I love Cosmic Gate's sound on their leads... the intro to Mental Atmosphere with the staccato synth notes at the beginning is the sort of sound I am going for, but am having troubles getting.
I use Reason and have tried Malstrom and Subtractor, tweaking everything, but I never come close... Bass is no problem but the treble, high-band part is... Anyone have any pointers on getting that sound?
Nov-21-2003 19:40
SgtFoo
Ableton & ProTools addict
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Vaughan, Canada
I believe they used FM or additive based synthesis for that sound. After that, it's all clever EQing. Look into your phase effects, and run that by your synth, b/c they have some kinda weird phase effect....or at least i notice that.
Originally posted by SgtFoo
Look into your phase effects, and run that by your synth, b/c they have some kinda weird phase effect....or at least i notice that.
Sure its not Pulse Width Modulation.
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Nov-22-2003 02:06
Damie Mckeown
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: England, Liverpool
it makes me sad that that last comment flew so far over my head
Nov-22-2003 09:46
hey cheggy
like a tiger
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Sydney, Australia
quote:
Originally posted by Damie Mckeown
it makes me sad that that last comment flew so far over my head
Don't worry mate, I just made it up to sound like I knew what I was talking about.
Seriously, PWM is something that I don't think you will find on too many softsynths. I'm not aware of any that offer it. You understand what pulse width is yeah. Most subtractive synths should have a pulse width dial for the oscillators. Well pulse width modulation is simply modulating (making it go up and down) the pulse width with another source. Generelly speaking, this other source is a low frequency oscillator. In the mod matrix, you assign an LFO to modulate the pulse width of the oscillators. Make sense.
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Nov-22-2003 15:17
Damie Mckeown
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: England, Liverpool
Where did you get this info on synthesis?
Is there something I could read or do you recomend a hands-on approach?
Nov-22-2003 16:50
hey cheggy
like a tiger
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Sydney, Australia
I run a virus. i get all my info from experience.
Reading tutorials and stuff can teach you a lot, but you need to experience things to understand what kind of change something will make. For instance, I just read something by a sound engineer about mastering. A lot of the stuff was usefull and made sense, but a lot of it could not be properly understood without hearing the changes he was talking about.
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Nov-22-2003 16:54
State of Matter
Mashed Potatoes
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Maryland, USA
The pro 53 has pulse width modulation. I used it on the secondary bassline on my latest track. It also has frequency modulation which I use a lot too.
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4) Ferry Corsten & The Thrillseekers - Sublime (State of Matter Revival Mix)
5) State of Matter - Saving Icarus (Original Mix)
That cosmic gate sound...
