Minimal D&B: Mid Bass Growls in Serum [5 Steps]

I show you simple steps on how to make mid bass growls found on many minimal neuro drum & bass tracks by artists such as Skeptical, Alix Perez, Enei and Break. The V-Shaped Mid Bass Growl was one of the first mid bass sounds I learned how to make. Back then I did it on the Virus B hardware synth. I show you how to make it in Serum as well as adding FX to make the growl come alive.
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5 Basic Steps:
0:44 Choosing the Waveform
2:17 V-Shaped Filter Envelope
6:01 Serum FX: MB Comrpession, Dimension
7:35 Saturation, EQ
8:41 Effects - Delay and Reverb
9:30 Variations

[@STRANJAH]

As promised here are the presets for the Mid Bass Growl. Thank you for helping me hit over 200 LIKES! www.dropbox.com/s/lgumwo8xpc02119/STRANJAH_MID_BASS_GROWL.zip?dl=0

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Stranjah, what I really like is that you don't talk too fast. Too many tutorials on YT sound like the dude is wired on energy drinks. Thanks

[@SvintMvrcus]

75k Subs later. Good shit man!

[@Hello9291]

sickkk literally hear myself progressing so much when looking at older projects thanks to you

[@STRANJAH]

Comments like these is what makes a teacher happy. Keep it up and feel free to show me your progress!

[@kobalt77]

This is the most concise, easy to follow video on how to achieve this type of sound I have seen yet................. and I have been watching the making of "Growl basses" videos for like 20 years now LOL.......................................... Well done STRANJAH, this is exactly what I have been looking for .. You are a Champ !

[@Ryan.Anderson80]

Your videos are exactly what I've been looking for. Love these old bass lines and then you add a modern twist to some. Sick channel mate.

[@ElectronikBeatzMuzik2k]

You know when someone makes a music production tutorial uploads it. You get a small taster of what its about and the sounds being made. Now you wanna hit your studio again. Well for me. This is one of them - Nice one !

[@whitesonar]

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[@danecustance2734]

Sweet, I liked your crafty reuse of the patch using the LFO and octave shift at the end.

[@Obler.r]

G you are too cold with it I smile with u when you’re cooking this 🔥 hella inspiration from these videos too man

[@keety1X]

Very nice, the use of the envelope was an eye opener for me, pure DNB, science right here, thank you🇬🇧Be safe🌻

[@STRANJAH]

Cheers Keety, yes you can get more wild results using the LFO as an envelope!

[@mr.passdope1748]

now i have beeen into ableton for more than a year and a half, and i must be new to this, i am a huge fan of two steps ukg things like burial, and i from tutorial to tutorial, i keeep learning valuable things about ukg, thank you man ! keep it up, big up from Tunisia !

[@JelleJelleJelle]

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[@STRANJAH]

Thank you Jelle that means alot!

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Pls don't stop making vids! Best tutorials I've seen, so clear and easy to understand.

[@STRANJAH]

Thanks Ollie, glad its easy to follow along!

[@sinelanguage9756]

Thanks for the free Serum pack. Very good!

[@ShaolinDub999]

MAn i'm so glad i found you! Been searching for great tutorials on minimal dnb for so long, keep on going your videos are super helpful !! Cheers

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Damien Bovard check out sceptre music as well, he does really good tutorials focusing on minimal dnb 👍🏼

[@STRANJAH]

Thanks, your welcome!

[@STRANJAH]

Cheers will check him out too!

[@NRG2]

Soo stoked I found this channel!!! Much love ya’ll!!

[@drgitgud]

i went from "ill download free ableton trial and have some fun" to sitting in serum for hours listening so weird sounds help

[@riddimfernandez5139]

You are a great teacher dude. And that's coming from a highschool physics teacher. Well done.

[@robbiehiggins6763]

Thanks best serum tutorial on KZbin mate 😀

[@STRANJAH]

Thanks Robbie!

[@charlie2634]

Literally just came across your channel subbed! Crazy how you only have that many subscribers should be a lot more.

[@STRANJAH]

Thanks and that means a lot, if you know of others who would enjoy the channel please share, appreciate the help!

[@mauricereid1484]

These tutorials are fucking sick m8, no bs straight to the BASS

[@STRANJAH]

Thanks bro, I'm trying my best, there's a lot of competition out there, so I'm glad you like!

