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Psytrance 2 acid
1.
2. Psytrance - Acid…..Man
This tutorial shows you how to create a psytrance acid type sound and melody.
Step 1
Open Dune (or any synth
with similar parameters)
and select the init patch (1).
Step 2
We are using the init patch
default settings.(OSC 1 to
SAW). Drop the semi tones
down by 12 (1 octave) to
make the sound deeper (1).
Also adjust the filter by
dropping it somewhat and
increase the resonance for
that acid sound. (2+3).
3. Step 3
Here we start to adjust the
filter and the associated
envelopes to shape the
sound. Adjust the env
amount (1) to about 30% -
This setting sets up how
much the filter envelope
will affect the Filter. (filter
section) Now adjust the
Filter envelope to taste (2) -
When you adjust these
settings you will hear the
effect straight away, this is
why we turned up the ENV
amount previously. Also
Adjust the Amp Envelope to
taste.(3) - Try not to use
too much Release here as
we want the sound to be
short and snappy.
Step 4
Here we add some more
voices, do a little bit of
detuning and add some
stereo spread to give the
sound some width, body
and depth (1).
4. Step 5
Click on the tab that says
"EFFECTS" at the bottom LEFT
corner of Dune. Now we adjust
the effects to give the sound its
final, gritty character, starting
with the Distortion effect (1). We
also want the sound to have
some deeper, expressive
movement, to achieve this we
use the Phaser/Chorus effect (2).
Finally we give the sound even
more depth and dimension plus
a final amount of liveliness. The
depth is achieved by the Reverb
and the "liveliness" is added by
using the delay effect (3 and 4).
Step 6
Now it’s time to write that killer pattern for your new acid sound. I have created a quick example for you to
follow if you wish.
5. Step 7
The final touch is to add some filter cut-off automation to give the sound some character. Here i have
shown this as it’s accomplished in Cubase, you will need to find your own DAW's automation processes to
achieve this if you are not using Cubase. It will be in the manual under automation.
