What on earth is this bass modulation? (Deadmau5 - Are You Not Afraid)

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  1. Cav Emp

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    It sounds like the same bass throughout, but in this example there's a wobble, then more percussive notes, then... ripping fabric? I have no idea how that sound is made so of course I need to know :)

    I've come up with something that sounds reasonably similar to that modulating a highpass and a phaser, but it wasn't that.

    EDIT: just a bad case of listening on crappy speakers. Pretty sure I've got it worked out. Thanks.
     
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  3. swash

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    give some pitch attack to your bass synth. ( Modulate pitch with amp envelopes )
     
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    İt s pretty much massive synth.. youtube it how to create wobbles with massive. you will get whatever sound you want.
     
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    Sorry, I think maybe you watched the video but didn't read the post :)
    Not the wobble or the fast attack notes. The phrase after those with the lowpass filter opened up. You're on point about it having a pitch envelope though, I think. Actually that may just be the highpass being modulated.

    HOWEVER, when I first listened to this it was on smaller speakers. I plugged in my monitoring headphones and it's not as obscure as I originally thought :dunno: sounds like a high pass and maybe a pitch envelope with the wobbling lowpass still going.

    Now I look/feel kind of dumb.
     
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    Try a low (frequency/note) synth, distorted and with amplitude modulation (envelope, LFO), i.e tremolo.
    There also seems to be a bit of a pitch (descending) envelope. If you want to get fancy you can also high pass and low pass to clean it up a bit.
    I'll try to post an example soon.

    Edit: Ok, here's a rather quick test of above described way of doing it (there are more ways, but this is how I do it). Zippyshare compression sucks ass though, but you get the idea. Tremolo speed is also being modulated:
    To the mp3 directly->http://www19.zippyshare.com/d/sCzIxp0h/478016/Buzz-0015.mp3

    Edit2: Eh, it's more like an angry bear than something being ripped.
     
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  7. Cav Emp

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    Ohh you're right, it does sound like the LFO-ish part of it may be modulating amplitude rather than cutoff. Good ear!

    Always a treat when I get a response from you on a sound design question :mates:
     
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    @Baxter I didn't see until now that you edited you post with an example. Freaking bravo! That is spot on. I fell asleep at a stupid time and now I have all night to try recreate stuff. Thanks for being such an educator/inspiration.
     
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    you should give cyclops by sugar bytes a try, awesome modulation options in that one
     
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    No worries!

    Simplified: Just distort any low playing synth (just a single note) and add a tremolo after it, and then modulate the speed of the tremolo.

    EQ/filter to taste (pre and/or post distortion). You can also use multiband distortion if you want more sculpturing options.

    Mess around with different presets on the synth. Sometimes a random preset can give a nice result, then listen to the dry version (no distortion, no tremolo) and figure out why that preset sounds good.
     
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    fuckin easy deadmau5 pofffffffff
    fl studio but i can create harder than this
    its vst effect automatic up and down and yeah wobble and little spire bass
    like tornado sugerbyte
     
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