How To Produce Massive Skrillex Basslines

[DJVenomP96]

What programs do you use to make dubstep? please reply and tell me i wanna get into making this music.

[Redzone208]

@DJVenomP96 If you are just starting making music, I suggest FLStudio will be a good choice for you. A lot easier for beginners but advanced for Professionals.

[sKyPhamusic]

this explains the process of how its not 1 bass but 4. many people think he has this magic patch that produces it all at once. I do believe he is re-sampling it all though and pitch shifting for new songs. But no doubt his sound is just sick

[psapocalypse]

If you think any of these noisies are close to skrillex sounds, you are mentally retarded.

[Hopkins132]

where do u get the stuff for step 4 and 5 on fl studio pc version?

[Nisfornarwhal1990]

this is niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

[Xeasion]

respect this is skrillex~sound ♥

[TheJhanchez]

wow this is amazing, this is definitely what skrillex does, i mean even down to the lfo rate in garageband! Great work Tony!

[DjCyaneyed]

The day anyone can recreate the signature skrillex bass will never come. but its fun to watch how far away/close ppl get to the sound :D

[CircleOfMotionMusic]

What are the plugins that are produced in this video? All I know of is Massive by Native Instruments. I currently have that and FL Studio 10 and Massive, but I don't know what he uses to make the Bitcrusher or the Heavy Distortion. Does anyone here know?

[ElectrumShiv]

@CircleOfMotionMusic Not sure which exact ones,but "ohm force ohmicide" is good for distortion etc. Hope that helps.

[CircleOfMotionMusic]

@ElectrumShiv Yeah, I found Ohmicide after looking at the title of it in the video lol. But I can't find the plugin that had the bitcrusher, so I had to use Massive's Bitcrusher, which doesn't sound that good.

[aphixe]

I've heard skirllex uses fm8 for most of his sounds. you can hear him say that in one of his interviews.

[takingbackromance]

also, is the bitcrusher in massive? or is it a seperate effect? 

[takingbackromance]

this is rediculous, i copied every setting EXACTLY how it appears in this video, yet, mine sounds NOTHINg like in the video.

[JTSantaniello3]

@takingbackromance do you have the patch or preset?

[NichUNknown]

No sound is coming from mine :( i did everything you did and it wont make sound. Do you know how to fix this????

[NaxusDrum]

when we don't have the "real" tool for do this kind of music... then we use this tutorials :D

[000Z9A]

my fl studio closes/quits working when I select a sound in massive..how can I solve that problem?

(fl stud 8 xxl)

[congrainshinny]

@000Z9A you should probably update to fl studio 10.

[PissedPigProductions]

@000Z9A search " how to delete ni massive data base " , click the first link :D

[happystudio1]

ok great video...but can anybody help me...how do i record the actual wobble??ive tried both modulation wheel and automation and so on...i just aint getting the full on effect...please help!!...:)

[deejaymuratti]

friends , my massive shut down ( FL STUDIO 10 )

[Vissybabii]

Shit was going well until you busted out the bit crusher. Is that an app within massive, or some other VST?

[oSoulCore0o]

what is that program??



[ASniperOnTheRoof]

@oSoulCore0o It is MASSIVE by Native Instruments ^.^

[rie194]

it just sounds like a robot saying whale a lot....

[HalloJochen]

wow, amazing stuff! one of the best tut's for a heavy bassline and also got me to understand Massive better.

[ifonlyfortomorrow]

Skrillex doesn't categorize himself into any given genre.. He will do anything that he think sounds good.

[hotnovel]

@ifonlyfortomorrow still all his songs sound pretty much the same....

[MangaFreak2000]

@hotnovel Deadmau5 sounds mostly the same as well, in all his music, so I guess their both guilty.

[hotnovel]

@MangaFreak2000 are yo.. are you serious? have you heard get scraped or vexilollogy? come back when you have.

[MangaFreak2000]

@hotnovel I have and never said his music was bad, I just think in my opinion alot of it is repetitive, not all of it.

I don't really like Joel's music but I love Joel, and all his streams.

[hotnovel]

@MangaFreak2000 no but you said all his music sound the same, wich is w.r.o.n.g. Well Skirllex hasn't(?).. produced half of what what deadmau5 have buti can still hear the same drum/bass synth samples in every song. Just sayin

[MangaFreak2000]

@hotnovel But I never said Skrillex sounded any different in his songs than deadmau5. Yes, he uses similar basslines in his songs, but not every song.

