Anodyne Tutorial: Using LFOs To Automate Basslines

[88res]

This is great thanks a lot. Just wondering how you know when you're time time with all your LFOs? Should all them be divisible by 2 or something?

[duffmahuff]

I like it a lot! I'm pretty new to making electronic music and am only semi-familiar with massive. Learned a lot from this :)

[syydeboy]

which soundwave should i use for fidget?

[AnodyneIndustries]

@syydeboy Sorry, it's hard to answer this question... For one, I don't listen to fidget. I also firmly believe that as a producer it's your responsibility to develop your own style and sound. If you're absolutely desperate to have a standardized "fidget" sound my best advice would be to study that genre of music A LOT. Then get to know your equipment/software well enough that you can easily make the sound yourself. 

[syydeboy]

@AnodyneIndustries well fidget is dubsteps cousin so how you dont know?

[AnodyneIndustries]

@syydeboy I'm not really sure where you're drawing that conclusion from. Fidget spawned electro-house. It has roots in the Garage house which is probably why you're making the assumption that it has anything to do with dubstep. Look, electronic music is a giant inbred family of music. Saying that dubstep and fidget come from the same origins is a shaky foundation to base your claim that because I know anything about dubstep I should know about fidget too.

[syydeboy]

@AnodyneIndustries assumptions?... >.< dude maybe you should listen to fidget before you say "fidget spawned from electro house"

fidget always had wobbly basslines..i know u looked at wikipedia for this info.. :/

[kiatasbihgou]

@syydeboy GAH, stop talking shit! This guy knows his stuff, I'm sure anyone that listens to his music knows he knows his stuff, and I, for one, know my stuff - fidget is MUCH more closely related to House - I mean, come on, it's called Fidget House, more formally. Dubstep has much less to do with fidget than House does, and if we're going on tradition, Dubstep has very little to do with most anything we've mentioned.

[l0stan0n]

hi there anodyneindustries...i sent you an email with some questions i have about this software. subject is MASSIVE questions.

[SpaSpaSpaz]

I am very new to producing so I have a quick question. Massive lets you create sounds but not put them together and actually made a song right? 

[AnodyneIndustries]

@SpaSpaSpaz That's right. Massive is just a synthesizer. When you run it in "stand-alone" mode without any sequencing software like Ableton Live, Cubase, Logic, etc. you can't record a song with it. But, if you load it as an instrument in any of those programs, the sequencing software will let you record the music you play with the synth. If you have any other questions head over to my website: anodyneindustries(dot)net and send me an email

:)

[SpaSpaSpaz]

@AnodyneIndustries thank you alot! you just saved me alot of time looking for those programs to record! :D

[suicidekk]

Great vid man! If you're having trouble understanding what he is doing, check out my vids for beginners! :)

[CardPiranha]

Automate the hell out of what?

[OctaFuzZAudioWorks]

lol how can you not be kind too this i never seen it explained so straight forward as this :)

[alexmaynard01]

master!

[breakbomb1]

kick-ass

[DJDARKSTEPZ]

i aint managing to get any good sounds out of massive..

getting pretty fed up with it!!

any good tips, i copy from tutorials but it never sounds the same!!

[AnodyneIndustries]

@DJDARKSTEPZ: First off, keep in mind that just because you're not getting good sounds out of it that doesn't mean Massive isn't capable of good sounds. Learn how to use every function on the synth and understand what it does to shape the sound. Also, the synth patch is often just the first step in creating a nice sound. Think about dropping EQ and other effects onto your fx chain after you've made the synth patch to accentuate elements of the sound you like and want to hear more of.

[AnodyneIndustries]

Email me at Anodyne.one@gmail.com if you have any specific questions or want more explanation on what I'm talking about.

[DJDARKSTEPZ]

@AnodyneIndustries how do i go about learning every function of the synth??

thaks in advanced

[Victrack011]

OMG!!!! you' re a Massive master haha!! seriously man!!! nice tutorial..I learned new things!!!..................jus­t asking.... do you know how to create that "growling/distorted voice bass" used in dubstep????  They appear in Bar9 - Piano Tune, Borgore - Guided Relaxation Dub.......etc..... thanx (:

[brockdubstep]

@Victrack011 use a bit crusher! the one in massive is ok but you can find better ones in certain effects vsts, dont know which ones would be best because personally i dont like that sort of bass! anyone can make filth these days, its getting beyond the joke!

