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3 In the Material Pad of the Model oscillator, choose a setting with plenty of overtones, as
in the figure below.
4 Set the volume of each oscillator to a value of −60 dB, and click “ring mod” to turn on
the ring modulator.
You’ve just created a bell-like sound that you can filter with a high resonance value if
required.
Note: You can find a similar sound listed as Ring Bell at a pitch of A2 in the Tutorial Kit.
Ultrabeat Tutorial: Creating Extreme Sounds
Ultrabeat features extremely fast envelopes and uncommonly powerful LFOs. Use these
modulation sources to perform extreme modulations of the oscillator and filter parameters.
To create “out of the ordinary” sounds
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Try modulating as many targets as possible.
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Don’t be afraid of using extreme settings.
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Use a quick envelope to drive the filter to self oscillation for a fraction of a second.
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Use a few LFO cycles at a much higher rate than other cycles.
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Experiment with the Dirt parameter or the bit crusher.
Ultrabeat Tutorial: Programming in Building Blocks
As you become familiar with drum sound programming, you may begin thinking in
building blocks, realizing that drum sounds usually consist of different components.
After you mentally—or physically—write down your list of components, try to emulate
each component that contributes to the sound’s character, making use of the different
sound generators available in Ultrabeat. Assigning dedicated amplitude envelopes to the
different components allows you to control their temporal behavior individually. For
example, you can emulate the body of a drum with Oscillator 1, the sound of the stick
hitting the skin (or first transient) with the noise generator, and additional overtones and
harmonics can be provided by Oscillator 2 or the ring modulator.
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