See: Skrillex - This is a shark attack!

Like I said before, I don't think deadmau5's music is bad, its just his shit is to damn slow for my taste.

[hotnovel]

@MangaFreak2000 I liked skrillex more before scray monsters(no i'm no hipster) cus i liked the slower more sebasiAn inspired stuff. But the stuff makes now is just some cheesy melody then right on the 600000 bass clips that he throws out here n there, and in almost evey song. Deadmau5 makes that clippy electro, but also, minimal, prog house, on vexilollogy there are some real good techno tunes, chiptune, breakbeat.. yeah u name it. Ifs skrillex has made some screamo and produced other artists.

[lrod07]

F.Y.I. Skrillex doesnt call himself a dubstep artist ya dumb fucks read up on your music artists even though it does sound like it. :P

[synthless]

i want koan sounds bass :P

[FULLMELTRECORDINGS]

Fuckin sick, thanks !

[awkwardtom]

follow it, copy it, then flip it & make it your own - like this tutorial ;)

[filthypatches]

pretty nasty ! if you like this kind of basslines and other dubsteps filthy sounds lets take a listen on the filthypatches website...

[TechnosaurMusic]

Very informative, thank you! :D

[thebman50]

Can someone please tell me if there is a free download of massive. Or do I have to buy it...

[xjustxforxkicksx]

@thebman50 you can try pirating the program, but i would recommend buying it, as pirated versions always have something wrong with it

[NozickaRhymes]

@thebman50 buy it sorry man

[ShurikenDubstar]

@thebman50 go on to google and type NI Massive torrent TPB there's a really good copy on there, i liked it so much i went and bought it after a couple weeks trial

[ToxikWings]

doesnt sound like skrillex to me D:

[theoneandonlyFD]

What VST is that which adds the bitcrusher?

[Kwontarded]

@theoneandonlyFD Apparently it's just called 'Bitcrusher'. But you can just Google 'Bitcrusher' and use any VST you find as a result. They'll do the same thing.

[epicnova13]

This video is sick.

[49breezy]

whats that software?

[casperiito]

mid-freq is not true bass.... so gay.

[Uber7Dude]

@casperiito are you too much of an idiot to figure out how to add a sub bass to this?

you're... so gay.

[MemroMusic]

@Uber7Dude no i think he's just got a taste in what's a good bassline and what's not, and screeching is not pleasant

[Uber7Dude]

@MemroMusic Pretty sure screeching basslines are pretty much the point of modern dubstep/brostep as a genre. BUT OKAY BRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dadurtydutch]

Lol. First of all, 67,537 people have just watched a video showing them a sound that sounds absolutely NOTHING like a skrillex bass. Good tutorial tho.

[Caboose155]

Too many people are going to watch this and try to replicate this sound identically rather than using this as a building block and then expanding it with their own ideas. Great tutorial, don't get me wrong.

[iSMASHEDit]

dude how do i down load that, can you get back to me and send me the link ?

[levihambrick]

AWESOME tutorial!

[WOAHFOX]

I'm dyslexic and I thought your video said "tune the pitch to -24,000"

[ilovejamescobblol]

Can someone please tell me how to do the last bit but in fl? :)

[laddierandomguy]

@ilovejamescobblol i have fl and i just added sample and hold in insert 1 and set the dry/wet to 100 percent and the pitch to 3 o clock and then in fx 1 slot ad chorus ensemble. it doesnt sound the same as the one in the vid but it sounds nasty and filthy and i love it

[laddierandomguy]

@ilovejamescobblol i have fl and i just added sample and hold in insert 1 and set the dry/wet to 100 percent and the pitch to 3 o clock and then in fx 1 slot add phaser 1. it doesnt sound the same as the one in the vid but it sounds nasty and filthy and i love it

[2WhoWhaBooHoo]

NOISIA bass much better muuuuch better

[overmindeticsilence]

@2WhoWhaBooHoo you know about music production : )

[synaesthesia2010]

@2WhoWhaBooHoo noisia is darkstep drum and bass, it's a completely different genre

[2WhoWhaBooHoo]

@synaesthesia2010 no it is not a completely different genre. HA! (man this will arouse some epic stupid genre discussions again ;D ) seriously, i dont give shit on all those subgenres (and mostly the artists dont do either) I just prefer noisia bass...and noisia melody...and noisia drumms....XD (but yes, skrillex owns some asses, I love the track SCATTA with the foreign beggars!)

