Allow me to introduce myself.
I am the very genre of Dubstep, manifested by several branches of my soul reaching across Dubstep and anything else that is called Dubstep.
I hope to bring some additional heat and energy to Waste Of Dot Money with Brutal Dubstep!
Interests:
Dubstep, above all (I am very interested in myself).
OTT (Over The Top multiband upwards/downwards compression, first discovered by Xfer Records)
Lions (I’ve heard that they growl, just like Dubstep! Also I believe there’s seven of them?)
Ignore any allegations that this is an alternative account, I am the original, and always have been since 1826 when F. M. Frumbee stepped on that very dub (there was a massive drought of Dubstep for around 160 years…)
Riddim
What if I were to post a randomly selected Dubstep subgenre every day and receive thoughts on those genres?
Tearout
What if I were to post a randomly selected Dubstep subgenre every day and receive thoughts on those genres?
What if I were to post a randomly selected Dubstep subgenre every day and receive thoughts on those genres?
Today is International Synthesizer Day!
May 23rd marks International Synthesizer Day, celebrating the incredible legacy of synthesizers as well as Bob Moog’s birthday. Without the original Moog synth, there would be no commercial synthesizers, so there would be nothing to inspire Massive, so there would be no Dubstep! But beyond Dubstep, synthesizers have utterly revolutionized music as a whole. Traditional instruments are limited to basic vibrations and noises, and rarely have a way to significantly customize the sound. But with a synthesizer, there’s practically no limit to what you can do! So many genres have risen up due to the invention of the synthesizer, and many more have been improved by it. Synthesizers are truly some of the greatest things to have come from the 20th century!
Top 5 VST plugins for Dubstep:
1. Serum 2, as its wide array of functions makes it perfect for all forms of Dubstep!
2. Serum 1, which is less powerful than Serum 2 but is still very much known for its ability to make insane Dubstep!
3. Vital, which is a free synth that can do a lot of the same things that Serum can do. If you love modulating things, this one is incredible!
4. Any kind of OTT. Without OTT, is it even Dubstep in the first place?
5. Massive. It’s old, but it gets the job done, and it’s especially useful for very nostalgic Dubstep sounds!
Intriguing:
Dubstep could have been invented at any point with people using their voices to imitate growls and wubs, but nobody had done it. Could you imagine if there was some ancient tribe who made this kind of vocal dubstep?
Question:
What is the best experience you’ve ever had with Dubstep music? I am curious to know how the Dubstep genre has impacted the lives of Waste Of Dot Money citizens!
Top 5 signal modulations!
Pulse width modulation (PWM). This technique is primarily used as the way to change the tonality of a square wave. It can be useful for things like chiptune, but it is a rather limited effect. And the vast majority of synths do not allow you to change the carrier signal of PWM with the flexibility of other forms of modulation.
Amplitude modulation (AM). This is somewhat useful, but it is not widely used as the same effect can be more or less accomplished with fast LFOs, and with modern synth capabilities there really is not much of a reason to use this.
Ring modulation (RM). This can make for some interesting sounds, and this technique is often used for adding “growliness” to something. Great for vocal processing and experimental sound design!
Frequency modulation (FM). Despite how often it seems to be used in Dubstep, it is actually rather rare. This is because most synths used for Dubstep had phase modulation often labeled as frequency modulation! The techniques are very similar, but there are some differences in the encoding process that change how capable each one is.
Phase modulation (PM). The most common form of signal modulation used in Dubstep! There are so many different ways to use phase modulation, and it can make for some truly incredible sounds. It can even simulate frequency modulation by using a saw wave as the carrier signal!
Did you know?
Over half of all Dubstep is not produced by Snails, and 0% of Dubstep is produced by snails.
Fun fact:
Some may know of the existence of Color Bass, and how it was invented by the artist known as Chime. Except the thing is, they didn’t invent it! Chime’s style of Color Bass was mainly influenced by artists such as Xilent who would add in unique melodic flavors to traditional Dubstep basses. But this isn’t even the earliest instance of this style of sound! One especially interesting example is [diffraction] by Camellia, which was released all the way back in 2015. Despite its age, many of its sound design techniques are very similar to how modern color bass is made!