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tmp123

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Sub drop
« on: May 10, 2016, 07:22:25 am »
Want some advice on making those cool sub drops in melodic dubstep, seven lions etc.
I know it seems quite obvious a sub drop but they seem to have some stuff going on in the upper frequencies and wondering what they are layered with or is it just distortion saturation etc?

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Re: Sub drop
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2016, 02:36:50 pm »
Usually that fuzziness is from very gentle distortion such a soft-clipping, light saturation, or utilizing a triangle wave instead of a sine wave. If you're gonna use saturation, experiment with tuning the saturator to the fundamental frequency of your sub or to one of the first few harmonics, and see if it adds to the character.

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Re: Sub drop
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2016, 01:40:22 pm »
https://soundcloud.com/rickymearsmusic/seven-lions-a-way-to-say-goodbye-ft-sombear-ricky-mears-remix
At 1:40 Seems pretty simple just can't get mine to sound as cool, was wondering if I was missing anything.