the PHAT-AS-HELL 303 techniques thread

[thetonewrecka]

I like to run a cable out to the driveway and park a nasty ol' V8 Cadillac there that has the gas drained from it. I take an Ipod headphone speaker and dangle it down into the empty gas tank with my lil' acid bass barking away through it. Now I've at the back of the car, I've rammed a mic into the exhaust pipe and fed that signal back down to the studio where it is recording back to cassette tape. In the car I start pressing on the gas pedal to open up the carboratuer valve and let the sound feed through the entire internal pathway. By the time it finally reaches the exhaust pipe, it is pissed off and a whole lot bigger than it was when it entered that fossil fuel funhouse.

*note - make sure you empty the tank. The first time I did this in the garage with the car running, the mic plugged up the tailpipe and I nearly died from Co2 poisoning as I jammed out on the gas pedal pretending I was working the resonance knob in Hardfloor's Acperience for an hour!

[danielmarshall]

Ooookaaay... lol

I like to double up my basslines, one an octave below the other, then run them all through Wave MaxBass. That tip from rhythemtech is a goodie too, though I use a chorus effect to bring on the phatness. Don't forget to put a high pass filter on the signal that gets the chorus though.

[Andy]

If theres any powercore users here?
Then put the powercore 24/7 compressor on your audiorealism channel and overdrive it!
Limiting so it sits neatly and nice distortion too

Also try the powercore 01 synth for acid, different sound to abl. ive been using both in my tracks

Also been routing things out of cubase and into other gear like the inputs on my virus and using the distortion, chorus, filters.

also been gaining my dj mixer too(rane ttm56), I bet even the cheapest or crapest of old mixers would work, so if you got an old one in the loft get it out and give it a try!

works for kicks and other sounds as well