Wobble bass
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a wobble bass from scratch using the ES2 synth
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Download the accompanying video and the MIDI/audio files at filesilo.co.uk/computermusic
OK, so we’re at least a decade or more past the peak point of wobble bass appearing in popular drum & bass and dubstep tunes – but hear me out! Although this tutorial is aimed at recreating the wobble synth bass that you’ve heard in these genres, what I’m going to walk you through will hopefully inspire the type of experimentation that will help you come up with your own unique sonic qualities. After all, at some point the wobble was an innovation rather than a recreation.
Experiment, understand the techniques, then go off and forge sounds of your own.
Although the wobble (or wub as some people called it in the ’90s) is thought to go back to the acid house scene, the first notable track that I remember hearing, in days gone by, that used the technique was 1999’s Flat Beat by Mr Oizo. (Amazingly, this track still feels exceptionally fresh in 2022).