Hi All,
I'm gouging my eyes out trying to recreate EDX's pluck in his song Make Me Feel Good.
Here's the song, listen at 3:17-3:48. I want that clean clean clean sounding pluck, not the detuned addition in the drop.
https://soundcloud.com/edxmusic/edx_makemefeelgood
PLEASE Let me know if you can help! I'd love you forever.
Also, I hear a very similar sounding pluck in Carpe Diem by Fran Garcia & Andrew Dee - Carpe Diem. Unfortunately I cannot find the original mix anywhere but the sound is in Tiesto's Club Life 378 at 29:05 for about 30 seconds (the fast 16th note pluck).
https://soundcloud.com/tiesto/tiestos-c ... first-hour
Thank you in advance!!
EDX Pluck Sound, HELP!
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- KVRer
- 8 posts since 19 Jun, 2013
I'm equally curious to find out how he made his plucks in his weapon remix: https://soundcloud.com/edxmusic/cazzett ... s-acapulco
I've only been able to achieve such a powerful sound using far more layers than should ever be used for a pluck.
I've only been able to achieve such a powerful sound using far more layers than should ever be used for a pluck.
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- KVRer
- 4 posts since 15 Jun, 2014
A very versatile sound, it is. Do you have the Harmless VST by chance? I re-created that sound on Harmless once.
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- KVRer
- 4 posts since 15 Jun, 2014
Simple saw wave. Six to nine voices is my preference, anywhere around 60% unison and pitch variation, gentle sloping attack and decay slope for a low pass filter set to your preferential frequency.
Low/No attack, high decay, low sustain, and release can be anything you like. I usually keep release quite long to give my chords a glide.
What's important is that you have a very smooth bass pluck to go along with the mid-range chords. It's what gives EDX's plucks that summer-feel. As for the pluck that EDX used in his "Make Me Feel Good" track from 3:17 - 3:48, he puts white noise with the pluck, making it seem a bit more coarse.
The pluck isn't as special as people make it out to be, but it works well in a lot of situations.
Low/No attack, high decay, low sustain, and release can be anything you like. I usually keep release quite long to give my chords a glide.
What's important is that you have a very smooth bass pluck to go along with the mid-range chords. It's what gives EDX's plucks that summer-feel. As for the pluck that EDX used in his "Make Me Feel Good" track from 3:17 - 3:48, he puts white noise with the pluck, making it seem a bit more coarse.
The pluck isn't as special as people make it out to be, but it works well in a lot of situations.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 37 posts since 27 May, 2014
I'll try this to see what I come up with. I'll take a look with harmless too.. I have been trying in Sylenth.FjaerskyMusic wrote:Simple saw wave. Six to nine voices is my preference, anywhere around 60% unison and pitch variation, gentle sloping attack and decay slope for a low pass filter set to your preferential frequency.
Low/No attack, high decay, low sustain, and release can be anything you like. I usually keep release quite long to give my chords a glide.
What's important is that you have a very smooth bass pluck to go along with the mid-range chords. It's what gives EDX's plucks that summer-feel. As for the pluck that EDX used in his "Make Me Feel Good" track from 3:17 - 3:48, he puts white noise with the pluck, making it seem a bit more coarse.
The pluck isn't as special as people make it out to be, but it works well in a lot of situations.
As for bass plucks.. perhaps this is part of why I struggle. What type of pluck would you suggest to emulate 3:17-3:48? Something smooth, with a little slower attack, very subby?
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- KVRer
- 4 posts since 15 Jun, 2014
Sorry for the late reply, and you've probably figured it out already, but I tend to use Sytrus' Sub Bass preset, shape it into a pluck as you mentioned, maybe cut off unnecessary "rumble" and toss that on the playlist.
