BEST SYNTH VST FOR GRIMEY BASSLINES??

dmok · Post by **dmok** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:58 pm

Any suggestions. its been hard for me to find a synth vst that can get the grimey sounds im looking for..
any info appreciated..

ascii · Post by **ascii** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:03 pm

It's all about using detuned square waves & saw tooths (any synth can do these) with FX on top, such as: saturation, bitcrusher, exciter, filters, compression, reverb etc

But if I were to recommend one, it would be Rob Papens Predictor. Very grimey basslines can be made on that little beast!

futures_untold · Post by **futures_untold** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:08 pm

Ejay works pretty good. Every sound fits perfectly with everything else. Even has built in effects!

Of course, most synths can do grimey sounds, but it's how you construct the tune that adds grit as much as the sounds themselves. what do you mean anyway? Distortion or overdrive on a track will make it sound grimey, but may also make it sound messy and shit.

Explain yourself and give examples, then maybe we can find a synth that matches the kinds of sounds you want to make???

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:16 pm

any synth can do it, it's what you do with the waveforms and processing that gives it that grit

j-sh · Post by **j-sh** » Thu May 21, 2009 11:30 pm

if your just gettin started have a look at massive or albino, they'll give you same standard wobbles and grit just playin round with the presets.

I think starting off with these is a good idea becuase its fairly easy to make the standard dubstep sounds and learn a bit about synthesis at the same time.

but alot of people use both of these synths, so eventually you might wanna look around if your interested in forming your own style and sound. The posts before this one are true, if you want to start making good, moving, original music you will need to dig a bit deeper and learn alot about different synthesis techniques, effects and so on. but if you wanna just try your hand at makin a few tunes then i suggest massive or albino (rob papen synths are generally very nice)

good luck!

j wilderness · Post by **j wilderness** » Fri May 22, 2009 3:16 am

Rob Papen Albino is bomb when it comes to making reece bass and such. Everything about it seems to work pretty good. you can pretty much have endless layers of 4 osicllators and the mod matrix is awesome for lfo and whatever else. Its not too hard to learn either.

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Fri May 22, 2009 4:00 pm

J Wilderness wrote:Rob Papen Albino is bomb when it comes to making reece bass and such. Everything about it seems to work pretty good. you can pretty much have endless layers of 4 osicllators and the mod matrix is awesome for lfo and whatever else. Its not too hard to learn either.

heh i like z3ta+ just a wee bit more in those aspects which is why i tend to use it more than albino

j wilderness · Post by **j wilderness** » Fri May 22, 2009 4:05 pm

Deadly Habit wrote:
J Wilderness wrote:Rob Papen Albino is bomb when it comes to making reece bass and such. Everything about it seems to work pretty good. you can pretty much have endless layers of 4 osicllators and the mod matrix is awesome for lfo and whatever else. Its not too hard to learn either.
heh i like z3ta+ just a wee bit more in those aspects which is why i tend to use it more than albino

I have yet to try Z3ta. You like it only a wee bit more? I have never even seen it in action. Youtube here I come. lol

j wilderness · Post by **j wilderness** » Fri May 22, 2009 5:07 pm

Neurotik wrote:I'm personally always using Albino for my bass, Vanguard is also pretty good if you use it at all.

vanguard for allot of trancey type sounding shit... its got a really good sound for random fx stabs and the like.

dmok · Post by **dmok** » Fri May 22, 2009 7:06 pm

futures_untold wrote:Ejay works pretty good. Every sound fits perfectly with everything else. Even has built in effects!

Of course, most synths can do grimey sounds, but it's how you construct the tune that adds grit as much as the sounds themselves. what do you mean anyway? Distortion or overdrive on a track will make it sound grimey, but may also make it sound messy and shit.

Explain yourself and give examples, then maybe we can find a synth that matches the kinds of sounds you want to make???

kinda lookin to makes sounds like teh bass in Excisions Dirt nap track..

futures_untold · Post by **futures_untold** » Fri May 22, 2009 7:22 pm

If your looking to achieve some kind of excision sound, you may find some of ohmwerks comments useful in this thread here ---> http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t ... ht=dubcore

higgzbozon · Post by **higgzbozon** » Sun May 24, 2009 12:12 pm

dmok wrote:Any suggestions. its been hard for me to find a synth vst that can get the grimey sounds im looking for..
any info appreciated..

Massive/Zeta+/Albino --> Export --> Kontakt 3 --> Split freq's, Fx --> Resample --> Kontakt 3 --> Split freq's, Fx --> Resample --> Kontakt 3 --> Split freq's, Fx --> Resample --> Kontakt 3 --> Split freq's, Fx --> Resample --> Kontakt 3 --> Split freq's, Fx --> Resample --> Kontakt 3 --> Split freq's, Fx --> Resample --> BOEJAAAAAAAAAH!

lost boy down · Post by **lost boy down** » Sun May 24, 2009 4:53 pm

what do you mean with resample...

load the sound into kontakt...split the fQ and then export it...and then load the whole thing in kontakt again...

and one more question...when I export from massiv...only one hit..or the whole melody?

sorry I am a newbie...

thanx

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Sun May 24, 2009 5:09 pm

http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.ph ... ight=reese

and that's resampling overkill lol

but driving the point home i get it

cartoon_head · Post by **cartoon_head** » Tue May 26, 2009 1:39 am

Rusty Trombone Erectifier (be careful when searching Google for this)

Great on top of detuned Saws and Squares - from Sylenth1 in my case - to make a nice gritty bass.

BEST SYNTH VST FOR GRIMEY BASSLINES??

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