Drop sounds

[Shardface]

I currently am making a dubstep song, and I have most of it done, but I have one problem.

I can't find a sound for the drop (Such as Scrillex's famous YES, OH MY GOD)

Any help?

[Back-From-Purgatory]

At 2/18/14 08:20 PM, Shardface wrote: I currently am making a dubstep song, and I have most of it done, but I have one problem.

I can't find a sound for the drop (Such as Scrillex's famous YES, OH MY GOD)

If you are making the rest of the song, what's stopping you from making your own drop? You don't need a little kid screaming into a microphone for a dubstep drop.

[Shardface]

I know, but what would I do?

[JoshuaHughes]

At 2/18/14 08:33 PM, Shardface wrote: I know, but what would I do?

You can make a filter sweep, a screechy rise, an acoustic drum fill, a fall in the entire track's pitch, a quick cheesy wub noise, a volume swelling string, or a sub drop to name a few. That's what I commonly hear in right before dubstep drops that aren't samples.

[Back-From-Purgatory]

At 2/18/14 08:33 PM, Shardface wrote: I know, but what would I do?

I think your wording threw me off.. you said "I can't find a sound for the drop".

I took that as "I want a prerecorded drop" instead of "I'm not sure how to make a drop."

... That said... Dubstep isn't really my forte, soooo... I'ma let some other fine folks give you advice instead.

[DjAbbic]

Try a rising white noise filter with your other synths, and probably some snare fill, and complete silence 1/2 a bar before your drop.

That's just one of infinitely many ideas...experiment and see what works out/you like the best.

[neBSounds]

experiment and be creative! if your going for that skrillex style drop find a sample on the internet or record your own. I think the sample skrillex used was from a youtube video so you can do the same using a youtube to mp3 converter

[JRob]

If using FL Studio:

>Open Harmor or Harmless
>Pick the grittiest sounding preset synth
>Open note editor
>Place a note that holds for an entire measure or two
>Automate all the shit
>Add all the effects
>Render to .wav

[Stealth-Emergence]

I had a go at dubstep before, I uploaded it (piano wobble) linked in my signature ( I think) 0.o

If that's the kind of drop style you're looking for, I can hook you up with a guide to how I achieved it, of course, that track is not dubstep, just an attempt (my first in fact) I will try again at some point, or may just stick to doing music how I've always done it. just make what I feel like making regardless of trying to achieve and just go with the flow,

There weren't samples used in that track, it was done using LFO on certain instruments in FL, if you're not using FL I can't help
If you are, good news!

Anyway, I'm prattling on now.