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Optical Medicine Bass & DOA Breakdown
🕑 Added 2025-02-04 19:18:06 +0000 UTCHello everyone,
I saw this DOA article the other day & thought it would be really interesting to see if I could breakdown Optical’s bass techniques. 🧑🔬
https://www.dogsonacid.com/threads/how-is-this-bass-sound-made.807053/
Ed Rush & Optical - The Medicine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYQjEgOoaVg
① Source Bass Sound - Tabla, 808 Distorted, Novation Bass Station, Detuned Synths (Square & Saw), Filtered Samples (any sample that has a good bass waveform)
② Resample Bass Patch - Assign Macros to: Low-Pass Filters, Resonance, Driving Sweeping EQ & Pitch Wheel Modulation.
③ EQ Bandpass Sweeping Technique - All EQ’s on widest and max gain (Analog style EQ). Then sweep the high mid eq with a narrow band.
④ Add to Sampler - Cut up the best parts and add them all to a new sampler instrument with legato Glides turned on (small ms glide times are better according to Optical).
⑤ Glide Notes - Play in the new idea testing out overlapping notes for cool glides between them.
⭐️ Resampling - The key to this technique is to never be afraid to resample and filter again. Record a long performance, chop out the best bits & off you go again.
Cheers everyone,
Big ups! ✌️
George
Comments
Dubdamain
Great vid, Sully would be good
George CS
Yea that would have been cool! I thought about doing it in the EMU originally but its a bit harder for people to follow. I always forget about airwindows plugs but they're epic. Hope your well mate
Andrew Hollis
Great vid, time permitting would be nice to see what the results would sound like with air windows z plugins, which are in the vibe of the Emu’s Zplane filters with a smidge of Mackity and MackEQ for good measure:)
