial etc.

[AaronStatic]

Usually if its a lowpassed saw it will be a reese, which is three detuned saws, used a lot in DnB and dark garage stuff like Burial etc.

no I'm talking a plain sawtooth. A reese should be highpassed and layered with a plain bass underneath as the detuned saws phase too much.

[JonnyB]

you 2 keep talking, i want more info's haha

[ChevChelios]

Example of low passed reese

*EDIT* Embedded

[eggssell]

i tried pasting this conversation in babelfish and it couldnt convert to english.

[AaronStatic]

Example of low passed reese

yes and even that reese is layered with a pure single waveform providing the sub

[ChevChelios]

Im not hearing any pure wave, its all moving to my ears, but whatever.

Heres a better example cause I know that there isn't any pure wave at all, cause I made it, just straight up low passed reese.

Cairo v. Svpreme Fiend - Untitled (WIP) by Cairo