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Software Synths for Woosh and Swoosh FX

Can anyone give me any leads as to what Software Synths create some good Wooshy and Swooshy FX (sorry its the best i can come up with as far as a description goes). I don't mean like your bog standard Sweeper effects and Pads, I'm looking for a reasonable range of quality sounding ambience and not forgetting the Wooshy Swooshy .

You know what i mean?

I found (depending on type of music you are making) to have better
results from sample cd's

got any recommendations? websites? names of sample cd's? (keeping in mind the sounds i want)

I use these sample CDs for those types of sounds:

http://www.ilio.com/ilio/trance/index.html
http://www.ilio.com/spectrasonics/d...lity/index.html
http://www.ilio.com/spectrasonics/d...ity2/index.html

any synth with a noise OSC and a filter

Like Alanzo said all you need is a noise osc, atmosphere has a lot of good sounding airy pads though if thats what you want -- Ryan

lol... I was using Vanguard to do that just last night. Layer any combination of whitepass, highpass, C64 or synched noise and you'll get that sort of effect. Just sweep the filter, pitch and LFO to get the swoosh-age.

=)

Ive made some pretty cool swooshy stuff in albino 2. Seems simple enough if you keep trying

on the pro-52/53 just load the intermodulate of fat strings presets.
Turn the noise filter aaaalll way up and automate the cut off.

Render to wave.....and presto

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Originally posted by mef Ive made some pretty cool swooshy stuff in albino 2. Seems simple enough if you keep trying

likewise, ive made some cool ones in albino 2

what is the cut out exactly? what is it "cutting out"? or is it to do with how long the sound lasts?

I find that Triangle II is the easiest to make a white noise sweep with. All the others are excellent too, but triangle II is free!

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Originally posted by Tech0rz what is the cut out exactly? what is it "cutting out"? or is it to do with how long the sound lasts?

I think you are referring to cutoff frequency. It refers to the amount of frequency your cutting off. I suck at explaining things...someone else take this.

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Originally posted by UphoricNitemare I think you are referring to cutoff frequency. It refers to the amount of frequency your cutting off. I suck at explaining things...someone else take this.

The "cutoff" frequency control of a filter, controls the frequency at which all other frequencies in a given direction (based on the filter type) are attenuated (turned down). How much these frequencies are turned down depends once again on the type of filter. This is usually expressed in db (decibel) per octave cut (attenuation).

An example is badly need to debunk the above.. so here goes:

Commonly used in Trance is a 24 decibel per octave Low Pass Filter.

(to save real estate on a soft synth GUI, it may be abbreviated as such: LFP -24db)

Anyway, if the filter type is set to a 24db LPF, and the "cutoff" frequency is set to, say, 10khz, then frequencies below 10khz are not turned down at all (this is why it's called a low pass). But, frequencies above 10khz begin to be filtered out at 24db per octave. Using the 10k cutoff example, then the level at 500hz would be -24 db as half the original frequeny is an octave lower.

this link should provide a visual explanation: LPF & HPF Gain reponse diagram

So, set the oscilators on your synth to generate noise (preferably of the "white" variety) and experiment with different filter types (LPF,HPF,BPF), and strengths (6,12,24,36 db/octave), and then move the cutoff frequenccy until you get your desired swooshy effect.

thx great explanation. just let me read it a few more times so it sinks in

with z3ta you can make really cool swoosh and woosh sounds

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