The Overused Detuned Square Bandpass Deathstep Riddim Bass Thread

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So I’ve been trying to make this sound for a long time. There are a lot of different variations of it and the basic idea is quite simple, but I just can’t get the sound I want.
I first heard this general sound in “Terror Squad”, and like the growl, it’s been overused to hell since then and many different variations have been made.
Here’s a couple of different examples.




Anyway, I think you get the point, but the one in particular I’m trying to create is this one.

I can get a similar timbre, and a similar automation using a double notch and comb filter in Massive, but it’s not close enough. Any of you guys have any ideas?

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You seen Reso’s masterclass on CM?
In that he talks about distortion and adding small amounts of various distortions as opposed to a large amount of a single distortion. I think that could help fatten things up.
Listening to a sound dry doesn’t help either. By the time you’ve got it blended with the other elements of a track it’ll fit a bit better and not being able to copy an exact sound won’t bother you so much.

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The key is to make a sound that consists only of odd overtones.

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as for music goes that’s horrible but some of those guys could have a shot at sound design in movies

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I would call this the gem shards / survivors sound no? It kind of blew up after survivors was put out. There should be tons o tutorials on it.

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Thanks for the help guys but I managed it pretty well without any tutorials (because I couldn’t find any).

Here’s the result. I’ll post patch information if any of you are interested.

https://soundcloud.com/nepsotic/finally-fucking-did-it/s-FynvH