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I've looked for a guide on making this specific type of sound, but to no avail. Probably because when I type "Buzzy-wide-bassy-but-not-subby-distorted-synth" into google... You get the idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl8Mq_CGWQI - Here, you can hear it come in at 0:44

- 0:08, similar type of synth.

Detailed guidance would be very much appreciated. You'd make my dream come true. If it helps, here's a list of the VST synths I have:

NI Massive

NI Razor

NI Reaktor Prism

NI Reaktor Spark

Rob Papen's Albino 3

FL Studio factory plugins.

Thanks in advance!

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Well you pretty much described exactly what you're trying to achieve, are you familiar with FX and synthesis basics? I'd personally go with a saw wave with some unison, a really excellent filter and some distortion effects. You can EQ the synth to remove the super low end, or maybe just use a high pass filter. Set an LFO to modulate some of the filter cutoff frequency, and/or maybe even the distortion amount itself if you can achieve it within your software. There are many ways to go about this kind of sound, as Yoozer said.

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My synthesis and FX are weak. Most of the stuff I used to do was VST instruments, not really synths, so I lack in that area. However, I tried using the method you specified (Used Chorus instead of Unison though). I dare say, I'm on the right path. Although it's beginning to sound like a dubstep sound. Thank you so much.

Here's what I got so far. http://www.4shared.com/mp3/AJ30G7NL/DAT_sound.html? - You can hear it here.

Any further support would be greatly appreciated. This matter regards synthesis, with this in mind, know that you are talking to a noob.

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I'm not even sure exactly which osund you're after, but what you've got now sounds sharper and more like electrical noise than what I recall from the examples you psoted. Try routing all your layers to a bus and putting an amplifier simulation on it. You probably don't need heavy distortion from it, but it can unify the tracks and give you some soft, irregular distortion.

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