shadypickle Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Hello OCR! It's been a while since I posted anything so I thought I would return with an original. I wrote it after hearing Armin Van Buuren for the first time. Really cool stuff. Anyway I got inspired and tried my hand at writing trance. Leave a comment letting me know what you think or if it could be improved. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piano Scientist Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 This is a great song. It reminds me of Daft Punk, somewhat, especially near the beginning. You should write more trance! Also I found this forum because of it so thanks for that, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadypickle Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 Thanks for the feedback. I listen to a lot of Daft Punk so I might have unconsciously taken some inspiration from them. Who knows. Also welcome to the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ectogemia Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 The call and response synths about a third of the way in (sounds like a sine and some saw) didn't mesh too well, but I understand why you used them at that point since they interplay nicely later in the song. Besides that, I really don't have anything negative to say. I do have a couple of questions, though! How did you make that nasty distorted bass? Is it layered? Sounds like a very distorted saw over a sine wave or something. Anyway, very cool synth, nice work You put together a very cool mix! Can't wait to see the finished product. And god damn, that bass... so good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadypickle Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 I'm glad you like it! As for the bass sound. It's a square wave that is being modulated by the lfo. It's a simple pulse width modulation patch. Pretty easy to make. I used Sytrus, but any synth can do it. I've also made it in FM8 and learned how to do it by watching a video where the guy (actually zircon on OCR) used Zebra 2. Pretty cool stuff. Hope that helped! EDIT: Or perhaps you meant the intro bass sound. That's one of the funky wave shapes that Sytrus comes with. I just used the patch called Kloug in Sytrus. Loaded it to the mixer and threw on a touch more mid with an eq, but nothing else really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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