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qwertywasd · Post by **qwertywasd** » Sun May 13, 2012 7:48 pm

Hi!

Been into Alesso's stutter type sounds for a long time and finally sat down to try and figure out how he got the sound. I just can't seem to get how he does it!

Here are some links, the song is the so called ''Tomorrowland ID'':

0:00 - 0:27 (best quality)

0:47 - 1:16 (vocals over)

0:00 - 0:29 (low quality)

As always, any tips, presets or any guideline in general is much appreciated!

Cheers,Qwertywasd

itsNano · Post by **itsNano** » Sun May 13, 2012 9:48 pm

yea i would also like to know how to make that. Alesso is a beast daum.

Scitnamor · Post by **Scitnamor** » Sun May 13, 2012 11:56 pm

Pretty easily done with a tremolo or lfo filter over a pad that opens up.

qwertywasd · Post by **qwertywasd** » Mon May 14, 2012 3:01 pm

Scitnamor wrote:Pretty easily done with a tremolo or lfo filter over a pad that opens up.

Great tip, but is there anyway you can go more in-depth? Is it Sylenth1 and how do I set the LFO filters as you said above e.t.c?

jontah · Post by **jontah** » Tue May 15, 2012 1:27 pm

qwertywasd wrote:
Scitnamor wrote:Pretty easily done with a tremolo or lfo filter over a pad that opens up.
Great tip, but is there anyway you can go more in-depth? Is it Sylenth1 and how do I set the LFO filters as you said above e.t.c?

try Xfer LFO Tool, it's just a straight note that is kind of gated in your own preference, and blend the dry/wet so it doesn't get completely cut out

qwertywasd · Post by **qwertywasd** » Tue May 15, 2012 5:36 pm

jontah wrote:
qwertywasd wrote:
Scitnamor wrote:Pretty easily done with a tremolo or lfo filter over a pad that opens up.
Great tip, but is there anyway you can go more in-depth? Is it Sylenth1 and how do I set the LFO filters as you said above e.t.c?
try Xfer LFO Tool, it's just a straight note that is kind of gated in your own preference, and blend the dry/wet so it doesn't get completely cut out

Right now I sadly can't get a hold of the plugin, is there any way the both Sylenth LFO's can create the same tasks?

Pulsah · Post by **Pulsah** » Wed May 16, 2012 6:13 pm

Sylenth LFO on square affecting the volume

itsNano · Post by **itsNano** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:16 pm

isn't the xfer lfo plugin same thing as a gater? just brainstorming here... xD

paulc_dj · Post by **paulc_dj** » Wed May 23, 2012 10:27 pm

The Gator effect on Traktor sounds exactly the same set on 16th's...

itsNano · Post by **itsNano** » Thu May 24, 2012 9:22 pm

Was messing around on my virus today, here's my attempt at the sound:

I didn't automate the cutoff, but I think he had a supersaw that had the cuttoff envelope on it, which made his sound really powerful when he brought the cutoff up

http://soundcloud.com/itsnano/alesso-tommorowland-pluck

Mostly, I made a pluck sound, with low sustain and no release and a 40% attack (so it's not just a pluck, but can breathe). I put the following effects on it: EQ (took out everything under 50 Hz), Chorus (analog @ 25% intensity), Bitcrusher distortion (20% intensity), delay (1/4th notes with 50% feedback), and reverb. It is a sine/saw wave that is arpeggiated at 1/16th notes, but the gate isn't very tight, which means the sound still has a "breathing" effect to it

let me know what you guys think!

qwertywasd · Post by **qwertywasd** » Fri May 25, 2012 12:33 pm

Sounds really nice man! As you said, the missing thing is the automation on the cutoff and maybe some small tweaks, after that it's pretty much set!

Dynamo_MIA · Post by **Dynamo_MIA** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:36 am

itsNano wrote:Was messing around on my virus today, here's my attempt at the sound:

I didn't automate the cutoff, but I think he had a supersaw that had the cuttoff envelope on it, which made his sound really powerful when he brought the cutoff up

http://soundcloud.com/itsnano/alesso-tommorowland-pluck

Mostly, I made a pluck sound, with low sustain and no release and a 40% attack (so it's not just a pluck, but can breathe). I put the following effects on it: EQ (took out everything under 50 Hz), Chorus (analog @ 25% intensity), Bitcrusher distortion (20% intensity), delay (1/4th notes with 50% feedback), and reverb. It is a sine/saw wave that is arpeggiated at 1/16th notes, but the gate isn't very tight, which means the sound still has a "breathing" effect to it let me know what you guys think!

Hey dude, that's some great stuff! But do you have a video of how to do it or something like that??

itsNano · Post by **itsNano** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:55 am

nope, but you can pretty much follow this tutorial (link below) if you have the virus ti and then put on a 1/16th arpeggiator with a light gate so that it doesn't completely swallow the sound up, and that should pretty much do the trick my dude

tutorial link:

he doesn't put effects such as the chorus on the sound during the tutorial, so you can read the effects that I put on it if you want.

abstractcats · Post by **abstractcats** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:19 am

Wow! Just had to say, thanks for posting this, I have not heard Alesso. I cant stop listening to his soundcloud page.

itsNano · Post by **itsNano** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:19 pm

haha, i luv alesso too

also check out cazzette if u didn't

Alesso - Tomorrowland ID Stutter