[DJmaoriDMW]

Hahaha, i saved the ksd as Anodyne is God , good name...

[DJmaoriDMW]

that was off the fuckn slut bro, i did what u did in massive, and my sound came out crazy as a maori hooker - you are the man, my next song is going up, and you're name ll be in the song somehow, title/voice over/some shit - i've got an idea...

[Gambling4Life]

Really nice work, that's cleared a lot of stuff up for me. keep making these vid's really useful for people like me who only just started using the software

[djdmok]

sick tutorial homeboy! 

[ZigadenusElegans]

AK01 you Massive guru.

So you just pulled that up from nowhere? Very nice & I will remember the 3/4 sync'd LFO & switchup between 2LFOs next time I mess with Massive. Also:

the EP is awxesome.

[AnodyneIndustries]

@ZigadenusElegans Haha yeah I guess I did just pull it out of nowhere ;) Actually I just got frustrated that Massive wouldn't let me automate the sync time of my LFO's. This has been fixed in their latest update... Soooo yeah this tutorial is pretty much useless now (shh!! it's my most popular one!)

Thanks for the props on my EP!

[Actualle]

This tutorial is awesome.

[Actualle]

OMG------u are super creative and helpful thanks for the new ideas.

[mindlabradio]

thanks for your help homie. it means a lot!

[abcdefgdmfgklfd]

I downloaded massive, but don't get any sound .. :O

and I don't find any guides to help me..

how do I get sound?

please reply

[AnodyneIndustries]

Um yeah. I'd say you should go out and buy the software instead of pirating it. Believe me, it's worth it.

Also, go buy the software you're using for your DAW. It helps to have a user's manual for stuff if you're just getting started..

[abcdefgdmfgklfd]

what DAW is the best?

it's very expensive, that's the reason why I try to download it first ^^

thanks for the reply

[AnodyneIndustries]

I wouldn't say any DAW is better than the rest. It really has more to do with how you prefer to work. I've used everything from FastTracker to Acid to Cubase SX. Right now I've been using Ableton Live. It suits me. You can download a free demo of Ableton Live on their site. Give it a shot, you won't be dissapointed~

[abcdefgdmfgklfd]

okay, thanks!

[wrdr21]

This is the best basics tutorial for getting movement out of your Bass tracks on youtube. If you know anything about producing this genre, this is BIG

[sine143]

great vid man. I love your technique, tis a great little growler.

[djashes]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial... I managed to get one of the cleanest growl basses ever in a matter of minutes with no resampling. Incredible!

[AnodyneIndustries]

Exactly! Learning to make a good bassline efficiently goes a long way! especially when you resample THAT and get something even more unique!

[genejospehreibelt]

Man whats that track at the start? its a fuckin cracker?

[AnodyneIndustries]

That's a track called "Skills" I wrote about a year and a half ago. I never really released it for download. I just throw it into my live sets sometimes just to hear the bassline on a really loud system ;)

[genejospehreibelt]

Massive track dood is there any where do have a listen or download your stuff?

[djtaron]

awesome technique, this vid has really helped me add alot more soul to my basslines. Ive been using another technique where instead of using 3 OSC's you instead change the voicing....but this is much better, thanx mate

[AnodyneIndustries]

Sorry, I don't know anything about Fruity Loops. :(

[Ajuinvaliid]

listened to the intro for like 7 times, nice! lol .

.,,, but what i came here was to find out how to make automation's with Massive LFO rates... used as a plug-in for fruity loops .. . you know anything about that? =/

[AnodyneIndustries]

I'm even more confused now... None of the LFO's were set to performance mode for this video. It isn't necessary. Maybe he just needs to sync his lfo to the BMP instead of having a "free" lfo rate.

[unknown7788]

u need to set your lfo on performance mode, and then on the left hand side select the different peaks and curves

[AnodyneIndustries]

isthejunglebaby: I'm not sure what you're talking about. Can you be more specific? What is the problem with the audio that makes it sound different than what's in the video?

[itsthejunglebaby]

this is good, but one thing i dont get, why do all the lines/waves line up on your massive interface? like all the LFO or filter Env yours are all white lines, clear, mine arent, and i think this may be affecting the sound, am i not switching them on or something???

[jmadowl]

WICKED!! Thanks!