Tutorial 1-Dubstep Wobble Bass with Massive

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This is the first tutorial from The Synthesist, covering the process behind making a Dubstep wobble bass sound.

This video shows the use of Native Instruments' MASSIVE synthesizer, which shifted the paradigm for software synthesis development in late 2006. MASSIVE's fat, analog sound is unique to the soft-synth world, offering a wide scope of sound design possibilities.

But underneath all that, is an extremely simple-to-use, great sounding engine, that can provide some of the baddest bass tones you've ever heard.

Check out the video, and the patches that are linked through the site below.



Notes on the patches:

Wobble 1- This is a basic demonstration of the ideas seen in the video. One oscillator, one filter, one LFO. very basic.

Wobble 2- This is the patch that was created in the video. You have a the dual-oscillator setup, using the same wavetable and settings, one is simply pitched an octave down. Try putting an LFO on the pitch of one of the oscillators, but only modulate the pitch by .10 or .15 of a half step. This will give a thicker and different feel to the sound.

Wobble 3- This is an example that has been used in one of The Synthesist's tracks previously. Its an example of experimentation with the LFO, applied to the Ring Modulator in addition to the Filter's Frequency Cutoff. Try applying an LFO to the Phase knob in the Modulation Oscillator. Also, the Performer function is displayed, rather than a simple LFO, so that you can write in your own modulating patterns.

The biggest rule of creating a fat bass sound from scratch is START SIMPLE. Bass tones get muddied very easily, so very minor changes can have a dramatic effect on your sound.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: January 4, 2008 at 12:14 am
Author: EvidenceRecords

Length: 00:03:02
Rating: 4.64
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Tags: electronic hip-hop dubstep dub wobble bass tutorial massive native instruments synthesist bad ass

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Video Comments:
gkerger (November 29, 2008 at 6:20 am)
Excellent, thanks!
DarrenGdub (November 26, 2008 at 2:35 pm)
How do u chage the tempo in massive to 140bpm?
Emnar2 (November 25, 2008 at 3:15 pm)
Can anyone help me out? I don't hear anything in massive when I'm trying to create sounds. I'm unsure of how I open massive within Ableton (or FL or whatnot) and use it to the extent shown in this video. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
pookayams (November 26, 2008 at 6:07 am)
I couldn't as well but i think you need a midi keyboard to use it. You can make sounds with your actual computer keyboard but they don't sound like this
Waelwulfas (November 22, 2008 at 12:48 pm)
Check my track out. This tutorial helped me make the wobble.
Adie190 (November 18, 2008 at 12:57 pm)
just started using massive - when i open a new sound i can't hear anything, do i need a sequencer like ableton to be able to fuck around with sounds on massive?
h0lx (November 23, 2008 at 1:35 pm)
*facepalm*
yes or a midi keyboard...
Adie190 (November 23, 2008 at 1:56 pm)
cheers, sorry i'm a bit of a novice!
mountebank1 (November 18, 2008 at 10:50 am)
lazy cunt,
fucking do it yourself
i hate cocks that use presets.
EvidenceRecords (November 18, 2008 at 4:16 pm)
Perhaps, but this is a learning tool... However, it is clearly labeled in the notes that you can download the patches shown through the link provided.