A simple saw sound with Sidechain compression...

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Yeah, layer a few saw osc's, have them play a long note and compress this together with the kick drum, it'll give that 'wet' sound if that's what you're looking for...

if you have vanguard use saws on the 2 oscs and a square on the 3rd and play arround with the filter.

My good friend James "wandii" Wood made a replica of the Benassi bass sound. It's the best replica I've heard yet.
I'll ask him if he can share.

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yeah this has been tried a couple of times by some people all over the internet, but till now noone was able to make a sound even just a little bit like the original benny sound

so im curious about your friend's version

It's not just a simple saw wave that makes this sound. It's also reverb.. reverb, compression and side-chain compression is the key here. the saw must power through the reverb, but after the not is off the reverb ramps up (compression and eq)

then you use side-chain compression to duck the output from the comrpessor and eq.. Link the compressor to a muted kick. The muted kick should finish 1/2 between a beat. Then use what ever kick you like for the actual mix.. I've found that using the same kick for the side-chain comp and the mix can create some cliping at the start of the kick.

anyways.. just my 2 cents

oh.. btw, it's done with a 303

I've accomplished an elementh of this effect by using the chopper (one of the vst-effects in Cubase)

How do ya like my try

http://www.whiteroachproductions.nl/benass.mp3

Single saw (in this instance on the nord rack 2, but really about 60% of synths' saw sound will do). Sidechained by the kick. Mostly a matter of getting the amount of sidechain, and the amount of portamento on the saw right.

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Ok!
Here's the most amazing thing you'll ever hear!

Benassi bros' bass made with 3xOSC (built in FL Studio synth) FX'ed with built in FL Studio FX.

It's made by James Wood (wandii).

Grab it here:
http://www.wandii.co.uk/benassi/wandii_benny.zip
MP3 and FLP

Enjoy!

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Pjotr ::: That is coming close!!
Corteoz ::: Your friend delayed his reverb, and he didnt use a beat (thats what makes the benassi sound so 'special' *cough*, the interaction with the beat)

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Originally posted by Dickie-T Pjotr ::: That is coming close!! Corteoz ::: Your friend delayed his reverb, and he didnt use a beat (thats what makes the benassi sound so 'special' *cough*, the interaction with the beat)

Add your own beat you lazy git. It was only a quick 10-minute jobby anyway. I'm too lazy to work on it.

Fiddle around and make it better for me, Mister Da'Man.

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