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example bass synth with lfo ??

Archive · 2007 4 old posts

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scourgette ·

Hello

I am totally new to SM, but it seems that SM sounds quite different than SE. I have heard a bit too many similar-sounding synths made with SE, so i'd like to know if anyone had already build a synth dedicated to bass sounds with SM ? I'm not looking for the 303-clone-kinda thing, and i have heard the nice AM synths too, but i'm looking for something more in the "VA" vein (opposite to wavetable), with deep phat sound and low end, and 2or 3 lfo to modulate and tweak nearly everything 😉

Is there anything a bit like this around ?

TheAudiophileDutchman ·

Hi there and welcome to the forum, scourgette 🙂

I did spend a lot of time on both "VA" AND SM already. 😉 As far as I can recall, you can find many 'analog' examples at the SM-forum. For instance, you could search for some excellent coverage by Sambean & others.

See below for a cheezy 'Dark Brass' Starwars-soundtrack example, which is made by using a single instance of my early beta SM VA VSTi:

http://www.esnips.com/doc/1dff3a0e-5d14-4198-991f-a87761a5806a/Dark-Brass-Demo

Please note: * Recorded in Cubase; no mixing or (external) effects applied. * Single-track MIDI-file (just downloaded, not edited) * No other virtual instruments, no samples and not even presets * As you know, MP3-soundquality is inferior to 24bit wav.

Any (filter) feedback is highly appreciated!

scourgette ·

Hi Thank you for your answer ! The mp3 file is fine (i nearly saw dark vador !).

In fact, i'm not really looking for a VA, i think my explanations were quite bad : I'm looking for a synth with very powerful deep basses and low end (but no tb-303 alike clone) and assignable LFO (to osc pitch, filter freq, volume, etc) to make nasty jungle/drum&bass/grime sub basses.

I already tried the AM synths. They are excellent piece of software, but not the kind of sound i'm after : i think wavetable synthesis isn't powerfull enough in the low bass range and takes too much cpu. (this is why i said "VA" : the synth's aarchitecture might be closer to an analogue than to wavetable for example) ; Same with "Anna", which is very nice for pads, but too much cpu-hungry and bloated for what i'm looking for this time.

I will search for Sambean 😉 Thank you !

TheAudiophileDutchman ·

Just for fun: changed MP3 encoding to 320kbps -> improved playback sound quality (this link is the same as above): http://www.esnips.com/doc/1dff3a0e-5d14-4198-991f-a87761a5806a/Dark-Brass-Demo

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