Proper soaking wet basses?!

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Gannon211
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Proper soaking wet basses?!

Post by Gannon211 » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:13 pm

So I want to know how to get dripping wet basses, you know the wobbly type (See examples)
I've been producing for about two years, and I'd say I have intermediate-Advanced knowledge in a synth, so I'm looking for a little then "Just apply a lfo to a lowpass to get the wobble". I'd like to know the actual fundamentals and ways of achieving wetness to a synth. Through my knowledge of synths, my assumptions say it heavily relies on resonance. I've tried and 'sort of' got there, I'm just wondering if anyone actually knows how to get the sounds in my examples (or close to)

Artist I'm referring to are Requake, Bukez Finezt and some disonata stuff..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbrcEyU_9Gg (main synth)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A2JvE-19aQ (first synth)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtvDsVa4k5U (second synth, the wet "womp" & the flow at 1.22 )

If anyone could help or link me to another thread or tutorial like this I'd be grateful, thanks

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Re: Proper soaking wet basses?!

Post by Gannon211 » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:17 pm

P.s The main synths I use are Massive and SynthMaster 2.0, so tuts on either of them would be nice

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Re: Proper soaking wet basses?!

Post by shakas » Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:27 am

i wouldnt really consider these wet, they have that metallic sound you get by adding a really short delay to your synth. also could play with comb filters.

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Re: Proper soaking wet basses?!

Post by Gannon211 » Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:16 pm

I disagree, the disonota one is moist! and considering one is called waterdrops too. But I'll have a play wit delays and comb filters, thanks for replying

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Re: Proper soaking wet basses?!

Post by Patchwirk » Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:08 pm

Sounds like an automated low pass filter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOtApYgvGck

Might help you.
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Re: Proper soaking wet basses?!

Post by Labco » Fri Apr 25, 2014 12:42 am

I remember trying to make this sound for ages to no avail then I accidentally did it one day by turning the resonance on my low pass filter up too high, play around with routing an lfo from about 3 to 9 o' clock on the cutoff of a low pass filter and modulate the resonance up too, plus shit like flangers and phasers are good for this sound too once you mod them too

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Re: Proper soaking wet basses?!

Post by Augment » Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:44 pm

Very high resonance on a lowpass filter will achieve a wet type of sound. Short delays/reverbs/dimension expander + phasers, flangers etc can also make for wet sounding stuff
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Re: Proper soaking wet basses?!

Post by Gannon211 » Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:44 pm

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Re: Proper soaking wet basses?!

Post by Labco » Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:00 pm

Well i'm telling you flat out you'll get the woi sound from automating a lowpass filter, try it, its easy

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Re: Proper soaking wet basses?!

Post by Gannon211 » Sun May 04, 2014 5:24 pm

I'll tell you flat out it's way more than that

Incase anyone still wants to know, I've been achieving some great wet and wonky basses
basically, pick your waveforms (in massive for this case), route them both equally to each filter.. set you filters in a series circuit, not parallel (default). first filter as bandreject and set you cutoff over half (find your sweetspot) and set bandwith pretty damn high, almost all the way, resonance bout half way
second filter should be a daft, and set this around the same point as your bandrej cutoff or less, and add res. finally apply lfos to amp or daft filt cutoff, or both! that's what i've learnt anyway and it work most times for wet and wonky basses you hear from bukez, requake, badklaat etc..

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