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how do i make house stabs

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:39 pm
by tripwire22
for example in this song


Re: how do i make house stabs

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:40 pm
by whineo
2 oscillators similar to this

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detune them slightly

pitch one oscillator down/up 5 notes

envelope on the filter cutoff similar to this

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season to taste with reverb delay chorus phase etc

Re: how do i make house stabs

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:38 pm
by thrush
sample em if u still cant work it out

Re: how do i make house stabs

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:39 am
by ekstrak
They're quite skinny these stabs but for good detroit style stabs i find the best place to start is with a nice organ. it has that emmediate Attack which you need and if you've built it yourself, a control over the decay/sustain which is where you'll be able to introduce your own evolution to the stab as the track progresses.

Re: how do i make house stabs

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:52 pm
by tripwire22
thrush wrote:sample em if u still cant work it out


i dont want the easy way out

Re: how do i make house stabs

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:25 pm
by julesee
i want the stabs from "The Fatman"

Re: how do i make house stabs

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:40 pm
by contakt321
tripwire22 wrote:
thrush wrote:sample em if u still cant work it out


i dont want the easy way out
You would be amazed how many stabs in classic techno songs were actually samples. That said, the above instructions will get you where you are trying to go.

Big artists were sampling too, like Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, etc

Re: how do i make house stabs

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:46 pm
by Architecture
Samples, thats what it is. I also just use the Chord function on my Alesis Andromeda A6 as well, it does perfect Detroit Tech stabs, one reason why i bought it.

Try C min 7. Probably my favorate stab chord.