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Posted by trancintaiwan on Oct-26-2006 22:02:

how to make acid lines?

hey all,

just wondering whats the best ways to make acid lines. i guess one example in a track i'm thinking of is sean tyas - lift. he's got the thin acid kinda running in the background almost like a secondary bassline.

what i've been trying to do is get kinda a sawish buzzy type sound and throw an arp on it... but i don't seem to be getting very good sounding results. any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

hai lee

Posted by newtrancer on Oct-27-2006 01:50:

1 polyphony ,no attack,or sustain and play around with the decay,release and portamento

maybe layer 2 saws and detune them by 3. and add some decay. reverb

Posted by mysticalninja on Oct-27-2006 02:55:

i just listened through that song and never heard an acid.

Posted by DJ Shibby on Oct-27-2006 03:32:

they're not lines, they're blotters

check out E and G

Posted by trancintaiwan on Oct-27-2006 04:53:

quote:
Originally posted by mysticalninja
i just listened through that song and never heard an acid.

well not an acid in the sense of psytrance acid lines, but i guess it almost sounds like a filtered running bassline. definitely is sorta acid sounding tho. not sure what to call it

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Shibby
they're not lines, they're blotters

check out E and G

not sure what you mean by that, can you explain?

Posted by Pjotr G on Oct-28-2006 12:45:

can you post up a little sample of what you're after?

Posted by JakeC on Oct-28-2006 13:10:

http://www.energyuk.net/music/produ...=2&criteria=%2A

Posted by jivamukti on Oct-28-2006 16:53:

ReBirth (which is now free) prolly has several example projects with acid blines.

Posted by stevieboy32808 on Oct-28-2006 22:00:

Go back in time and get yourself a Roland TR-303.

Posted by farris on Oct-28-2006 22:56:

quote:
Originally posted by stevieboy32808
Go back in time and get yourself a Roland TR-303.

I'd rather get a TB-303 for that

- farris

Posted by mysticalninja on Oct-28-2006 23:26:

LOL. People still use 303 you know. Benny Benassi if im not mistaken.. and probably alot of psy/hard stuff producers.

Posted by trancintaiwan on Oct-29-2006 02:43:

thanks jake for the link

and i'll also check out rebirth as well.

Posted by bobba lou on Oct-29-2006 03:22:

quote:
Originally posted by jivamukti
ReBirth (which is now free) prolly has several example projects with acid blines.

though good,rebirth doesnt compares to audiorealisms bassline. I have heard numerous producers say, that if they were to get rid of the hardware unit, they would use audiorealims bassline. I think its great.

_harold

Posted by jivamukti on Oct-29-2006 11:12:

quote:
Originally posted by bobba lou
though good,rebirth doesnt compares to audiorealisms bassline. I have heard numerous producers say, that if they were to get rid of the hardware unit, they would use audiorealims bassline. I think its great.

_harold

My point was that he can see in ReBirth how the synth parameters and notes are set for a proper acid pattern so he can recreate that in a synth and host of his choice.

Posted by DJJoeTruby on Oct-29-2006 15:42:

Just get a saw wave, whack a load of distorion on it, put the resonance up quite high, then fiddle with the filter till you get a sound of acid you like, then play with the adsr & tyr using low key notes & you should have a quality acid sound.

Most vst can do acid but they vary on quality. Audiorealism's Bassline is the one I use & i think its the best one out there.

Joe

Posted by djads on Oct-30-2006 15:45:

I dunno exactly what "acid line" you mean, but as i heard "lift" some time ago, i would say its kind of a long delay on a normal bassline, with env and hight filter.. then just add a long delay, i think theres an Ohm Boyz Plung in preset that creats that very well.

Greetz,

Alex