[darkvoid26]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could help me with this sound please:

The best way I could describe it is like an airplane engine that has been filtered thoroughly. It appears throughout the song, but is most noticeable at 4:19.

Also quite noticeable at 1:50, 2:42, and 4:03.

I have access to FL Studio synths (like 3x Osc) as well as Sylenth and Massive. I am quite an amateur so any detail is appreciated as to how to create it. I am more knowledgeable of Sylenth than Massive.

Thank you for any assistance. 🙂

[darkvoid26]

I managed to partially create it with a flanger effect placed on partially filtered whitenoise in 3X Osc. However, mine doesn’t sound nearly as thick or aggressive. I will be experimenting more with some other flanger and phaser plugins to see if this helps. Any further tips would be appreciated!

[Joe Hanley]

If you post your attempt here, I’ll take a listen, and suggest some adjustments

[darkvoid26]

Joe Hanley wrote:

If you post your attempt here, I’ll take a listen, and suggest some adjustments

Thanks for replying to my post.

The first clip is the section of the sound I am using to replicate the sound because it most clearly isolates the sound.

The second clip is the sound I have made.

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[Joe Hanley]

I think it just needs some low pass filtering. Take off some top end, maybe use a 24 dB filter. If it has filter Drive, maybe push that up. You’ve got the general tone down. Just taking off some of the bite and rounding it out a bit will probably get you there.

[darkvoid26]

Joe Hanley wrote:

I think it just needs some low pass filtering. Take off some top end, maybe use a 24 dB filter. If it has filter Drive, maybe push that up. You’ve got the general tone down. Just taking off some of the bite and rounding it out a bit will probably get you there.

*Note: there was some strange error in posting this reply so I apologize if there are two copies of the same reply*

I’ve been extensively experimenting, and tried what you recommended. I got really close to a final result! But, I’ve concluded that the initial sound used is not actually just white noise – it’s a pad that’s played throughout the song. That explains the bass that is present as well as the “thickness” I was describing.

For that reason, I created a version that incorporates a pad as well (that’s “Whitenoise Clip V2 – with added synths.wav”).
The pad I used, on its own without automation effects and the whitenoise, is “Pad Clip.wav.”

The section of the song I used to replicate the pad is “Track Clip 2 – No Matter What You Do (pad sample).wav.”
Do you have any recommendations for replicating this pad? I’ve been struggling to imitate it.

Thank you again for your assistance!

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[Joe Hanley]

Try making the following adjustments to the pad you created:

1. Apply a Low Pass to take off the top, yours is too bright and buzzy. Also, try turning the resonance up to give it to a bit more of a nasal shape. OR, you could try a bandpass filter. Tweak the settings until you get that really filtered sound the recording has.

2. Narrow the width. It should be more center-focused.

3. The tone itself should be more string-like. Check out our YT video on strings, and mess around with some of those ideas to see if you can get closer to the timbre: