Making a wobbly, dubstep-style bass is usually done by modulating the filter cutoff on a square wave. A simple but different way to achieve the same effect is to modulate the Volume control found in the Amplifier module. This affects the amplitude of the sample, rather than the frequency content, giving a cleaner sound. Retrigger FingerĪ good way to create unique drum patterns is to slice a drum break in Kontakt and play it back via MIDI. Load up Retrigger in the Script Editor and experiment with the Rate control. Try it in Free mode at under 0.1ms to create wild glitching effects. Kontakt's built-in delay is very useful, but the Delay Sequencer (found in the Script Editor) allows the creation of a customised MIDI delay line - sequencing the pan steps hard left and right for a ping-pong delay, to give one simple example. Turn a boring, plain old sawtooth sample into a menacing, nasty Reese bass using Kontakt's Group Editor. Load the sample into a new instrument, then open the Group Editor and duplicate the sample's group (right-click it and choose Duplicate Group). Next, turn off Edit All Groups, before tuning the first group up by 50 cents and the second one down by the same amount.
