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Talking bass synth

Postby KillerAmp » 10 Nov 2012 14:11

https://soundcloud.com/silvahound/silva-hound-as-omnipony-nice
I've been wondering at how to break down this amazing talking bass synth in the beginning of this. Im not quite sure if this would be easiest to go at with massive or fm8. Generally when i think FM8 and dubstep i think of a heavy growlish sound like i did in this https://soundcloud.com/officialkilleramp/knife-party-killeramp-style
Any thoughts on where to start would be great haha
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Re: Talking bass synth

Postby Friv » 10 Nov 2012 14:19

Every bass can be a growl: EQ (or 2 bandpass filters) with boosts at vowel formant regions in the frequency spectrum.

Vowel formant centers
Vowel (IPA) Formant f1 Formant f2
u 320 Hz + 800 Hz
o 500 Hz + 1000 Hz
ɑ 700 Hz + 1150 Hz
a 1000 Hz + 1400 Hz
ø 500 Hz + 1500 Hz
y 320 Hz + 1650 Hz
ɛ 700 Hz + 1800 Hz
e 500 Hz + 2300 Hz
i 320 Hz + 2500 Hz

Vowel formants
Vowel Main formant region
u 200–400 Hz
o 400–600 Hz
a 800–1200 Hz
e 400–600 and 2200–2600 Hz
i 200–400 and 3000–3500 Hz



Then, move the peaks with automation to another formant, and voila you have a talking bass.
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For FM growls (as I believe this is how Silva did it above):
Alot of FM growls come from sending a pure sine wave out, and modifying that sine wave with a high pitched triangle wave. Play a very low note, and automate the triangle>sine's FM amount. Use other operators to change the waveform of the triangle to make it meatier and unique and voila, you've got an FM talking bass. Also you can combine this with the above technique; be creative, and don't just copy tutorials.
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Re: Talking bass synth

Postby Lavender_Harmony » 10 Nov 2012 17:44

Wow Friv, that's pretty in depth. However, for the OP... it honestly sounds like a fair few of those sounds come from Modern Talking alone. I's hard to tell over the ludicrous amount of compression :\
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