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its much simpler to freehand the knob when you are synced to the beat

but whats the best way to achieve good wobble variety?

do you guys use only automation or freehand? or both?

Depends on the desired effect...

Most of Caspa's basslines sound like they are LFO synced

But for more bouncy niche like basslines or basses that suck in, I tend to reach for a ADSR.

Also, if my bass patch has multiple controls, I automate varios contols inthe sequencer whilst others will generally be tied to at least on ADSR or LFO..!

Seperately... say one uses an eq or reverb to change the tone of the bass for one segment, I usually freehand automate the switches..

Hope that helps!

diff for every track. music is play not work - don't approach it with technique and theory, approach it with innocence and a smile. think of it as finger painting rather than architecture in every situation you can. experiment and let your subconcious react to what you hear until you have a coherent idea from fiddling and playing.

that being said, a few areas to play with:

talking about the filter cutoff:
1. draw in the automation
2. record the automation.
- ie) link your modwheel to the filter cutoff, then rock out like you're a guitar hero. get several bars down and then take the best ideas. maybe grab the pencil and fine tune them a bit if they're not quit on the beat or a bit rough.
3. take an lfo and have it modulate filter cutoff.
- modulate the intensity of the lfo manually or with an lfo, so that the filter is moving up and down at one speed, but varying the distance travelled for added expression.
- modulate the speed of the lfo manually or with an lfo. fun fun fun! this is sort of like drawing in the automation, except your ideas will be different in the end. you hear this a lot in dubstep today.
- modulate the speed of the lfo

nice, thanks for all your tips

this is what i have come up with so far, let me know what you think

http://bikinieditorial.com/yoni/wid/dubfreetest.mp3

I love the hard hitting beat and the filtered out bobbly bass that kicks in at 00:41 seconds!

Keep onit

the fun-yet-responsible way: record the autiomation via a midi controller, and edit after the fact. more rockin' out with the speakers blazin; less fiddly-mousing shit.

TeReKeTe wrote:the fun-yet-responsible way: record the autiomation via a midi controller, and edit after the fact. more rockin' out with the speakers blazin; less fiddly-mousing shit.

yes i find that is usually what happens, the only time i like to go straight to automation is when i have a set idea in my head, other wise, its knob turning

my personal favorite here is (FL Studio 7 btw):

getting a nice sounding crunchy wobble bass in v-station, assign an lfo to the filter cut-off at your desired speed, and whack in an automation clip to control this. then add a camel crusher to it, get the "tubewarmth" preset, then assign one of the knobs on my Oxygen 8 v2 to the filter cut-off, and one to the resonace. then hit record, start your track, and go nuts