I've spent hours already trying to figure out how this stab sound was made. I think it is a chord (probably low passed filtered saws) or maybe just the reverb tail of a chord layered with a percussion sound.
The percussion sound is probably overdriven or saturated. But what kind of percussion is it? I've tried various kick drums, timpani and wood block sounds - pitched up and down - but with no success. The spectrum analyzer tells me that the low end comes in later than the high end but that's as far as I came... Any help is much appreciated!
You can hear the stabs in question in isolation at around 2:55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs8sI_Cwv9w
Sound Design:Hard hitting stabs
- KVRist
- 477 posts since 21 Jun, 2002 from Hamburg
Okay, it's not the answer you're looking for but:
Sample the stab from Dave Clarke's Red 2, play one octave lower - win
Sample the stab from Dave Clarke's Red 2, play one octave lower - win
aka rktic. demoscener (Farbrausch, Holon, MFX, Still), sound designer, ux-dude, sth @AudioRealism, human synthesizer—not necessarily in that order.