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XG-RoryMichie - 03/09/2026
Whoa, how was these synths made
Velscape - 03/09/2026
It's a bunch of layers. Most of them aren't even synth patches, rather chopped-up bits of random noise run through different processing and tons of compression.
For example, the main rhythmic stab is literally a percussive hit with fucked amounts of distortion, automated frequency shifting, and a free alternative to disperser called Diopser, which I'd definitely recommend. It's what gives it that laser effect. Basically, you need automation for movement and anything that creates artifacts and makes your input sound cooked.
Talon - 03/09/2026
The key to getting a loud dubstep mix is actual mixing, EQ, so cut the frequencies from sounds that don't need it, which mostly means low cuts on everything that's not the drums or bass, and then clipping. Go grab Freeclip. It's very good. My master chain is usually just a multiband compressor to glue stuff together a bit before I just yeet it all into a clipper and turn it up until it juuuuust starts to clip, and then depending on whether I like the sound of the clipping I dial it back or just keep it there. You want a soft clipper because digital clipping sounds horrid, but with the right algorithm clipping actually really suits these harder styles of music very well.
Talon - 03/09/2026
And just a quick note here, this is not just something I do, most EDM producers do a form of this. That's where I picked it up. Virtual Riot, Viperactive, etc. all just literally use Ableton's built in soft clipping when you push the mix bus into the red. So they don't even use a plugin because the DAW just does it for them. Obviously very simplified, there's more to mixing than just thrashing the mix into soft clipping, however for loudness, that's exactly what will get you there. If you want a mix that sounds kinda like mine, you can get there by grabbing OTT, drop that on the master at about 20 to 30 percent strength, then slap freeclip on it and turn it up. Boom. I'd say that should get you about 95 percent to most of my mixes. Now time to have an existential crisis about what that says about me lol
Talon - 03/09/2026
OK so I just tried this with the flac download, gonna stop spamming you in a sec here, just to make sure I'm not talkin' bullshit. Shift f, add an OTT, 26 percent depth, keep everything else. Add a freeclip, gain to 2.58. That's how it sounds great to me already. It even gives some crunch to the kick which I personally love but you might not, so you might have to play around with it.
Velscape - 03/09/2026
Thanks for the tips! I played around with it some more and got a significantly better result. I already do what you mentioned when it comes to EQ and OTT, but I typically keep OTT at like 2 to 5 percent depth with the time nob maxed because I like the rounding it does to the low end and only put it on my master for that reason. I tried cranking it up more, and it actually sounds pretty cool on this.
My main problem seems to be that I have certain things too loud in the mix because it sounds cool at the time, realize it's messing things up later, and I ultimately can't get the volume out of it when I clip. It's often the kick or other low-end elements.
I can't replace the audio unfortunately, but I tweaked a bunch of things, and now it sounds miles better to me. If anyone's interested, I could reup or post it elsewhere later. Either way, thanks for the feedback!
Talon - 03/09/2026
This is why I typically don't use OTT myself even if it gives a very close approximation. If you use Reaper, you can use ReaXComp. Figure out a sound you typically like, for example I compress the lows and highs very aggressively but leave the mids mostly in tact. Then save it as an FX chain and just tweak it slightly. Ableton also has a multiband dynamics plugin that works very well. A lot of this stuff is fairly reusable across the same genre for your specific style but yeah you won't get around some tweaking. But the main thing really is good mix, good EQ, and clipping. That's pretty much most of the magic.
Talon - 03/09/2026
Also this is siiiiiiiiiick