How To Make A Wobble Bass - MicroKORG Tutorial

I would like to start off by saying not all Dubstep has a wobble bass, and not everything with a wobble bass is dubstep.

Now that we've got that out of the way: How to make a wobble bass!

I don't really know what they expect me to type in here. All the info is in the video.

An LFO is used to create a sweep or pulsing sound in your synth patch. There are many common LFO uses such as phasers, tremolo (pronounced trem-uh-luh), and even sometimes delays. More common now is the wobble bass, used in dubstep, drum and bass, electro house, and other forms of electronic music.

To make a wobble bass, all you need to do is mod the cutoff frequency of the low-pass filter, and you get that WUB WUB WUB sound. From there you can change the frequency to be faster or slower.

Start by selecting preset B.43.

Turn Edit Knob 1 to LFO 1.

Turn Knob 1 (at the top) all the way to the left, to where the minidisplay says SAG. This is the shape of the sound wave we will be working with.

Turn Knob 2. I don't know what that is, but turn it to say OFF which is all the way to the left.

Turn Knob 3 to "ON". This turns Knob 4, the cutoff frequency, to a notation base (1/1, 8/12, 3/16, etc). You can have knob 3 set to "OFF" instead, if you want, but that changes the frequency from a notation base to a number base that is 1 as slowest and 127 as fastest. I feel that one is harder to work with, but whichever works for you is fine.

Now you can play it as you want. You can edit the patch other ways, add effects, mess with the mod wheel. Go nuts!

With enough practice you should be able to lay down a bass line with one hand while you use your other hand to turn the cutoff frequency knob to change from slower wubs to faster wubs and in between.

If you have any questions, drop a comment below!