A just for fun track(NOT METAL)

[captainganj]

so ive been listening to dubstep lately, and i love that wobbly bass.

and after figuring how to implement it in pro tools (its basically just LFO if your unfamiliar) i remixed a popular radio song and made it dubstepy

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8645029/G6dubstep.mp3


do you guys think dubsteps fat basslines could find a use in metal, suggestions?

 

[Seth Munson]

How?

I wanna know what you're doing in Pro Tools?
I can only find shit on how to do this in FL and shit.


And there is dubstep in the new Attack Attack CD and the Woe, Is Me CD that came out yesterday.

 

[Seth Munson]

ohh and it sound pretty sick dude.
I would say just make your wobble a little more crazy from time to time

 

[captainganj]

hahaha really? damn i dont really listen to those bands so i guess im not up to date on the hipness hahaha.

but basically grab a bass VI that is both sine and sawtooth, you need both because if its just sine the filter you later apply wont have anything to really work with, and if its just saw it wont be super fat.

but then the trick is applying the LFO. I use the Air Vintage filter and if you look it has LFO settings, turn the depth way up and then there should be a knob labeled frequency or whatever, change that shit to sync.

then add the automation dialogue for the LFO, once there you can change the frequency from 8th notes to triplets or whatever else you need. just like automating volume.

after that i added a aux track, used a send to send the bass to it and used time adjuster medium to displace the send a little bit and panned them both left and right. then changed the first track and the aux track's outputs to match a stereo aux i had just set up. sent it to that and added compression and distortion to taste

 

[Seth Munson]

Dude thanks! I'm going to try this shit out.
my brother has been bugging the shit out of me to do some dubstep for him haha

 

[captainganj]

haha no problem, i never thought i would explain how to do something on this thread, im mostly a lurker haha. kinda ironic that the first time i tell someone how to achieve something on here its not even metal hahaha.

 

[Seth Munson]

Haha imho metal gets really boring after a couple years of doing it and only it.
I need a change every now and then. nothing wrong with learning how to do a different type of music.