Turntable + Effector + Any Music = Dubstep Bassline!

Posted on 7/20/2010 09:46:00 PM by Deniss | 2 comments

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     Dubstep is probably the latest genre to break into the sub-mainstream electronic music. Inspired by Jungle rhythms in UK and the Jamaican electronic movement, it broke listeners' expectations with its unpredictability, tripped up BPM, and the wobbling, heart-pounding basslines.


     The latter being a basis for producers' attention made many laptop producers come out with their secrets on how to make the jumping bass using different software, mainly Propellerhead's Reason.


     While you can follow the traditional way of doing so, someone has apparently found a way to do this live - no, not with $10,000 MIDI controllers/synths, but with a set of Vestax VCI-300 MIDI turntable and the VFX1 effect controller.


     All of this was done by cutting a loop in halves until it becomes a simple noise, and then passing the result through the VFX1's gates, including a Low-Frequency Oscillator (LFO), which is the heart and brains of the wobble effect. As you can see in the video below, the DJ has control of every aspect of this sound, including pitch, LFO rate, and cutoff.


     Many other effectors are also capable of this, the Vestax one now being on the affordable side for under $210 (Original price: $359.99).

     
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Turntable + Effector + Any Music = Dubstep Bassline!