been trying to create acid lines the past few days now and its driving me mad. tried playing about with filters etc and they just sound shit.

im trying to create one similar to the one john askew used in chime. sample [[ LINK REMOVED ]]


thanks

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yeah acid is one of the toughest sounds to get sounding good , at least for me anyway. just curious what program do you use?. i use reason and the presets it has were impossible to make and good acid sound, i thought. but i downloaded and bought some refills that give me quite a few sounds similar to the sample you just listened. as for going about making one from scratch i have no fucking idea , sorry . but if you use reason i could piont you in the right direction for refills.


actually this might help. it explained in reason but i think the basic idea would work for any daw?. you might be past this piont alrady but it gave me a general idea of how to make acid. although its not same as the one in the sample you posted. its more a less the classic acid sound.

http://www.computermusic.co.uk/page/computermusic?entry=cm_tutorial_pdfs

oh yeah its in the trance master class 1 , just below the half way mark of the page. good luck

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im using cubase sx 3. also have a few popular vsti's and a jp 8000. been trying it with audio realism bassline but it sounds like crap. ive tried using all the functions in audiorealism including distortion just doesnt seem to work. maybe its the pattern.

anyone any examples of their work?

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Originally posted by sterilis im using cubase sx 3. also have a few popular vsti's and a jp 8000. been trying it with audio realism bassline but it sounds like crap. ive tried using all the functions in audiorealism including distortion just doesnt seem to work. maybe its the pattern. anyone any examples of their work?

are you looking for a full range line to be your major instrument or a line that drives trough the background of your track?

Hmm. I'd say a large part of that sound is the fast wah effect placed on it. You could get a similar effect by setting an eq to a fairly chunky boost, with a fairly wide q, then moving the frequency around in time to the song.

But you'd need to get the original sound close for it to sound similar. It's fun, trying to work out how certain sounds were created!

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Originally posted by soundrush are you looking for a full range line to be your major instrument or a line that drives trough the background of your track?

at the minute just something for the background.

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Originally posted by sterilis at the minute just something for the background.

ok. i would suggest to use the 303 teebee preset from vanguard. switch filter to bandpass, move cuttof to 5 Hz. Add a slow cuttof LFO. Add a long delay. Use EQ to cuttof the low frequencies and make it fit into your tune.

Used it on my productions a couple of times with good result.

cheers ill give this a go now. if it turns out shit you'll have to find your version and send me it

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oh shit, didnt listen to the askew sample. sounds like some pitch bending on the line and the filter is... dunno maybe abit of formant??

my advice for the acidline was rather basic. hope its usefull anyway.

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Originally posted by sterilis cheers ill give this a go now. if it turns out shit you'll have to find your version and send me it

for sure buddy.

what bank is the teebee in?

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Vengeance Factory Soundbank

btw.. you once told me of the bigtone soundbank. that one might have some presets similiar to john`s sound.