[@unrussleablejimmies4428]

All of your content is choice. Like a master class for sound craft. Big ups m8

[@djgon49]

this one is def one of the most eye openers for me! Thanks!

[@djgon49]

If people are telling you " It needs more Mids " This is what they are talkin bout. Ha!

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Man, another nineteen thousand subscribers in the few months since this video! You’re on fire 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@MaxUvarov]

Bro i love your videos! Helps me a lot! THNX!

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[@STRANJAH]

Thank you so much!!!

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One word: Legend

[@ASH-ou4cg]

Pretty cool and neat sound Bob. Thanks for sharing!

[@STRANJAH]

Your welcome Harry!

[@alfonzo4367]

Such a wicked video. Really got to go off the sound u made to make my own fave new mids!

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Wicked little video dude. Big-ups

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The legend himself! It's been long overdue my dude :) I hope we get to see you rocking some Amens too :)

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[@STRANJAH]

thank you!

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you've got the best and most concise sound design tutorials mate. keep them coming.

[@danielf2268]

So thankful for these!!!! BIG UP

[@TheDarkInstall]

Bloody good work mate.

[@STRANJAH]

Thank you!

[@skalatormusic]

Excellent and simple! Bug ups Stranjah!

[@STRANJAH]

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skyrocketing my skills! Great content!

[@STRANJAH]

Your welcome!

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[@djlowtek]

Soooo thankful. Bless.

[@andrewgillan3146]

Top work again, thanks for this!

[@giulio5654]

Insane bass man! Such good content! Keep up the good work.

[@STRANJAH]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@taylorquick8379]

So clear and precise, big ups man

[@DJMIGDRUM]

Amazing, simple and directly. Thanks man!

[@STRANJAH]

cheers Miguel!

[@eli123123]

dude your videos are amazing, top notch sounds! cheers

[@definty]

Here is a tip, instead of unison use the same wave table in both osc a & b and just pan left & right. Then turn the rand to 0. Now you have much more control of the phase instead of using rand.

[@MrChowboy23]

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[@STRANJAH]

thank you man!

[@BookooZenny]

Try holding alt while dragging around in the LFO to snap points to the grid :)

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So sick!

[@STRANJAH]

Thank you!

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Awesome stuff! Keep posting and I'll keep watching!

[@STRANJAH]

Will do my best Ryan!

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Concise and effective! Nice vid.

[@STRANJAH]

Glad you liked it!

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This is amazing, exactly what i wanted.. keep it up mate!

[@STRANJAH]

Cheers Joe, glad it helped!

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brilliant as usual

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Really Good!!! Thanks for sharing so much valuble info!!!!

[@STRANJAH]

Bigup Mat!!!

[@LennynSampedro]

sounds sickk man thanks for the tut

[@jackhammer8061]

@STRANJAH Great work dude! This is by far one of the most clear cut and eye-openingly widely applicable/translatable bass sound design videos I’ve ever seen, because basically changing the wavetable and playing with the rest of the same processing can basically lead you most of the way to almost any other/countless other pro sounding bass sounds, in terms of what makes up the bulk of the sound, generally speaking of course. Like this is format of bass design is incredibly flexible & I really appreciate it haha. If you take requests I would be curious what you would do on a video on making saw-growls with live’s vocoder and the triple OTT trick///or making basses out of plain sine waves and making it come to life all with post-synth wave shaping distortion + that vocoder & triple OTT and a few other stock effects inside a parallel process rack w/a empty chain so that the sine stays perfectly in tact with everything & it eliminates the headeach of trying to match up the sub’s pitch with any LFOs/pitch bending. Basically if you put the vocoder & other stuff before the triple OTT all sorts of magic can happen haha. Very interested to see if/how you digest this and approach this format of bass design!

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Mate, thank you so much, greatly explained, I literaly just understood how this bass design works,, BIG UP, GREAT CHANEL

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Much love - this tutorial is amazing, keep up the good work. Subscribed!

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Absolutely love your vids bro. big ups!

[@STRANJAH]

Cheers Arron!

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I have been looking for a tutorial exactly like this sick man !!!!

[@STRANJAH]

Glad it helped Joe!

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another great tut, thank you

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Exactly what i was looking for! Much respect, big fan of your work

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Awesome tutorial thank you I’m learning now 👊

[@STRANJAH]

Glad you are Darren!

[@antihero898]

Dude this is awesome. Going to have to play with it using lfo point modulation, especially with moving the bottom point of the v over time.

