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 Opticalβs bass techniques. π§βπ¬
https://www.dogsonacid.com/threads/how-is-this-bass-sound-made.807053/
Ed Rush & Optical - The Medicine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYQjEgOoaVg
β Source Bass Sound - Tabla, 808 Distorted, Novation Bass Station, Detuned Synths (Square & Saw), Filtered Samples (any sample that has a good bass waveform)
β‘ Resample Bass Patch - Assign Macros to: Low-Pass Filters, Resonance, Driving Sweeping EQ & Pitch Wheel Modulation.
β’ EQ Bandpass Sweeping Technique - All EQβs on widest and max gain (Analog style EQ). Then sweep the high mid eq with a narrow band.
β£ 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).
β€ Glide Notes - Play in the new idea testing out overlapping notes for cool glides between them.
βοΈ 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! βοΈ
George
Comments
Great vid, Sully would be good
Dubdamain
2025-02-13 16:57:03 +0000 UTCYea 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
George CS
2025-02-05 14:41:58 +0000 UTCGreat 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 Emuβs Zplane filters with a smidge of Mackity and MackEQ for good measure:)
Andrew Hollis
2025-02-05 07:17:32 +0000 UTC
