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Hi there,

I am trying to reproduce a certain bass sound (see below) on the AN1x
since several days now, but I just don' get it done. 

Here's a sample of how it should sound like:
http://www.tappex.de.vu/crow.wav

Some attempts came close, but they all sounded too different for my
taste. Any ideas of how I can program that sound? I'm really desperate....

Thanks in advance,
 Tobias Tappel

Cool sound... I've had my AN1x for less than a week, but I'd definetly 
try to check how the "We All Die" preset was made, for a hint of how to 
achieve the vowels.
My guess would be the FreeEG messing around with VCF cutoff, VCF 
resonance and Pulse Width. For the initial B, I guess it can be achieved 
through Filter Envelope - attack=0, short decay into a medium sustain. 
I'll try to do it later when I get back home.

Daniel Araujo
Bras\ufffdlia, Brazil



sitec_labs wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>I am trying to reproduce a certain bass sound (see below) on the AN1x
>since several days now, but I just don' get it done. 
>
>Here's a sample of how it should sound like:
>http://www.tappex.de.vu/crow.wav
>
>Some attempts came close, but they all sounded too different for my
>taste. Any ideas of how I can program that sound? I'm really desperate....
>
>Thanks in advance,
> Tobias Tappel
>

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "sitec_labs" <quantizer@w...> wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I am trying to reproduce a certain bass sound (see below) on the AN1x
> since several days now, but I just don' get it done. 
> 
> Here's a sample of how it should sound like:
> http://www.tappex.de.vu/crow.wav
> 

Sounds like it was lifted from a Fatboy Slim song.


> Some attempts came close, but they all sounded too different for my
> taste. Any ideas of how I can program that sound? I'm really desperate....
> 
> Thanks in advance,
>  Tobias Tappel

That's a Sync Pitch effect - try setting Sync/FM = Sync+FMbth, set the Ptich Depth 
somewhere between 20-30 and adjust the Sync Pitch value to taste. Set Poly Mode = mono 
and Layer = Union, maybe play with the Unison Detune amount too. I'd set the VCA 
Feedback somewhere between 30-64 and use Decay times between 50-60 with no Sustain 
and short to no Release levels. Either the LPF24 or LPF12 filter will do. Use the Overdrive or 
Amp Sim effect to make it nasty.

Jon

Hi,

thanks a lot, guys!
I've followed your suggestions and after tweaking, more tweaking, and
even more tweaking I've ultimately found the sound I was looking for!
Well, not *exactly*, but I'm closer to it than ever before :) It
behaves quite like the original (if I still can judge that after hours
of tweaking and comparing :) ).

If anybody is interested in that sound or wants to improve it for me
(I'm totally new to synthesizers, so I'm sure it still can be
recreated better), just drop me a line and I'll send it to you in .an1
format. My email address is tappel@..._am.net (without that
nosp_am of course).


Thanks again,
 Tobias

--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "sitec_labs" <quantizer@w...> wrote:
> If anybody is interested in that sound or wants to improve it for me
> (I'm totally new to synthesizers, so I'm sure it still can be
> recreated better), just drop me a line and I'll send it to you in .an1
> format. My email address is tappel@g..._am.net (without that
> nosp_am of course).
> 

Why don't you simplyupload it to the Files section here at Yahoo! Groups:

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AN1x-list/files

we have directories setup for just this reason ;-)

Jon