How to adapt a killer dubstep Reese sound - Secrets Revealed.
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Dubstep, techno and drum and bass engineers will at some point need a tearing Reese bass for there next dance floor track. The Reese bass is the classic 'dirty bass' noise. From the more subtle terrorist Reese to the intense alien girl Reese they all have one thing in common. The saw tooth wave.nnFirstly, get a multi oscillator synth (ideally 3 or 4 oscillators) for example the native massive, ES2 by Logic or reasons maelstrom. You will want to set the first oscillator and all the other oscillators to the saw tooth wave form. There are many harmonic frequencies in the saw tooth, The normal waves ramps upward and then falls. There are also sawtooth waves where the wave ramps down and then rises sharply. Commonly known as a reverse sawtooth. As audio signals, the two orientations of sawtooth wave sound identical until paired togethernnOnce you have got your multi oscillator synth running with 3 oscillators, the next step in the process is to detune one or 2 of the oscillators by around 25cents, this is very effective for drum and bass and dubstep. It gives the Reese a very dark edgy sound, rather than just a flat buzzing sound.nnOnce you have got your detuned saw tooth, (this is essentially the basis of the Reece) - You can go ahead and start manipulating and shaping the noise for your type of music, dubstep or drum and bass. Here are some of the main parameters you can use:nnFilter EnvelopesnA interesting method to get a movement on the Reese bass is to add envelope to the filter section, Reese bass patches are very sensitive to filters and using a high pass you can get a very nice sounding lead, or use a low pass and get a very fat bass. try using about 20% of filter attack for dubstep and 30% for jungle.nnPhasenBecause of the harmonic phases all ready occurring due to the multiple oscillation, adding an external phaser effect can and does work pretty good. It's better to use a sparse amount of phase to subtly enhance the sound rather than extreme amounts nnFlangernThe flange process can add a nice bit of subtle metallic rasp to the sound, this is very pleasing effect for that big warehouse dubstep sound.nnEchonThe delay effect can make a Reese sound huge! Pre drop delayed Reese bass can add a very tense build up.nnReverbnAgain subtle uses of reverb can act very aggressively on your sound, I find the Reverb that comes packed with guitar amps works very well.nnOther processes that add madness to your Reese include: Distortion, compression, LFO, unison, analog knobs and auto filters work especially well with dubstep.nnIn summary, it is best to effect your Reese sound very heavily for dubstep and drum and bass music production. It is a very well used sound, so to make it stand out you will have to get creative with your sound programming skills - Filters act in the biggest way and reverb is king! nn
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