TheOcularInvisible wrote:Ooooooooooookie dokie.
So, first off, I made a newer version which I think sounds better:
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But that's not really important.
So first off, the bass was made in FM8. Instead of explaining everything, I'll just show a couple of pictures:
After this, automate the matrix A to F for vowel movement. It sounds best if you don't go below about 55%.
The FX chain includes a vocodex:
And the bass has a little bit of stereo widening (keep in mind that this has no sub, you add that seperately after the process is done).
Next, you'll want to bounce that to audio and resample it. This part is pretty simple though. I used Harmor, so if you don't have this you can resample some other way if you like, but in this tutorial I'll be explaining how to do it in Harmor.
1) Go into Harmor's "ADV" tab
2) For "precision," change average to perfect
3) Turn the denoise knob all the way down
4) Change image/resynthesis from generic to high precision
5) Set unison to 2, turn the pan all the way down, bring the pitch all the way down, and turn down the phase just a teeeeny bit but not past 30% jump ahead.
6) Drop the bass audio into the "IMG" tab on the image section.
7) On the FX tab, add a little bit of chorus and a little bit of classic distortion.
That's it for this part! You can now bounce the bass to audio again.
Now this is where it gets a little tougher, but bear with me. The final result is definitely worth it.
1) Drop the last bass you exported into a playlist.
2) Very first thing you need is a low pass filter. This is absolutely VITAL, you WILL NOT be able to make the bass without it. Keep the resonance all the way down and automate the cutoff with the vowel movement. It may not sound right at first, but trust me on this
3) Next you'll need another Vocodex (or any other vocoder that you can copy this stuff into) that looks like this:
For this, you'll want to automate the vocodex's "wet" knob along with the vowel movement as well. I automated mine with a range from 29% to 72%.
4) Add an EQ boosting the mids and highs. Just do this to the way you think it sounds good, it's a matter of preference more than anything.
5) After this, add a CamelCrusher. (For those of you who don't know, it's a free distortion plugin with a built in filter and compressor)
Make sure that you turn off "phat mode" or it won't sound very nice. Then, set the master volume at about 3/4 of the way up and set the compressor at about the same level. Turn off the filter section and turn down the tube distortion a little bit.
6) Here I added a Dimension Expander VST by Xfer but you could probably substitute it wth something like iZotope Ozone Imager.
7) After this, a waveshaper. Picture is below, nothing too fancy here.
Lastly, a bit of reverb. This part is optional, but if you do decide to add it, make sure you cut out all frequencies below 2000 hz.
There you have it! If any of you are interested, I could also upload the patches used in this project to make things easier. Good luck, and happy bassing!
