Zomboy Nuclear Lead - Massive Tutorial

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This is a tutorial on how to make the awesome lead synth from Zomboy - Nuclear. It's almost exactly the same sound, and the method shown here may very well be the method Zomboy himself used :3

No presets guys. If you can't follow the tutorial (it's very simple), then you need to see a doctor :P

Enjoy :D

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[jAyMaC]

I forgot to show it, but I did cut the lows in order to add my own sub bass. And I know there's a different patch for the harmony, but I'm lazy :P

[jAyMaC]

I'll be honest with you, at first I did 'acquire' my production tools. The only hardware I had was an M-Audio USB audio interface and some Sony earbuds to work with, but as I'm getting into music more seriously (and as I'm getting more money), I'm slowly 'legalizing' my collection of stuff, purchasing licences for the VSTs I have, etc.

I don't like to pirate, but I just couldn't afford it. I will eventually buy everything I use though, mark that :D

[Denzien]

Out of all the remakes of all the songs in history, this one, sounds the closest to the song your trying to recreate 0.0 good job pro, subbed.

[sweagboi]

5:07 thank you so much for that that has helped in so many songs

[ucdannewman]

best replication I've ever heard.

[SquidBlue]

If your using Logic Pro, Edit the pitch bend by going into your Note Editor, clicking "view", "MIDI Draw", then "Pitch Bend". You then draw in pitch bend by using "Cmd+Click".

[ericefectvideos]

wow dude thats one of the best and most accurate remakes of a dubstep track i've ever heard

[unofficial_creep]

that oldschool massive synth is just too gooood

[larsr]

This is the best remake i've ever heard of, you sir, are a genius!!

[AroTV]

"You don't have to .. but just looks better." Lmao, made my day! Great tutorial, great result, perfect!

[Nexane]

There are alot of remakes where they don't sound much alike, but this...absolutely stunning, I have never seen such an accurate remake before

[jAyMaC]

I don't have a separate harmony patch, as I just played the harmony in the same instance of massive, but in Zomboy's track I believe it's just a square and saw wave together. Well, that's what it sounds like at least :P

[DJCouchKing]

Good quick and concise tutorial. It would be helpful if you would play a little bit between changing parameters in massive, so we can hear what each change does to the sound.

[jAyMaC]

Whoa, that was quick! I wasn't expecting any views in the first week let alone the first couple of hours O.O

Yeah the growls were a bit tricky to figure out, but I guess I'll make a tutorial on them too :)
It's a pretty involved process so it will take a while, but it's coming, so hold on ;)

And thanks for the sub ^-^

[jAyMaC]

You mean the tremolo sounding lead-ish thing? I believe it's just an LFO on the volume of the lead sound. Also, turning up the amp of the second oscillator leads (heh) to a dirtier sound. I mapped this, and an LFO to macro knobs in Massive and automated them to get that effect, but I didn't show it in the tutorial. Sorry, I was trippin' thinking I'd gone over the 10 minute limit of YouTube vids XD

[nathanleman]

HopDubstep Just go to arrangement view and then any effects like modulation that you have activated will show on a dropdown menu under Massive to the right of the screen. When you click on the right modulation you will see a line appear and just move that line how you want to auto-modulate.

[unofficial_creep]

i looove these old skrillex/zomboy/etc LEADS! and they come back again

[ZSBZ]

when you compared your's to Zomboy's i thought your growl before the lead sounded better than his. can you do a tutorial on the growl?

[bomis]

I actually like your version better :D

[LucidLiquidity]

Jesus Christ! Closest recreation I've ever heard... of anything... period. Kudos!