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Originally posted by Terrence Parker Has anyone an idea about this nice pounding bass sound. around 1:20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4bOYRM1Flc

It's a square and saw mix, with a bit of detuning and maybe PWM, played on two octaves. Quick and cheap imitation:

http://jbj.raceriv.com/sounds/prydz1.mp3

Not exact but you get the idea. Might want to add a bit of noise in there as well.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles It's a square and saw mix, with a bit of detuning and maybe PWM, played on two octaves. Quick and cheap imitation: http://jbj.raceriv.com/sounds/prydz1.mp3 Not exact but you get the idea. Might want to add a bit of noise in there as well.

Wow that was fast, thank you.

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This sounds a little closer I think:

http://jbj.raceriv.com/sounds/prydz2.mp3

I added a bit of noise and increased the proportion of square in it.

It's best if you have a synth that lets you adjust the width of your oscillators as this sound kind of relies on the way the two oscillators move against each other.

The bass alone seems really simple, but so pounding with the sidechaining in full effect.
Damn can't get enough of it atm
80s

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Yeah the sidechain and the kick used are definitely part of the "power" of that sound.

I guess that's part of Eric's secret to turn the simple things into pounding dance tracks,
that don't sound simple at all.

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Yeah, IMO a lot of his sounds are not very hard to figure out, but he seems to have an instinct for tweaking them and mixing them until they fit just right for the track and sound really nice together. That plus some really catchy hooks are the things that set him apart from the crowd.