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How to create Virtual Riot Bass

By W. A. Production13, Feb 2018

Have you ever wonder how the well-known Dubstep artist Virtual Riot created his signature bass for all of his sick tracks?

Today, I will cover the steps needed to create similar style of bass in xFer Serum.

Steps:

1. Choose wavetables

Wavetable

Select the following wavetables:

Reesey Mess 1 for OSC A

Basic Shapes for OSC B

2. Squarify Wavetable

Squarify Wavetable 1

Open the wavetable editor.

Click Formula Presets Menu > Multis > Squarify

Click Process > Normalize each (gain seperately)

3. FM Synthesis

Turn off the Level for OSC B. Select FM (from B) for OSC A. Turn the wrap knob for OSC A for 40%.

4. Drawing an LFO

LFO

Draw an LFO as shown in picture above. Remember to select TRIG mode for the LFO.

5. ROUTE LFO

Apply LFO1 onto the following:

WT POS - 40%

LEVEL - 100%

6. FILTER

Serum Filter

Choose a HP 12 Filter.

Apply LFO1 onto the following:

CUTOFF - (41hz) - 30%

RES - (10%) - 30%

DRIVE - 32%

FREQ - (76%) - "-48%"

So these are the steps to create Virtual Riot style of bass. I hope that you have learn something new from this blog post.

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Thank you.

Have a nice day.

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“W. A. Production has some great libraries! If you’re looking for some high quality samples, check out their banks!“

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Marnik

“We love W. A. stuff, because compiling great samples and libraries is very important to our production. We use many W. A. libraries. They are one of the best companies on the market.“

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“I’ve gotten great inspiration going thru W. A. sample packs!“

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W. A. Production have been used in most of our top tracks! We definitely approve & recommend them to up and coming producers!

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ZooFunktion

"Big thanks to W. A. Production for having some of the best samples & sounds available onlie, They've definitely been part of some of my tracks. I recommend them to all upcoming producers"

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"We think that the W. A. samples are really necessary if you want to do a massive track! Also the Sylenth1 and Spire Sound Libraries are so fresh! Great job guys!"

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"We love how much variety and diversity WA Production samples bring to our projects, we have found much inspiration from the packs. All of the samples are of high quality and are completely current into today's "EDM" market."

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