Is there a machine designed specifically for making uppers and downers?

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Posted by Richard Butler on Oct-01-2012 12:57:

Is there a machine designed specifically for making uppers and downers?

At the mo I use synths to make my own uppers and downers (not just white noise sweeps of course) but the synths I have are not ideally suited to this task.

One particular issue I have is when automating pitch over the duration of an event, you get the dreaded audible stepping rather than a nice smooth rise.

Is there something designed specifically with this task in mind?

I tend to avoid sample based fx packs aimed at this space as there is not enough control and often I wan't a particular tailored noise that I have imagined in my head.

Posted by wayfinder on Oct-01-2012 14:13:

I usually take a long white noise sample and do all the modulation with effects, automated in my sequencer.

Posted by jayxthekoolest on Oct-01-2012 14:25:

sylenth1

Posted by Raphie on Oct-01-2012 14:28:

Pioneer RMX 1000 works as hardware plugin via USB and VST

Posted by chris marsh on Oct-01-2012 14:53:

i find massive very good for this - with all the modulation options etc.

normally just assign pitch to an envelope.

Posted by Looney4Clooney on Oct-01-2012 16:29:

portamento would get rid of those steps. Then draw the notes rather than automation.

Posted by tehlord on Oct-01-2012 16:49:

Rich have you tried increasing the resolution of the pitchbend data?

Posted by evo8 on Oct-01-2012 16:53:

Would using an envelope on the pitch (instead of pitchbend) get rid of the stepping i wonder??

Posted by meriter on Oct-01-2012 17:03:

forget about what I said before shit is definitely steppin, didn't do enough testing before posting the stepping is obvious in a higher octave

in Absynth there is a 'lag' control next to the pitch bend amount which smooths it out, if that helps any