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So...
Me and my friend have been very slowly working on a "joke" split "album" mainly for fun, just to see what kind of whacky stuff we could come up with. In my track, I feel that a gabber kick would really bring out the silliness. How do I go about creating a gabber kick via synthesis? I remember getting similar results when using a saw wave in a synthesizer, but am not completely sure. Any suggestions?
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Err - answered my own question after searching.
Awesome gabber kick tutorial from Chase:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... highlight=
If anyone is interested...
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Burzum signature and gabber joke bands? Sounds interesting.

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xolax: just make a very "stompy" sine kick, distort it heavily, EQ. Cutting out a big chunk of the lower mids usually does it. You could also use a really narrow boost somewhere in the mids to add a "emphasized tone".

If you want to eff it up more, try non-modulated flangers/phasers with high feedback settings.

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stefancrs wrote:xolax: just make a very "stompy" sine kick, distort it heavily, EQ. Cutting out a big chunk of the lower mids usually does it. You could also use a really narrow boost somewhere in the mids to add a "emphasized tone".

If you want to eff it up more, try non-modulated flangers/phasers with high feedback settings.
... or just swap the sine with a more "angular" waveform...

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Varg wrote:Burzum signature and gabber joke bands? Sounds interesting.
Extremes are supposed to be linked at infinite ( 8 ). :hihi:

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Acrobat wrote:
stefancrs wrote:xolax: just make a very "stompy" sine kick, distort it heavily, EQ. Cutting out a big chunk of the lower mids usually does it. You could also use a really narrow boost somewhere in the mids to add a "emphasized tone".

If you want to eff it up more, try non-modulated flangers/phasers with high feedback settings.
... or just swap the sine with a more "angular" waveform...
Doesn't give you as much control over the harmonic contents over time imo, but horses for courses! :)

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stefancrs wrote:horses for courses! :)
I LOVE to learn new idioms. We are scattered all over the world!

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Bladerunner:
I saw sines approaching squares in the constellation of saturation... things that you humans will never see..

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The most 'simplest' way is probably the "jumpstyle" method as my stupid raver friend puts it.

1. Make a pseudo-808 kick sound with your synth, with a Pitch EG starting from +maximum value, with an attack value of 30ms or less.

2. Use a distortion, or instead of using a sine, use a square wave instead.

3. Add chorus, layered 'variants' on top (ie: copyedits), reverb then distortion, whatever rows your boat.

I highly advise you record these as samples however as these sounds do get very chaotic. :hihi:

Otherwise get yourself a kick sound, layer it with a bass, and record yourself grunting "bwaow" or some shit. :lol: (It worked with a homemade-mic-recorded-sample-pack-contest me and someone else hosted at another forum. :hihi: LOONY shit. http://djtbmx.soulbreakers.com/spc3/SPC ... GABAS!.mp3 for one example of the vocal method. :D)

EDIT: My example patch(es) under Hypersonic 2: http://djtbmx.soulbreakers.com/junkpile ... onic_2.mp3 (15sec)

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I'd use 909 kicks and loads of distortion, then compress/limit and eq it

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Varg wrote:Burzum signature and gabber joke bands? Sounds interesting.
Err... Varg Vikernes reads KVR? :hihi:
Better get back under my rock then...
Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I've been getting some pretty interesting results. Lots of chaos :shock: .
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