Hey there!
I'm trying to create an 808 very similar to this one since I can't find an 808 sample similar to it. I would like to know what process I could follow to create one using Serum, Phase Plant or any other native Ableton synth.
Thank you so much!!
https://youtu.be/sETAgLQCDL4?t=23
How could I create an 808 very similar to this?
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- KVRAF
- 15331 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
Side stick, hihat, base... what part of the TR-808?
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 6 posts since 16 Jun, 2023
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- KVRist
- 61 posts since 8 Oct, 2023
Video won’t play for me but your best bet is probably to look around on YouTube for 808 synthesis tutorials. Scrub around to hear the 808 they are synthesizing. Find the closest one to the sound you are looking for and go from there
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- KVRAF
- 15331 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
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- KVRAF
- 3399 posts since 5 Mar, 2004 from Gold Coast Australia
I think the OP means the Sub Bass.
There is nothing special about that as such. It is just very Compressed and Distorted. It is about mixing, more than any sample/preset.
As an example, this is an A-B with a (similarish) mix I was sent for Mastering.
https://youtu.be/VeMy7ldUcxo?si=-ZCy4d7WYk8oKuPW
In the Before the bass struggles to have the required impact but After it comes up to the expected power.
There is nothing special about that as such. It is just very Compressed and Distorted. It is about mixing, more than any sample/preset.
As an example, this is an A-B with a (similarish) mix I was sent for Mastering.
https://youtu.be/VeMy7ldUcxo?si=-ZCy4d7WYk8oKuPW
In the Before the bass struggles to have the required impact but After it comes up to the expected power.
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- KVRist
- 198 posts since 21 Sep, 2020
Here is my attempt to recreate the bass sound using Serum and Magma BB Tubes saturation effect.
https://voca.ro/1muqw5rBdNdr
The Serum preset is quite simple. Basic sine + a bit of second and third harmonics added, pitch envelope to get that pitch down bend at note start, and a bit of low-pass filtered noise.
The saturation effect adds the distorted character to the sound. The 'BEAST' control (the second "drive" knob of the BB Tubes) is automated using MIDI triggered envelope to get higher distortion at the start of note and then gradually lowering the distortion. Unfortunately automating the knob produces annoying zipper noise. I tried to attenuate the noise with a filter but the result is not as clean as I would have liked. Maybe some other saturation/distortion could work better.
https://voca.ro/1muqw5rBdNdr
The Serum preset is quite simple. Basic sine + a bit of second and third harmonics added, pitch envelope to get that pitch down bend at note start, and a bit of low-pass filtered noise.
The saturation effect adds the distorted character to the sound. The 'BEAST' control (the second "drive" knob of the BB Tubes) is automated using MIDI triggered envelope to get higher distortion at the start of note and then gradually lowering the distortion. Unfortunately automating the knob produces annoying zipper noise. I tried to attenuate the noise with a filter but the result is not as clean as I would have liked. Maybe some other saturation/distortion could work better.
