When distorting the body, you also get unwanted high harmonics, which the filter automation can tame to taste. Often it’s good to distort and add harmonics, and then use a filter such as OneKnob Filter and automate it so that a steep low-pass filter cuts the high frequencies and deadens them in the first 15-20 milliseconds after the transient hits. I usually process the body and transient separately, then fade them into each other and compress. Another plugin that can help you add harmonics and shape the tone is Renaissance Bass. You can create or exaggerate these harmonics using distortion but a more precise way to do it is to use the Cobalt Saphira harmonics shaping plugin to enhance odd and even harmonics, which can help shape the tone of the body of an 808. Tracks that sound heavy in a studio or club can sound empty on the radio, so sometimes it’s necessary to add 3 rd- or even higher-order harmonics using these techniques, to give the listener the impression of bass and help cement the key of the track.Ģ nd- and 3 rd-order harmonics are what give the 808 presence. I then compress this using a CLA-2A compressor, especially when using the 808 as a kick drum.Ĩ08 mixing is particularly important for the radio. I often replace the transient audio with a piece of pink noise I’ve made in a synth. Harmonics in 808s are really important, as are the pitch envelope and transients. They’re great for everything from straight up pop to hip hop, trap, drum & bass, even house music. So with a little adjustment of the note lengths and the Speed parameter you can have your notes sliding like they hit an ice patch.I love 808s, both as kick drums and for creating bass lines. To control the actual speed of the glide, use the Speed parameter of the Glide module. The horizontal distance between notes will determine the transition time. We want the distance between are notes to control the transitions so change Time/Speed to Speed. You can synchronize this parameter to your host or Master Editor tempo by clicking on the displayed unit, then selecting a note value from the drop-down menu and adjusting a numerator for this value with the speed knob. Speed: Adjusts the speed of the portamento. If Time is selected, all transitions happen in the same time, regardless of the interval between the notes in Speed mode, wide-spaced intervals will result in longer transitions than close-spaced intervals, as the glide speed will be kept constant. Time/Speed: Selects one of two different glide modes. Set the Modulation Intensity to the max which is 12 semitones.Ĭlick the Quick-Jump button to scroll down to bottom of the rack and display the Glide module. This effect is known from monophonic synthesizers and adds a sliding transition between the pitches of two consecutive notes when they are played in a legato fashion.ĭisplay the modulation section of the source module.Īdd a Glide module by clicking on Add Modulator The Glide module acts as a source for a special modulation signal that’s needed to create a portamento effect. Glide time can be synchronized by an External MIDI clock or the internal clock of your host!
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In this quick tutorial, I will show you how to Make Your Notes Do The Electric Slide With Portamento. This sliding pitch transition sounds amazing with bass sounds. Glide, aka Portamento, adds a sliding pitch transition between notes that are played consecutively.