[BRANSCOMBEx]

@2WhoWhaBooHoo I like apples more than oranges.. Who wants to argue?

[2WhoWhaBooHoo]

@BRANSCOMBEx haha ur so right...I was just quite ignorant and narrow minded when I wrote this cause i was listening to skrillex ;) skrillex is perfekt for plyin video games and for partying but not for being eqititable. what the hell am i writing? fuck hell yeah!

[guitarisforever1234]

how does one automate? i've seen several videos of people doing it on a PC and it has that little button at the top but i'm using mac and the "write automation" button is nowhere to be seen. can anybody help me? is my version too old or something?

[williamtate]

@guitarisforever1234 In ProTools you have to open the plugin and at the top somewhere is a button that says "auto". Click that and a window will appear asking which parameters you want to automate. Once you have selected them you will be able to change the automation in the same way that you automate pan and volume. In track view you should be able to view the automation by clicking something near to where the track name is. Sorry but I haven't got it in front of me too look at. Hope this works!

[narutoslideshowmasta]

Haven't read any comments and kinda new to this, but what program are you using? Sorry for sounding so novice.

[steely1357]

@narutoslideshowmasta Hes using logic 9 it looks like. And obviously NI Massive for basslines.

[HaggardKing]

do you have links to those plugins? like ohmicide? and bit crusher, unless the bitcrusher i got is a newer version

[Tpineapples]

i thought the beginnign of this vid was milky milkshake (smosh)

[MuddUndergroundRules]

@jeremus1979 the greatest bands in history didn't use presets because they didn't use massive, or any DAW or VST for that matter. They plugged guitars, mics, and basses into amps, and practiced every day until they got sick. Not that I don't love dubstep & this is a great tutorial, but just had to note how ridiculous that comment was...

[jeremus1979]

@MuddUndergroundRules That's the point, what if we didn't "have" presets. Obviously you missed it by NOT reading the second half of that post dipshit. If you created a setting (with knobs) on an analogue guitar pedal and ever used it again by dialing it in, it's a fucking PRESET. If you don't have anything constructive STFU and at least TRY to contribute. Oh, so anyway....it's all granular synthesis people. like ALL of it. study it. win it. I hope Skrill eats your face.

[crashrevival]

@jeremus1979 haha i actually learned granular synthesis in class and it's such a pain using PureData

[daxnato]

@MuddUndergroundRules even skrillix states in one of his songs that he isint a musician cause he cant play the guitar. lol 

[Georgeifyable]

@daxnato that was sarcasm -.-

Skrillex was a frontman until his voice died.

[hitthedeckstudios]

@MuddUndergroundRules how do professional dubstep producers do it?

[22slainte]

Whats that program called??

[Treggify]

@22slainte this is massive, it's a VST plugin for music programs. It can be used with fruitloops and albeton i believe. pro tools probably too

[bruthabruxism]

NOISIA has the heaviest basslines on the planet.

[YourFavoriteLesbo]

Doesn't really sound like skrillex, but this is one hell of a sound. Love it.

[skimkid13]

@YourFavoriteLesbo i agree.

[omgitslittlej]

@YourFavoriteLesbo cause it's a tutorial for the basslines only :)

[YourFavoriteLesbo]

@omgitslittlej Even then, it's very much different from skrillex's stuff. Not exactly a bad thing. Sounds influenced by him for sure, but still very different. It's really quite epic, just in a different way.

[theaffairchris]

Skrillex tut in logic!!!! U r the man

[theRealMuseum]

great tutorial.. thanks for creating and sharing this.

[Muttills]

Crap....

[Kulkaza]

Love the vid man. Really informative and helpful. More of the same.

[Ignatowskic64]

@jeremus1979 No presets? Then what the fudge are instruments? Western society is allready brainwashed by their tonal system anywayz. You don't have to invent the wheel yourself.

[agmarkis]

Even though you can make really cool sounds, the hard part is producing a catchy moving melody and balancing everything. It takes a lot of practice and inspiration, like anything else.

[icecoldjam96]

7 people talk to their basses

[dtanobo]

is bitcrusher only ableton?

