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Posted by phoooo on Apr-26-2009 20:06:

How to make juicy cutoffs?

sorry if the title's misleading but what i'm trying to say is how can i get the fattest uplifting/creeping up sound for my sound. i know you automate lowpass & res but is there anything else that will give it that strong uplifting sound?

also, when i automate the lowpass cutoff, the first few seconds has a lot of low end and it's booming like a kick, how do i fix this?

Posted by Kismet7 on Apr-26-2009 20:17:

I don't use filter sweeps very often for transitions, but the high resonance coupled with a low cutoff on the filter is causing the oversized bass. So what you need to do is ride the resonance, also you need to automate the EQ to cut off much off the bass that is created at the early stage of the rising cutoff sweep, and gradually give back EQ to the low end as the sweep rises. Also make sure you have your attack set fairly high.

Posted by alanzo on Apr-26-2009 20:47:

You mean this?

I imagine you can just take a pair of scissors to them ...

Posted by MSZ on Apr-26-2009 21:08:

Posted by Kismet7 on Apr-26-2009 21:20:

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Originally posted by msz

Ass. Its never too much. She seems like such a good girl too.

Posted by Rusty O'Hara on Apr-26-2009 21:52:

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Originally posted by Kismet7
She seems like such a good girl too.

The type you'd take home to meet your parents?

Posted by cronodevir on Apr-26-2009 22:10:

Lol "that uplift sound"...

Posted by Kismet7 on Apr-26-2009 22:36:

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Originally posted by Rusty O'Hara
The type you'd take home to meet your parents?

Well, she would have to wash the dishes during our first dinner with my parents, to leave a good impression. Given that she looks like a very good girl, nothing to worry about with her.

She can probably also sew me sweaters during the cold harsh winters, and cook warm meals ready to serve to me, upon whence I enter our shack after a long night of clubbing.

Posted by Stef on Apr-26-2009 23:35:

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Originally posted by Kismet7

She can probably also sew me sweaters during the cold harsh winters, and cook warm meals ready to serve to me, upon whence I enter our shack after a long night of clubbing.

lol, the cold harsh winters of LA.

Posted by alanzo on Apr-26-2009 23:55:

I guess I'll give you a real response ...

Try turning on 24db / 4pole filtering. Lowpass is preferred and turn up the res to about half (depending on the synth). If you still can't get the sound you want, your synth's filter probably sucks.

Posted by kitphillips on Apr-27-2009 02:44:

Also try increasing the reverb mix or time, and for variety perhaps you could use a highpass filter instead and modulate it either up or down...

Posted by 9Vibes on Apr-27-2009 07:35:

Use the filter's ADSR. Put res to half .

Posted by kitphillips on Apr-27-2009 08:32:

Yeah modulating that decay phase is a classic deadmau5 trick for turning a pluck into a pad gradually... If you do it on the filter envelope it leads to good things. Same with the attack actually, but thats more of a bpitch control techy sound...

Posted by Theran on Apr-27-2009 18:33:

Open up the attack and decay on the filter envelope!

Posted by Wayne_B on Apr-27-2009 18:48:

Hey! Try automating your Resonance setting.. so when your cutoff is in the bass frequencies your resonance should be very low. As the filter opens setup your resonance to increase.This should achieve what you want without boosting the bass A bit of compression to keep volume levels in check as well.
Hope this helps

Posted by Kismet7 on Apr-28-2009 00:30:

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Originally posted by kitphillips
Yeah modulating that decay phase is a classic deadmau5 trick for turning a pluck into a pad gradually... If you do it on the filter envelope it leads to good things. Same with the attack actually, but thats more of a bpitch control techy sound...

...an old trick is a deadmau5 trick now? I suggest a new playlist.

Posted by cronodevir on Apr-28-2009 02:28:

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Originally posted by Kismet7
...an old trick is a deadmau5 trick now? I suggest a new playlist.

Apparently. It shows you the scope of the people in this forum. I bet many believe Binary Finary invented the Arpeggio...or know that arp stands for Arpeggio for that matter.

Posted by RichieV on Apr-28-2009 04:09:

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Originally posted by cronodevir
Apparently. It shows you the scope of the people in this forum. I bet many believe Binary Finary invented the Arpeggio...or know that arp stands for Arpeggio for that matter.

what would an arpeggio of the chord which contains an augmented 6 interval , resolves in stepwise motion to a cadential 6/4 in the key of F major be?

Since you seem to know so much.I'l give you a few months to mull that one over. Or maybe you should just apologize.

Posted by Theran on Apr-28-2009 09:24:

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Originally posted by cronodevir
I bet many believe Binary Finary invented the Arpeggio...

WTF!?!!? They didn't? Then who did??

Posted by wing on Apr-28-2009 13:25:

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Originally posted by Theran
WTF!?!!? They didn't? Than who did??

LULZZZ!

Posted by phoooo on Apr-28-2009 17:19:

thank you all for the help, and the jokers too

Posted by Subtle on Apr-28-2009 17:21:

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Originally posted by hundred
LULZZZ!
im sure LOL is with an O last time i checked

Posted by kitphillips on Apr-29-2009 09:17:

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Originally posted by cronodevir
Apparently. It shows you the scope of the people in this forum. I bet many believe Binary Finary invented the Arpeggio...or know that arp stands for Arpeggio for that matter.

Most people know this sound from deadmau5. Hence why I used him as an example. And honestly, I can't think of anyone who uses those tricks as well as he does.
If you want to educate me by showing some tracks with reverb or ADSR automation which use the technique as well as Faxing Berlin, then go for it.

Posted by Theran on Apr-29-2009 13:29:

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Originally posted by hundred
LULZZZ!

Now why are you mis-quoting me ?

Posted by Zak McKracken on Apr-29-2009 20:41:

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Originally posted by kitphillips
ADSR automation

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