Hello,
Im trying to figure out how to make a detroit techno sound on my TI Snow, something like this from dave clarke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAsshNvko1Q
Some tips, a guide or a soundbank would be very nice!
Br.
Fredrik.
Hello,
Im trying to figure out how to make a detroit techno sound on my TI Snow, something like this from dave clarke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAsshNvko1Q
Some tips, a guide or a soundbank would be very nice!
Br.
Fredrik.
Hi and welcome
Ok, I' ll give you a push, but:
>This is not THE method! Other methods will probably work as well. I don' t even know how the original was built. What follows comes from my own experience.
>This is not a complete walkthrough, but a push in some direction.
>I am not in front of my synth right now, so this comes from the mind
-Start out from an init patch
-Set oscillator balance to the full left so only the first oscillator is heard. You should have a clean single sawtooth now.
-Change osc 1' s waveshape so you end up with a pulse wave. The Virus can morph between sine->saw->pulse.
-Setup a sequence of chords in your sequencer. The chord should consist of 4 notes: first note should have fairly low pitch. Somewhere between c1 and c3. Second note is 5 semitones above the first. Third note is 8 semitones above the first. Fourth note is a full octave (12 semitones) above the first note. So: Base+5+8+12. Possibly add a fifth note one octave lower. Experiment with that.
-Tweak the filter by closing cutoff frequency somewhere around the middle and giving a mild amount of resonance.
-Increase filter envelope depth to taste.
-Experiment with the above three parameters and, if needed, the decay rate of the filter.
-Change the pulse width of the first oscillator so the pulse wave becomes thinner.
-Experiment to taste with:
Oscillators:
*oscillator 1 pulse width
*oscillator 1 waveshape
Filters:
*filter cutoff
*filter envelope depth
*filter decay rate
Once this basic sound is set, you can enhance it further:
-Add some analog boost for a warmer sound
-Add a little bit of distortion for some more rawness
-Use the eq to emphasize specific frequencies and beef it up even further
-Dial in the second oscillator, off course set to pulse and perhaps detuned or synced, one octave higher or lower...perhaps in combination with sub osc?
-Unison can be used as well, but since this is a fairly raw sound, you should avoid things that make the sound wooly/smudgy/blurry/vague. So avoid reverb, detuning, chorus and unison or use them subtle.
Greetz,
M.
Thanks alot! Will try it when i get back from work today!
Lovely. Got me going just in the right direction. Thanks a milion!