[@maladapt]

you're killing it! loving these. Do you have a tutorial for what's going on w/ the other bass sound? I think it's the massive x track

[@STRANJAH]

Thank you! It's a rolling bass used a lot in liquid, I show it in serum but its the same way with massive x let me know if you can figure it out kzbin.info/www/bejne/aITKd2prpLl5obM

[@maladapt]

STRANJAH does it show what's going on with the pitch? Are you you using the pitch wheel or automating it though serum?

[@maladapt]

@@STRANJAH it sounds like this one does something different with the pitch which is what I'm interested in. I'm curious if it's glide, pitch wheel or possibly an LFO on course pitch in serum

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best vid ever keep em coming !!!

[@STRANJAH]

Thank you I'll do my best Ramon!

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Big up Stranjah!

[@drytekk]

What headphones are you using?

[@STRANJAH]

Sennheiser HD 25 en-ca.sennheiser.com/on-ear-dj-headphone-hd25

[@STRANJAH]

Cheers Jake!

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This is fantastic....Again..thank you. :)

[@STRANJAH]

Thank you once again!

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Doing God’s work over here. Great videos.

[@General_Dat_Loud_Recordings]

Great tutorial! Always struggled with these.

[@drthorpe8602]

hello mate! this is great. have you by chance done a tutorial on how to do the low end bass / sub bass part?

[@doctoronishispsychosislab1474]

Dirty bass dude :) Didnt know about the enevlope thing only playing it once thats well legit ^^

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mate this was dope. Subbed

[@STRANJAH]

Thanks for subbing!

[@barbosa8498]

Nailed!

[@mank3y_]

amazing man, nice one!

[@matthewking7106]

Fantastic tutorials. Could you show us how to program the mid bass growl for massive x.

[@BLumDAbuSS]

Bro I just found you from an article that was chastising you for sharing these secrets. Whoever wrote it was deeply resentful, like the worst gatekeeping byatch ever. This is prime content & you're the goat for sharing thank you. However I don't have serum is there any chance you could explain how to recreate with lpx stock plugins please?

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Sick sounds! Thank you! :)

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Great videos, keep em coming :)

[@STRANJAH]

Thank you Linards!

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Ace cheers man 👌

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Man, thank you a lot. I made a sick drop in my (good) trap beat cause of your bass tutorial

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Great video!!!

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GRANDE!

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Great thanks !!

[@STRANJAH]

You're welcome!

[@Banshee9769]

How would I translate this to operator?

[@sebascagua]

Nice

[@STRANJAH]

Thanks

[@deathdemon19991]

i'g getting a clicking at te beginning and end of the bass do you know how i can fix this please?

[@freddiehawes3194]

Do you ever use Massive? Would you consider doing some massive vids. P.s really enjoying these videos man, learn’t a lot from them! Thanks for putting in the time.

[@ASH-ou4cg]

He has, already!

[@STRANJAH]

Thanks Freddie! I'll look into doing more Massive videos. Do you want videos for the old Massive or Massive X?

[@freddiehawes3194]

STRANJAH Hey mate, sorry for the late reply. I saw the Massive X tutorials but I was referring to the old Massive, should’ve made that more obvious sorry!

[@elvisjaggerabduljabbar5750]

what is the difference between of wobble and growl ?

[@TheLeekyFeeder]

Anyone know if you can do this in Massive X? And if so how you do it?? Thanks!

[@Nathan-mx8zx]

great video very insightful, following every step and i can understand it very well how it works.however when i go to the note part my grown is much faster. can't seem to find the reason, i put the session in the same bpm and tried experimenting with the bars in the envelope. any tips for getting a much slower lfo or envelope ?

[@hardboiled2000]

Sick

[@cameronsmith712]

could you do a video about the rolling bassline from this video pls mate? can never quite get them right!

[@STRANJAH]

It's pretty much show in this video here, you just have to use the pitchwheel to make it slide upward. Also tighten up the detuning on unison mode. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aITKd2prpLl5obM

[@scolex8001]

can you maybe do a jump up tutorial? thanks :)

[@emmanuelesavoca194]

Hey dude, could you please do this in vital?

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Im late to the party but could you deconstruct the drums on this one for us? Your videos are incredible helpfull! Thanks for all the Work. I bagged some Stranjah Tracks imediatly after stumbling on your Chanel.