Bass & Subs · Session 02

Moving Wobble Bass

7 min · Mono · No patch cable needed

 

Two detuned oscillators, a tight filter envelope, and a wobble that doesn’t come from the LFO.

The upgrade in this session is using oscillator 4 as the modulation source instead of the LFO — its fine tune knob becomes your rate control, and the oscillator 4 control switch makes the wobble speed follow the keyboard, so low notes wobble slower than high ones. Switching to saw and reverse saw gets you triggered and sidechain-style bass, shapes the LFO simply doesn’t offer.

In this session

Layered oscillatorsDetune for phasingFilter envelopeOscillator 4 as LFOKeyboard-tracked wobble rateSidechain-style bass

Tip: If the wobble sounds weak, turn the amount of contour down. The envelope and the modulation are both pushing the same cutoff, and the envelope tends to win.

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