Simple FM Donk
 

1st post so hello !

I've just bought a Virus Ti after a few years of wanting one..

Today I've been trying to make a simple FM donk as a starting block to something more layered.. Logic users think EFM1 default..

I'd usually us FM8 for this kind of thing but I want to see how far I can go with the Virus for this application.

The end result I'm going for is somewhere in this ballpark - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqOgsKIIWxY

Or like Gorgon City's bass' in Go All Night, Ready For Your Love etc - https://soundcloud.com/gorgon-city/s...ns-out-oct-6th

I've had a few attempts that I'm happy to share - https://soundcloud.com/jacksonalmond...amples/s-PCCxp

1st two are from the Virus, 3rd is EFM1 & 4th is FM8

If anyone can shed some light on this I'd be really happy to hear your thoughts / advice.

I've mostly been struggling because I don't have the editor installed as my OS doesn't support it so editing all hands on for the moment...

Regards,
Jackson

I should probably point out in the YouTube video bass @ 1.33..

Sounds amazing as you can hear a strong harmonic somewhere then after the response call @ 1.45 is over the next repeat of the b-line has a different harmonic... lovely!!

I can only suggest you either sample the "donks" from the 90s anthem "Passion" by Gat Dacor (my favourite "donks"!) or you try almost any FM synth, they almost all have a "donk"-like preset somewhere, it's a very standard FM sound. I'd be very surprised if there's not a very similar preset in either Toxic 1 or 2 already.

Talking about that mp3 for a moment, it actually sounds very, very 90s in general with it's hoover synths, house "donks", 909 drums and cheesy "dirty girl" samples. All staple stuff from the early 90s! In fact more than anything it reminds me of old Gabba stuff like "sperminator" (except much slower and the kicks are way too girly!) and the filthy porn sampling stuff that was pouring out of Rotterdam and Amsterdam at the time.

Is that track a fair representation of what "scouse house" sounds like? I'd heard the term before but never really heard an example. I can't say I'm much of a fan of the sound (based on that example) but it's always interesting to find out about these genres. :)

Hey this sounds good to me... I was trying to make some donks today, but they sounded like donkies... any chance you could pass on a midi dump?:grin:

A donk I hear... after browsing so many banks. I could never find one with in the TI that i liked, always too synthy and not enough Donk.

So I made my own. Upload in 5 mins

I know it's an old thread but i'd not been here in a while and I'm doing a bit more work on my 'the entire Virus soundbank library' word document.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzU...ew?usp=sharing

Edit: the file won't play because it's a virus TI midi bank file. Download and install it as normal to your patches folder.