The closest I can get to those Skrillex "wobbles"

[ohmicide]

lots of layering, distortion, automation, etc

step off.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

still not quite there..

[ItsAPandemic]

Originally Posted by alehoe

lots of layering, distortion, automation, etc

step off.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

still not quite there..

Post your project file or the process. I would love to find out how it was done. I've been unsuccessful too.

[JCM123]

Sounds close, i'd be interested in more details on what your doing aswell thumbsup

[ohmicide]

whoops, I just realized I uploaded the wrong version, check the link again!

I basically just modulated the position of the scrapyard wavetable in Massive, added some WOW filtering, ohmicide, EQ, and sidechain compression

[wafflesomd]

Originally Posted by blex

not to take away from your post but I don't understand why everyone is trying to emulate skrillex.

The same reason anyone tries to emulate other artists.

[Pier]

Who cares if it's not the same, it sound f***** great!

[JCM123]

Originally Posted by Pier

Who cares if it's not the same, it sound f***** great!

^ This

[Primativ]

Could you provide more details on how you did this please? sounds great and definately interested to try and make a track like this, have some good ideas but have no idea how to do these effects....

[Mans]

Originally Posted by blex

not to take away from your post but I don't understand why everyone is trying to emulate skrillex. I'm sure his sound will evolve and change by the time everyone has "gotten" his current sound.

Innovation vs emulation.

[501]

emulation often leads to innovation

[ripe]

I think it sounds great alehoe... I tried something similar on the v-synth, since I don't have a pc in the studio... Finally a good use for the D-Beam! Lol

vsynth_filth_bass

cheers
ripe

[BoldEquation]

That sounds pretty awesome! In Ableton I'll put a phaser (or other effect) on the channel and automate it to turn on and off at different intervals to add more variety to the bassline as well

[ohmicide]

Originally Posted by Pier

Who cares if it's not the same, it sound f***** great!

Originally Posted by camron123

^ This

thanks!

Originally Posted by Primativ

Could you provide more details on how you did this please?

well here's what you should do

1. open massive and select the scrapyard wavetable
2. select bend +/-
3. mess around with the wavetable position and intensity until you find something you like
4. use an LFO to modulate the wavetable position where you found it to sound how you liked it the best
5. automate the LFO

after that I used WOW in vowel move to give it a bit more of a vowel sound and also just as a filter in general, and used ohmicide for distorting 120hz and up, but you could also just use any filter in Massive, a hi-pass filter after and distort with anything (even Massive's built in distortion)

I added an EQ to get rid of most the low frequencies (to leave space for the sub) and some other frequencies I didn't like

you have to play around with this for a while to get it right

[tonytownsend]

What is the big deal about this skrillex guy I think his music sucks @$$.

[tonytownsend]

Ill put money on it he had those songs mixed by a professional engineer

[Mans]

Originally Posted by 501

emulation often leads to innovation

I find innovation to be pretty rare these days.

[backplay]

Originally Posted by alehoe

after that I used WOW in vowel move to give it a bit more of a vowel sound and also just as a filter in general, and used ohmicide for distorting 120hz and up, but you could also just use any filter in Massive, a hi-pass filter after and distort with anything (even Massive's built in distortion)

Funny you mention that, was working on a track last week and did the exact same thing.
Running a bass true Ohmicide with the Wow filter on vowel mode, got one hell of a bass. First time i used the vowel mode on bass, wont be the last...

Nice snippet

[tonytownsend]

If Deadmau5 crapped in a box you numbskulls would buy it.

[Methlab]

It boils down to automating the LFO right..that is the secret to the whole thing.

[ctrlshft]

sick, love it!

[backplay]

Originally Posted by Methlab

It boils down to automating the LFO right..that is the secret to the whole thing.

The wobble is one thing, and that's the easiest part.
Putting an LFO on a filter makes your sound wobble, but first you have to get the bass sound and that's the hardest part.
Ohmicide is something i put on 90% of my basses to get that extra grit, it can go from subtle to totally insane.
But what i found out is that the Wow filter does something extra that totally changes the sound.
It boosts the low end, cuts a hole around 900Hz and widens the sound. Well that's the way i used it anyway.
The overdrive sound crispy

[rhythmic5]

Originally Posted by blex

i've heard from reliable sources that he learned all his techniques while in the studio with Noisia.

where/who (specifically) did you hear this from?

[Methlab]

Originally Posted by backplay

The wobble is one thing, and that's the easiest part.
Putting an LFO on a filter makes your sound wobble, but first you have to get the bass sound and that's the hardest part.
Ohmicide is something i put on 90% of my basses to get that extra grit, it can go from subtle to totally insane.
But what i found out is that the Wow filter does something extra that totally changes the sound.
It boosts the low end, cuts a hole around 900Hz and widens the sound. Well that's the way i used it anyway.
The overdrive sound crispy

Ohmcide is sick. I got a lot of good wobble sounds from some analogue synth sample libraries. Really helped me get there faster because the sounds were already close, and i just had to distort and filter like you are saying.

[ohmicide]

I lost the Logic project for this FFFFFFFUUUCCCCKKKK!

[ChristianRock]

karma for being mean to the other guy who was doing skrillex sounds

just playin with ya

[ohmicide]

lost it a while ago actually, but I just remembered about this thread and decided to share my epic fail :C

[FlametopFred]

amateurs borrow
professionals steal
- Leonard Bernstein

[Mad4Brad]

Originally Posted by FlametopFred

amateurs borrow
professionals steal
- Leonard Bernstein

that was actually picasso and the quote is

good artists borrow
great artists steal

in spanish most likely lol

Skrillex has some great stuff going on but I think he lacks like most trend setters in EDM an ability to tell when you've just gone too far. Once you learn how they do it, and it isn't that hard , the music becomes rather boring. They tend to just do the same thing over and over and over.

[Pier]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU......

But now it's the perfect opportunity to make it better

[BenBrowne]

His sounds are made like most of the posts say, but they are definitely mixed and mastered professionally. You can't get those pristine, pop out sounds without analog gear. I'm sure his mixes sounded a lot like yours before they were mixed and mastered in a proper studio.