How To Sound Like Skrillex & Make Skrillex Bass

[outbound]

"YO DAWG
I HEARD YOU LIKED SKRILLEX
SO WE PUT A REMIX OF SKRILLEX
IN SKRILLEX
BY SKRILLEX
WITH SKRILLEX
SO YOU COULD SKRILLEX WHILE YOU SKRILLEX'D"

God bless youtubes

[CCBDubstep]

english: its a supersaw, there shouldnt have to be a tutorial for a supersaw because its just a waveform lol.
massive: add unison on 4 or 8 and then spread the pitch on a sawwave.
not the first time iv had to do a translation in massive language

so the like uplifting , reverbed out sound is just a supersaw? sounds more complex than that >.>

[Hircine]

not even a 140 bpm tune, not even an interesting sound.

[CCBDubstep]

oh and if it makes it clearer, i mean the sound at 1:10, maybe you thought i meant the sound right before that

[Hircine]

that pitches up?

[CCBDubstep]

yeah. it almost wobbles, but its like short hits and pitches up

[CCBDubstep]

and at 1:13 pitches back down

[CCBDubstep]

WTF IS THIS?

Not one tutorial on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEd4NfmMI6U

The bass around 1:01!

I know why it is easier than i thought, because i told you the wrong sound.

I meant the sound at 1:02, the rising bass. THANKS

[cmgoodman1226]

WTF IS THIS?

Not one tutorial on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEd4NfmMI6U

The bass around 1:01!

I know why it is easier than i thought, because i told you the wrong sound.

I meant the sound at 1:02, the rising bass. THANKS

Do a youtube search for "house plucky synth". Basically it's a standard supersaw with an envelope with a fast attack and fast decay modulating the cutoff on the lowpass filter. Add some chorus to widen the sound and some distortion and that should get you close. Pretty simple sound honestly.

[flatfaced]

really important thing(almost as important as the sounddesign of the bass) is the movement and how it fits the track...You need to gain some groove out of it with filters(especially BP because they're boosting certain harmonics when sweeping), notes, pitches, volume, pan, other synth or FX parameters etc...I mean work on that as much as on the quality of the sound by itself(because they're almost equally important)...I think thats one of the missing parts that some ppl are struggling over(including me) for a good sounding bassline and its overlooked sometimes...If you dont believe try to make a simple 2 detuned saws thing only with some distortion(for the sounddesign part) for a couple of minutes and then spend some hours(days) fitting it in the track and make some movement and groove while the idea is fresh(instead of tweaking its sound for hours first and then trying to fit it) - work on the musicality of it and you would see that it works no matter the sound of it isnt that great...when you're happy with the result work some hours(days) on the sound if you want...then you could go back to the movement and then to the sound again until the two things are married to each other...to be more clear i should say that its good if you work on both at the same time if possible(IMO) - implement one in the other but dont underestimate neither of them and make as much as possible(especially the movement and the performance) while the idea is still new and fresh...

Am writing that because sometimes am hearing tunes where the basses are not so good soundwise but they make you dance and are groovy and you will say "what a cool bassline" without taking into an account so much its sounddesign qualities - it wouldnt even leave you thinking about such things because its interesting and hooky and fits the track properly...

of course BOTH are important but just wanted to bring some attention to the bass's movement because one of the reasons skrillex's are cool is their musicality and how they fit - he is a musician after all...

[CCBDubstep]

WTF IS THIS?

Not one tutorial on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEd4NfmMI6U

The bass around 1:01!

I know why it is easier than i thought, because i told you the wrong sound.

I meant the sound at 1:02, the rising bass. THANKS

Do a youtube search for "house plucky synth". Basically it's a standard supersaw with an envelope with a fast attack and fast decay modulating the cutoff on the lowpass filter. Add some chorus to widen the sound and some distortion and that should get you close. Pretty simple sound honestly.

