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Posted by djandymac on Sep-04-2008 17:11:

frequency modulation?

using cubase 4, how do i do it ?

Posted by Vortex_SA on Sep-04-2008 17:17:

what do you mean? FM synthesis?

Posted by djandymac on Sep-04-2008 17:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Vortex_SA
what do you mean? FM synthesis?
god knows mate, im new lol. i hear some sounds in tracks and the pitch of them modulates. just wondered how it was done

Posted by Vortex_SA on Sep-04-2008 17:41:

oh... i see what you want but i dunno how to do so in cubase..

Posted by djandymac on Sep-04-2008 17:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Vortex_SA
oh... i see what you want but i dunno how to do so in cubase..
ok mate cheers anyway

Posted by cryophonik on Sep-04-2008 17:48:

quote:
Originally posted by djandymac
god knows mate, im new lol. i hear some sounds in tracks and the pitch of them modulates. just wondered how it was done

I still don't know what you're talking about. Are you talking about key changes? Can you provide an example (e.g., an mp3 clip, youtube vid)?

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Sep-04-2008 17:51:

Do you mean a kind of "police siren"-sounding effect?

You can do that easily with LFOs on synths or samplers.

Posted by djandymac on Sep-04-2008 18:07:

nah not the police siren, but i now know its LFO's that do it, sorry for the confusion ppl lol.

Posted by Zombie0729 on Sep-04-2008 18:13:

take any synth, set the LFO sources to Sine (for now), Destination OSC1->Pitch

some synths require you use the mod wheel to trigger the LFO, play with the LFO rate or "frequency" to taste

Posted by Theran on Sep-05-2008 10:46:

As said before, this probably be a modulated pitch. You have to do this on a synth, Cubase hasn't really got anything to do with at. If you take a look at i.e. the Z3ta+ or the Virus C, the have a modulation matrix on which you can set a source and destination, just as Ross said, set the source on OSC(1) and the destination on pitch, that you'll have the oscilator modulation your pitch.

Stupid perhaps, but maybe you can automate the pitch??

Posted by T-Soma on Sep-05-2008 11:37:

Probably talking about pitch bending or glide.

Posted by Sonic_c on Sep-05-2008 12:04:

Not a great question mate i ahve to say. What aspect of modulation filter envelope, pitch, index, volume its an endless list.

To modulate a sound you must have a control voltage or an LFO routed to whatever sound you wish to modulate. For example reasons malstrom had modulation sections on the top of the synth. try turning the pitch one left or right and there you have it a modulated sound. then you have speeed of modulation depth etc this can be applied to any aspect of a sound.

Be specific and I will try to help best I can

Posted by Sonic_c on Sep-05-2008 12:04: