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Thick synths

Post by Kochari » Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:49 pm

Hey all, I'm having trouble getting my synths to sound thick and chunky, a la




Obviously low passing plays a large roll, but other than that I am lost. Sorry for what is probably a really obvious question, and many thanks in advance :U:
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Re: Thick synths

Post by jsills » Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:02 pm

try lowpassing a sawwave to get that thick analog sound on you bass.

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Re: Thick synths

Post by FSTZ » Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:43 pm

Resample them

export and layer the same synth on top of itself a few times

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Re: Thick synths

Post by haggardy » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:36 pm

You dont have to re-sample to get that sound. Sounds like a sub bass layer created with a sine or saw wav. Lower the cutoff filter and add some low end saturation and compression to fatten it up.

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Re: Thick synths

Post by FSTZ » Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:10 pm

haggardy wrote:You dont have to re-sample to get that sound. Sounds like a sub bass layer created with a sine or saw wav. Lower the cutoff filter and add some low end saturation and compression to fatten it up.
trust me

resampling is key

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Re: Thick synths

Post by chewie » Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:31 am

Fuck the synth that beat in Vancouver is crazy ill!!!!!

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Re: Thick synths

Post by deadly_habit » Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:47 am

FSTZ wrote:Resample them

export and layer the same synth on top of itself a few times
pseudo unison heh

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Re: Thick synths

Post by Sirius » Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:13 am

create a couple of sends... put a slight delay on them ensure they have different delay times & pitch shift em abit.
create some new audio tracks & use the buss outs as ins.
play around with the parameters in realtime to real fuk shit up

i find this easia than traditional resampling.

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Re: Thick synths

Post by FSTZ » Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:43 pm

deadly habit wrote:
FSTZ wrote:Resample them

export and layer the same synth on top of itself a few times
pseudo unison heh
yep

but it gives your synths a thicker sound

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Re: Thick synths

Post by qwaycee_ » Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:47 pm

chewie wrote:Fuck the synth that beat in Vancouver is crazy ill!!!!!

yeah that tune is big for sure.

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Re: Thick synths

Post by Basic A » Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:57 pm

FSTZ wrote:
deadly habit wrote:
FSTZ wrote:Resample them

export and layer the same synth on top of itself a few times
pseudo unison heh
yep

but it gives your synths a thicker sound
Wouldnt this only have an effect if they were processed different or out of phase?
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Re: Thick synths

Post by FSTZ » Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:12 pm

Basic A wrote:
FSTZ wrote:
deadly habit wrote:
FSTZ wrote:Resample them

export and layer the same synth on top of itself a few times
pseudo unison heh
yep

but it gives your synths a thicker sound
Wouldnt this only have an effect if they were processed different or out of phase?
not if you split channels, pan and layer stereo tracks on top of mono tracks...

here's my formula:

2 split mono tracks, one combined mono downmix and one stereo track

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Re: Thick synths

Post by AJGR » Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:16 pm

do you mean parallel processing or resampling :?

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Post by th@-pu$$y » Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:08 pm

FSTZ wrote:Resample them

export and layer the same synth on top of itself a few times
This shit works........A friend of mine showed me how to do this awhile ago and I'm lovin it. Also try slightly detuning in individual channels for an extra beefy sound :W:

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Re: Thick synths

Post by press » Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:12 pm

chorus / verb / eq.
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Re: Thick synths

Post by amphibian » Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:18 pm

Resampling is not a must to get thick sounds. It's just one of many, many techniques you can use.
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Re: Thick synths

Post by daft cunt » Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:03 am

FSTZ wrote:
Basic A wrote:
FSTZ wrote:
deadly habit wrote:
FSTZ wrote:Resample them

export and layer the same synth on top of itself a few times
pseudo unison heh
yep

but it gives your synths a thicker sound
Wouldnt this only have an effect if they were processed different or out of phase?
not if you split channels, pan and layer stereo tracks on top of mono tracks...

here's my formula:

2 split mono tracks, one combined mono downmix and one stereo track
Thanks for the tip! Gotta try it asap! Does it work with heavily distorted bass sounds tho ?

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Re: Thick synths

Post by jsills » Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:17 am

FSTZ wrote:
Basic A wrote:
FSTZ wrote:
deadly habit wrote:
FSTZ wrote:Resample them

export and layer the same synth on top of itself a few times
pseudo unison heh
yep

but it gives your synths a thicker sound
Wouldnt this only have an effect if they were processed different or out of phase?
not if you split channels, pan and layer stereo tracks on top of mono tracks...

here's my formula:

2 split mono tracks, one combined mono downmix and one stereo track

^^ i do this alot actually and sort of forgot to mention it. esp for synth sounds and such

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