I did what you said, made a supersaw, lowpassed, then i put an envolope with fast attack and decay, but its not making that plucky sound. the high frequencies are constant, and the low is modulated. i guess this is what you mean but im trying to get the whole sound to pluck. not just the lows

[CCBDubstep]

nevermind

[sunny_b_uk]

english: its a supersaw, there shouldnt have to be a tutorial for a supersaw because its just a waveform lol.
massive: add unison on 4 or 8 and then spread the pitch on a sawwave.
not the first time iv had to do a translation in massive language

so the like uplifting , reverbed out sound is just a supersaw? sounds more complex than that >.>

i was talking about the sound on 1:01 not 1:02, which was just a plain supersaw
the sound your talking about is probably a supersaw or maybe another waveform with unison and pitch spread, then try using scream filter in massive with performer & use some of the more rapid waveforms with 2 or 3 cycles in the wave (the sharp looking ones, they will sound plucky since they are quite sharp)
tweak the amount of the performer to the cut off enough so it plucks/hits hard
have the res up a bit and place the "scream" and res wherever you feel. also the pitch of the synth is gliding as well
obviously im not gona explain the whole process by typing but im mentioning the key factors of the sound should be enough

[CCBDubstep]

could it be more than one synth layered also? because i still cant get the sound. i get the idea now though

[CCBDubstep]

english: its a supersaw, there shouldnt have to be a tutorial for a supersaw because its just a waveform lol.
massive: add unison on 4 or 8 and then spread the pitch on a sawwave.
not the first time iv had to do a translation in massive language

so the like uplifting , reverbed out sound is just a supersaw? sounds more complex than that >.>

i was talking about the sound on 1:01 not 1:02, which was just a plain supersaw
the sound your talking about is probably a supersaw or maybe another waveform with unison and pitch spread, then try using scream filter in massive with performer & use some of the more rapid waveforms with 2 or 3 cycles in the wave (the sharp looking ones, they will sound plucky since they are quite sharp)
tweak the amount of the performer to the cut off enough so it plucks/hits hard
have the res up a bit and place the "scream" and res wherever you feel. also the pitch of the synth is gliding as well
obviously im not gona explain the whole process by typing but im mentioning the key factors of the sound should be enough

thanks for this sounds good so far.. time for some effects

[antipode]

fuck this thread

[donpablo]

really important thing(almost as important as the sounddesign of the bass) is the movement and how it fits the track...You need to gain some groove out of it with filters(especially BP because they're boosting certain harmonics when sweeping), notes, pitches, volume, pan, other synth or FX parameters etc...I mean work on that as much as on the quality of the sound by itself(because they're almost equally important)...I think thats one of the missing parts that some ppl are struggling over(including me) for a good sounding bassline and its overlooked sometimes...If you dont believe try to make a simple 2 detuned saws thing only with some distortion(for the sounddesign part) for a couple of minutes and then spend some hours(days) fitting it in the track and make some movement and groove while the idea is fresh(instead of tweaking its sound for hours first and then trying to fit it) - work on the musicality of it and you would see that it works no matter the sound of it isnt that great...when you're happy with the result work some hours(days) on the sound if you want...then you could go back to the movement and then to the sound again until the two things are married to each other...to be more clear i should say that its good if you work on both at the same time if possible(IMO) - implement one in the other but dont underestimate neither of them and make as much as possible(especially the movement and the performance) while the idea is still new and fresh...

Am writing that because sometimes am hearing tunes where the basses are not so good soundwise but they make you dance and are groovy and you will say "what a cool bassline" without taking into an account so much its sounddesign qualities - it wouldnt even leave you thinking about such things because its interesting and hooky and fits the track properly...

of course BOTH are important but just wanted to bring some attention to the bass's movement because one of the reasons skrillex's are cool is their musicality and how they fit - he is a musician after all...

Thats the smartest thing said about making baslines

[flatfaced]

forgot to say about automation but its well known by now i think - its big part of the movement of basslines...when you're building your patch and tweaking parameters think which of them would fit properly in its performance/movement...i mean if you start tweaking something and its changing the sound in some way, listen if that change would not be appropriate for automation...

[Xsist-Music]

"YO DAWG
I HEARD YOU LIKED SKRILLEX
SO WE PUT A REMIX OF SKRILLEX
IN SKRILLEX
BY SKRILLEX
WITH SKRILLEX
SO YOU COULD SKRILLEX WHILE YOU SKRILLEX'D"

God bless youtubes

[hifi]

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Care to share some tips on how you made this? I'm liking the sound design!

yes, that hipitched sound is setup a bit weird in massive if i recall. will take a second look and post details. that vowelly bassline was done in massive aswell w/ some minor eq boosts