Dubstep Production Tips and Tricks

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Now I know I am not the only one out there hell bent on getting wobbly sounds out of my synths, and really enjoying all sorts of different Dubstep tunes out there at the moment.

So wanted to try and make a consolidation post of different tutorials and tips people have either found on the internet or have to say about creating this style of tune.

So speak up and throw the information you're willing to share down!

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Here's one video on how to create a Dubstep style bassline, linked in a previous post by Str8UpDrew:

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And here is an excellent series about using Massive in Ableton by TheSoundTutor.

I don't use massive myself at the moment, but it's probably one of the strongest synth's out there. I highly recommend this for anyone because it has great general synth knowledge:

http://www.youtube.com/user/thesound...773926FA49A855
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Here's another series on creating Dubstep in Logic which I found pretty helpful, even if translating it over to Live is a bit of a hurdle.

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Although not necessarily for Dubstep, I also found the tutorials on this site enlightening:

http://www.quantizecourses.com/pages.php/?cat=3

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And here's another little tutorial that I found interesting:

http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/te...s-sound-211550

[empolo]

Although not necessarily for Dubstep, I also found the tutorials on this site enlightening:

http://www.quantizecourses.com/pages.php/?cat=3

Thanks BigC!!

I just watched the first video - niiiice!

You don't even have to use Ableton. The overall idea and application of the technique was described well.

[DennisJ]

massive is just massive. the fattest synth out there for sure.

[djhipnotikk]

production bible on dubstepforum.com, everything you'll ever need.


personal experience: mind the bass. yes, dubstep is all about it, but sub-bass carries so much energy, your levels will make or break the mix. too little, and it doesn't hit. too much, and the mix is covered. find that sweet spot, and test it out on some big subs.

spend A LOT of time on your drums. like rusko said in his masterclass vids, make the drums interesting by themselves. vary them, don't make them sound like 1 loop repeated the entire time. this is huge.

BE ORIGINAL, find your own sound.

bass layers. usually i have one sub-bass pulling the weight, and mid-range either adding fatness to it, or doing the rhythmic wobble stuff. you can do this in one instance of massive with different oscillators (make sure they're harmonic with each other (-12, -24, -36, etc)), or with different tracks (what i do most of the time) so you can EQ, compress, and level them completely independent of each other.

[MisterMoleyMole]

Just make it go waaa waa wa wa wa wa wa wawawawawawa

Done