@Dr.K Excuse me, but that sounds effing awesome
I think you nailed that sound. Nice work!
I just want to stress again that I’m not saying this comes without effort. I spend a lot of time creating my patterns too. My point was just that I very often end up with this kind of dirty, gritty sound on the ST. Maybe that’s just me and my preferences though.
I’m happy you found inspiration to do that track! What I usually would do from there on is copy it, ctrl-all it, move some triggers, adjust some settings, and suddenly a new track is about to take shape. The stuff I post on this forum is very often made this way. Iteration five, or iteration 25 ![]()
@Florid Thank you! I don’t remember what I did specifically for this pattern (it’s a couple of years old), but it sounds like I did at least two things:
- Use the FX track amp envelope in inverted mode to «pump» the volume. I often do this for a fake compression effect, placing the triggers on the same steps as the kick.
- P-lock the delay feedback so that at the start of the pattern (probably step 1) the feedback is fairly low. Then somewhere in the middle of the bar it’s p-locked to well past 100 so that it swells towards the end of the bar. It then runs into self-oscillation, but is tamed when it gets to step 1 again and you get this push-pull effect.
I’m also p-locking the delay time, which in conjunction with self-oscillation gives that bouncy and zippering sound. Check out the recent FX track science lab for more self-oscillation shenanigans ![]()