[theRealMuseum]

@dtanobo this program is logic, not ableton.. I think most sequencers have their own version of a bitcrusher (nuendo certainly does). If you don't have one just google "free bitcrusher plugin", there are a few out there..

[eronKIDphal]

Fuck man, I wanna learn how to do all this shit. Any tips? 

[160589005]

@eronKIDphal Buy and try

[theRealMuseum]

@eronKIDphal work very hard

[slash0t]

@eronKIDphal practice :P

[Buddhafuckswithyou]

You could do soo much more with Ohmicide. That is the most insane Plug-in I ever owned. There's endless possibilities with that machine haha just adding some input

[jeremus1979]

Holy GOD it's cross synthesis followed by manipulation in melodyne. It's not simple, it's really...really complicated WINNING.

[TranceDrops]

Well In my opinion, I use presets sometimes, but I usually tweak it to something totally different ^.^ SO it isn't really a bad thing. But I also like to make my own sounds too.

[Myre37]

The program is Logic

[ausguitarist]

WHERES THE PLAY BUTTON

?

[DjBl4Nk]

where the fucks the play button



[BizliBoy]

What program is this, cos im guessin it ain't FL Studio.

[mutemusic0]

@BizliBoy native-instruments . com/#/en/products/producer/mas­sive/

[han549]

@BizliBoy Yeah, hes using NI not FL -___-

[BizliBoy]

@han549 K

[tionik06]

very cool. thanks.

[JakeTYLERsounds]

you just got yourself a new subscriber mate ;)

[2DPolygon]

Is that Logic? =O

[c4osc]

@2DPolygon uhm yes sure?

[ThiWhiteBoii]

what program is that?

[MagicalMelan]

@ThiWhiteBoii The program was Logic Pro.. dunno the version 'cos i've never used it.. might be 8. but the main synth he used was NI's massive.

[jeremus1979]

Now that we have seen some evolvement since this vid came out, as far as music is concerned there are two more people that have caught on to this and done it right. Davr and Feed Me. Resampling, layering, time-stretching. period.

[zildjiansabian]

this also applicable for fl studio right?

[flipjamming]

What program is that btw??

[SushiiSashimii]

@flipjamming the DAW is Logic.

[paintballmon135]

@flipjamming read the title.. It's MASSIVE

[ImDanielFitzgerald]

@paintballmon135 he said program not synth

[jeremyelrick]

I'm confused at the end has he laid out all 4 with the same bassline and choosen different sections of each for different parts?

[deeroks1]

stop teaching music makers to be followeers..start your own f$%&ckin trends!

[alexjoyceey]

this is the don tutorial - wish i had a working computer that didnt crash all the fucking time though...

[BassHunta]

Sounds fucking amazing.

[danicepeda]

if anyone doesnt have massive watch my video youtube.com/watch?v=5p795Wzvkm or click my video its the synth that skrillex uses

[RaymondJokerAlva]

just get skrillex to jizz on your computer and THEN, and then ONLY, can one be able to produce the skrillex bassline.

[WSCru]

I do everything SAME and i got other sounds...

[xBUTCHERxOFxWHORESx]

in your opinion people what's better logic pro or fl studio ? for me fl studio is a mess logic is way better

[michaelgorczyca]

How do you get Massive to run inside of Logic. I cant figure it out. someone please help!!

[paintballmon135]

@michaelgorczyca go to the place you downloaded massive. then find the folder where fl studio 9 is. find the vst folder within that. after that, simply drag and drop massive into the vst folder. message me with any questions

[Kanga272]

Very awesome thanks, what DAW is that?

[cLouDub1]

@Kanga272 logic pro =p

[Dunsparth]

what program are u using? i have massive but after ur done with massive ur using a secondary program what is it?

[KryptoDubstep]

i think you remove too much of the mid, sounds much less powerful

[chuckkicksass]

sounds more like dubstep than "le genre 'skrillex' "

[synaesthesia2010]

@chuckkicksass skrillex IS dybstep, genius

[2DPolygon]

@TokyoKnights3 lol no

[herefordopeness]

@TokyoKnights3 There is a random button =). It's on the global page, directly underneath 3 Env. Select what you want to randomize (Parameter,moddepth,connection­s, type select and matrix) and press the "random all button" Hope this was helpful.

