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nopeda · Post by **nopeda** » Mon May 20, 2013 9:16 pm

Hi,

I'm trying to learn some basic stuff about electronic music, dubstep in particular, and am looking for free synths that have good presets for attempting dubstep. Does anyone have some favorites they would suggest? And/Or some good preset packs they would recommend?

Thanks for any help with this stuff!
David

Xenos · Post by **Xenos** » Mon May 20, 2013 10:07 pm

The newest version of Synth1 is actually pretty capable of some nice dubstep basses with practice. Set the pitches of the oscillators wide apart, use one of the built-in distortions, plus the FM knob, for some firey, metallic wobbles, etc.

EDIT:

Since you asked about presets, I have a free set of 35 dubstep patches for Synth1 here:

http://xenossoundworks.com/resources/Sy ... nd+DnB.zip

1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Mon May 20, 2013 10:41 pm

Same as the best ones for Polka

IrionDaRonin · Post by **IrionDaRonin** » Mon May 20, 2013 11:09 pm

Zebralette
Atlantis
FMMF

And don't forget Dblue Glitch to make them move even more.

Have a nice day

Davias · Post by **Davias** » Tue May 21, 2013 12:06 am

Atlantis filter is awesome !! I managed to make growl and scream some sounds like hell with it

And glitch over the top of course

+1

Tricky-Loops · Post by **Tricky-Loops** » Tue May 21, 2013 12:12 am

Davias wrote:Atlantis filter is awesome !! I managed to make growl and scream some sounds like hell with it And glitch over the top of course +1

Hands up for Atlantis!! I'm still absolutely sad that Jeremy Evers did abandon the project. The Atlantis synth could have become the greatest synth ever if it would have been re-worked.

But the Atlantis FX unit is great, anyway.

tanabarbier · Post by **tanabarbier** » Tue May 21, 2013 12:19 am

I looove Atlantis, and it can scream like hell!
Here is a track with only one instance of Atlantis, until after the break, where there is a MrPiz Aliaspro, it's easy to recognize, it's the "horribly" aliasing one.
And only free VSTs beside those ones: Noamp, noamp, and an other noamp:

http://soundcloud.com/tana-barbier/05-tige

It is not reaaally dubstep, but I guess there is a bass, and it is agressive.

Tricky-Loops · Post by **Tricky-Loops** » Tue May 21, 2013 1:36 am

tanabarbier wrote:It is not reaaally dubstep, but I guess there is a bass, and it is agressive.

Sounds like Los Zetas at work...

yessongs · Post by **yessongs** » Tue May 21, 2013 4:23 am

second for synth 1 there is a new bank by feeltune that has some great dubstep sounds.

ScottZ · Post by **ScottZ** » Tue May 21, 2013 5:49 am

not technically free, but free for now if you get that $50 dollar free voucher for computer music then you got Curve 2 CM(comes with 800 some presets online some dubstep) and SynthmasterCM which are both good for dubstep along with a buncha other freebies and synths zebracm, dune cm etc.

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Tue May 21, 2013 5:40 pm

I find these free synths helpful for the basics.

Itchy Suite
http://www.myspace.com/itchydubs

RAW Pack
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 98#5305498

I have a red pitch dropping bass vsti named Subsonic that I can't find in the KVR database nor online. I even tried a Google color search. The only contact in the SE info box is 2te@astercity.net.

You also need noise makers, chip emulators, trance synths, and virtual analog synths. Really, once you have the basics, almost anything will go on top of or next to it. That's one of the things I like about Dubstep.

You'll still need to bit crush, distort, eq, formant filter, filter sweep, compress, chop, stutter, pitch shift, time shift, render, and repeat. I find that mastering each track almost every time I render it gives me a lot of punch. Still, I have a lot to learn. Here's a brief experiment.
http://mfi.re/play/ia4hldyhx6ax64h/androidlove

These free layered drum samples will save you time.
http://www.freesound.org/people/crispydinner/packs/

I had to lower their bit depth with this.
https://public.msli.com/lcs/audiomove/

nopeda · Post by **nopeda** » Tue May 21, 2013 9:47 pm

Xenos wrote:The newest version of Synth1 is actually pretty capable of some nice dubstep basses with practice. Set the pitches of the oscillators wide apart, use one of the built-in distortions, plus the FM knob, for some firey, metallic wobbles, etc.

EDIT:

Since you asked about presets, I have a free set of 35 dubstep patches for Synth1 here:

http://xenossoundworks.com/resources/Sy ... nd+DnB.zip

Thank you! I downloaded them but haven't opened the zip yet. Someone told me all I have to do is extract them and put them in an empty folder, and then run the initsettings.exe Is that all there is to it? The folder soundbank 00 has stuff in it, but the other folders just have one text document dummy.txt Does that need to be removed or does it matter? What's it there for? I also downloaded the zip of feeltune presets. Should they all go in a different folder? If the stuff is in different folders will all the presets show up on the same dropdown menu when it comes time to use them, or will I have to look around through different folders individually somehow?

dark_virus · Post by **dark_virus** » Wed May 22, 2013 1:10 am

Music Hacker has a trendy sounds howto using freeware stuff series. There's a chapter about Synth1 and Dubstep:

Also, there's a video tutorial "teaching" how do use Soundgoodizer to fatten up drums, bass, etc. If you're not a FL Studio user, try the freeware Youwashock to get the same result, which shows how to turn an ordinary bass patch in a powerful Dubstep growl:

awol9000 · Post by **awol9000** » Wed May 22, 2013 1:40 am

I made a (really) small bank for Noisemaker (TAL) geared towards Dubstep. Free on the KVR patch bank.

Wormhelmet · Post by **Wormhelmet** » Wed May 22, 2013 1:45 pm

Xenos wrote:The newest version of Synth1 is actually pretty capable of some nice dubstep basses with practice. Set the pitches of the oscillators wide apart, use one of the built-in distortions, plus the FM knob, for some firey, metallic wobbles, etc.

EDIT:

Since you asked about presets, I have a free set of 35 dubstep patches for Synth1 here:

http://xenossoundworks.com/resources/Sy ... nd+DnB.zip

And your small sound bank is fantastic and made me see some great potential with Synth 1 for Dubstep. I'm building more patches for the sound bank. Synth 1 is amazing and free and does Dubstep with ease.

You even showed that no formant filter was necessary!

Best free VST instruments for dubstep?