Monday, May 18, 2009
My synth sound
For this project I had to make up a synth sound of my own, and this is what I ended up with. Working from the default synth in Sytrus I first changed the WAV thing into a SAW wav then I modded the volume and pitch envelopes to get that gradual rise in the strength of the note and the little swoop in the pitch, then I added in some delays and effects like chorus into the mix, but not too over bearing then finally I wanted to mess with some of the filter settings so I went into the main FL Studio mixer and selected the Bass, treble, and midrange dials and created automation clips for all of them, then I went and messed around with them a bit in the playlist, I thought it added a nice subtle change to the song, I was thinking something along the lines of the synth that does the solo in "The Hand that feeds"- NIN, its not exact but his does a little pitch shifting and weird stuff is more fuzzy over all than mine is. Hope you like the little ditty
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I have to admit, this is a great use of the pitch envelope, and I do like the melody you came up with. I don't think it should have been repeated four times without any variation, but that's just my opinion.
ReplyDeletewell done on the synth design.
The bass (I know we have been through this before) is still too muddy. I know what you are going for. You want that bass sound that rattles the walls. This isn't the way to do it. You need to have a bass that sounds in the correct tonal register (an octave higher than you have here), in addition to the register that you have written for here, with a sound that is capable of being heard clearly in that register. This effect is usually achieved by a subharmonic synthesiser or ELF (Extended Low Frequency) system that feeds a subwoofer.
The bottom line is you are trying to drive a nail with a screwdriver. You are using the wrong tool to write your bass line. Just try this for me. Copy your bass line and octave up, keep your existing line, but turn it down. You'll like the effect. Trust me.