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Chapter 14 Ultrabeat 392
Create metallic Ultrabeat sounds
If you want to create metallic sounds with Ultrabeat, the ring modulator and the Model oscillator
are the ideal tools.
Use the ring modulator to create metallic sounds
1 Load the Standard Tutorial sound.
2 Activate a phase oscillator and the Model oscillator. Choose a pitch for each oscillator above C3
so that a slightly detuned interval is created.
3 In the Material Pad of the Model oscillator, choose a setting with plenty of overtones, as in the
gure 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 lter with a high resonance value if required.
Note: You can nd a similar sound listed as Ring Bell at a pitch of A2 in the Tutorial Kit.
Tips for extreme Ultrabeat sounds
Ultrabeat features extremely fast envelopes and uncommonly powerful LFOs. Use these
modulation sources to perform extreme modulations of the oscillator and lter parameters.
Do any of the following:
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Try modulating as many targets as possible.
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Use a quick envelope to drive the lter 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.