by 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.
Well I'm pretty much done with this site (it wasn't about the April Fool's joke I actually loved that). If for some reason somebody wants to contact me or something (not like any of you even care lol):
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