[awshot]

@TokyoKnights3 Or learn how to use it and you'll be able to make any sound you want :)

[eduds]

@TokyoKnights3 Actually, i think it has, you can choose what do you want to ramdomize.

parameters, filters, macros, etc

[RobotHD]

@TokyoKnights3 it actually does, its called Randomize ;)

[EthanIsMusic]

@TokyoKnights3 Top left drop-down > Presets > Randomize. That's how it is in fl studio at least

[jdhawes006]

@TokyoKnights3 it.pretty.much.does.bro...unde­r.global.it.sais..randomize.ti­ck.all.boxs.and.click.all.to.r­andomize......space.bars.broke­.which.is.why.im.using.dots.lo­l

[gaivskakashi]

SICK this is probably what Skrillex does. if not he does A LITTLE bit extra but like good stuff man definetley helpful

[OmegaGlow]

Seriously, this tutorial doesn't say "This is how Skrillex makes his bass" No, this is just a tutorial on how to make a SIMILAR talking bassline. Seriously. Stop the debate on whether he makes his bass like this or not, specially since he linked a tutorial in his facebook by the user Karasho using NI massive. And saying himself. "This is isn't how i do my bass lines." So shut the fuck up.

Now the tutorial? Excellent, I am so using this as a base to make other sounds.

[DjMusicSlave]

Good work~

[Jamesbenn49]

why does everyone seem to think skrillex uses the m-talk wave in massive

[twistedNOX]

@Jamesbenn49 ....my point exactly!!! I can almost guarantee he doesn't. Two ways it's done. Either by Bit reduction and editing both filter freq and Amount whilst the reduction is set at about 30 or so....or the other method is formant filters. BUT.....the sound has to be big first. No point trying to make a Skrillex belter out of a shit little sample. It won't happen.

[jeremus1979]

Think of any of the greatest bands in history...you know...the ones you really liked. Chances are, they didn't use presets. Discover your sound and have an "aha" moment, then you may even leave Skrillex in the dust.

[CoNfuseRyep]

@jeremus1979 Nicely said.

[nicotinelolipop]

@jeremus1979 I agree presets are cheating.

It's like ripping out a page in a coloring book and putting your name on it and say "he look at this picture I drew."

[TheMazithra]

@jeremus1979 for tut and learning purposes USE A FUCKING PRESET once you do that make a simple rythm THEN go fuck around with the knobs yourself, baby steps

[jeremus1979]

@TheMazithra for the first time ever, i fucked around & recorded with a Nord Lead...i had so much control, it changed the way i see plugins...not bad...just different. Don't be afraid to start with a simple sine wave and jack it up to filth...most people find this too daunting and think their sounds suck...but not the case.

[jeremus1979]

Ok. take synthesis 101. Learn Massive & FM8. Ditch the presets, work under a major label, let them mix/master everything while become a master programmer and study cutting-edge arrangements. The formula is pretty clear.

[jonobyrne]

@BohemianAmmonoid who said anything about sampling transformers?

[Nekumata]

I seriously feel like going OH FUCKING REALLY on the 2 highest rated comments. Just shut up, this is just supposed to help us get how to make this kind of tone.

(whether it actually does a good job or not is a different thing)

[genocideFX]

its not about massive its about how you want it to sound like

[michaelgorczyca]

ok can someone help me out here. I have Logic Express and Massive. I can open Massive by itself and play the synths using my laptop keyboard but it won't work when I plug in my MIDI keyboard via usb. I want to know how you can rout Massive into Logic so i can use my MIDI keyboard. someone please try and help me. thank you.

[dtopeth2]

DO YOU NEED NATIVE INSTRUMENTS TO RUN MASSIVE SYNTH?

OR CAN YOU JUST BUY MASSIVE SYNTH BY ITSELF?

[ButchClancyDubstep]

@dtopeth2 native instruments is the company that makes massive. massive is a plug in, it can be ran through all different programs like Fruity loops, logic, etc..

[dtopeth2]

@ButchClancyDubstep gonna sound sketch...but can I torrent it?

It's not even for my own comp. I don't have logic. My audio tech class has logic

[xpurserx]

@dtopeth2 yes you can. search on the pirate bay . org for native instruments massive

[cyanaether]

@dtopeth2 WE ALREADY KNOW YOU'RE COMPUTER ILLITERATE WHEN YOU START ASKING DUMB QUESTIONS IN CAPS LOCK

[HighDosesnSubKiller]

how do i open a bitcrusher? please help im so close!

@HighDosesnSubKiller are you using logic?