ZEDD [SHAVE IT UP] CRUNCHY BASS SOUND DESIGN!

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Hi everyone,

This is my first post here. I've been super into those 2012 era electro house tracks. A shame they're not played as often in festivals and events anymore.

I'm trying to recreate the super crunchy bass used in the drops of Zedd's Shave it up track (you can hear them in the first few seconds of

Can this sound be accomplished in sylenth? I playd around with square/saws fiddling with the phases but couldn't get it quite right. I also have massive/serum but aren't as comfortable with using those waveform parameters (bend/pwm, etc) so maybe I have to play with those?

Lmk if anything is unclear!

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As a starting point try using a narrow pulse wave and send it through a fairly distorted amp sim, maybe throw in a resonant filter (before the amp) and add a generous heap of OTT over the whole thing. Alternatively look for clav sounds and add distortion. This should at least get you in the ball park.
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Yes, that led me in the right direction! The res filter and ott were essential. Adding a saw helped too. Thx!

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ZEDD.zip
Load up the LD preset and it'll sound weird but once you add the BASS layer it'll all make sense

Vital preset + midi
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