I just came across this 13 part series on making dub step bass patches using NI’s Massive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JK4kYKxVP0&feature=related
iirc - that tutorial, while quite informative about massive, doesn’t really give you a good sounding bass because i think it skips from a not-so-nice sounding bass that he’s making in massive - to a nice sounding bass later on in one of the steps without explaining anything…
i could be wrong, but i think it’s that tutorial.
renoise lets you make nice sounding basses too without a lot of effort! and i think there are benefits to doing it directly in renoise, like they’re more manipulable and stuff.
here’s a quick loop of some really simple stuff (with some not so nice drums) as an example:
just make a synth with some crazy slightly detuned oscillators then put a filter going up and down and then add some bit crusher! i dont make dubstep really but this works for me! 
have to disagree about the tutorial i tought it was brilliant and very well explained,soon as i finished i got some beautifull bass sounds goin,thanks for posting the link
Hi
for those who have NI Reaktor, there in that synth http://www.radiansoundlab.com
It’s heavy, very, very heavy.
No OSX support? 
Reaktor synths work cross platform 
DERP! Duh. Thanks! My reading failed.
theres a good synth made just for that available for free here http://teglegrecords.free.fr/
find it on the FreeStuff page 
its called DogStepper
theres a few 8bit glitchy stand alone synths and sample ganarators also free
layer that shit.
Has anyone mentioned the itchy synths thus far?
http://www.dubstepforum.com/free-synths-itchy-synths-vst-t90924.html
Seriously though, you can achieve a decent wobble bass with a simple square wave, a bandpass filter with a strong negative envelope, Lfo’d to the 1/4 (automate changes in sync rate). Stereo spread can help with the fatness, unison, multiple instances etc.
EDIT: Lfo is for the cutoff frequency sorry…
It should go FHWhomP! (negative env) Whuaaa…(sustain) Whub whub whub whub whub… (always include sound bytes of desired effects)
Unfortunately I haven’t gotten far enough into renoise to do this with native tools yet (dunno where the option for inverted filter envelope is) but it’s definitely do-able out of the box. (I mean download)
By the way, these are ridiculous 
. Thanks for the heads up!
It’s no secret what DAW Skream uses though…
Fruity Loops
[sub]at least, thats what he told me[/sub]
editz0r
http://www.lo-la.co.uk/2006/12/28/skream-unedited-interview/
@ coopr: could you post the xrns of your example [‘really simple stuff (with some not so nice drums)’]? what your doing there is exactly what i want to achieve and without usung vsts too…nice!! pleeeaaaase!!! 
some one mentioned earlier, using bandpass filters instead of LPFs for wobble, this actually sounds better!
but my extra tip would be, to highpass filter that wobble on the end of the effects-chain, and add a sub sinewave along side it - obviously using the same notes. it’s a little time consuming but well worth it! then maybe send both the sub + wobble(s) to a bus channel and compress it.
Depends totally and utterly on the bass’ high end. If it reaches beyond 2KHz, it could work better, depending on what sound you’re after. But I’d not compress sub and wobble together, let them both speak for themselves. To quickly layer something with sub:
- Duplicate track, inl. patterns
- Advanced pattern editor: track in song, replace wobble-instrument with sub-instrument
- Replace wobble on filter with wobble on gain
Interesting topic,
I’m brand spanking new to renoise and would love a peek at the renoise set you used for the dubstep demo you posted…
but the link for the set is dead
anyone still have it ?
Cheers
I just listened back to it and didn’t really like it.
Here’s a different example: http://drop.io/zdyifna/asset/example-xrns