You just can’t have enough of riser effects in electronic dance music and in this short tutorial, I’ll show you how to program a pitch modulation riser effect with Wasp.
Here’s an example:
Ok, let’s get on to it!
First, load a Wasp to your FL Studio project and choose Square wave as the shape for Oscillator 1.
Set the ADSR volume envelope like this: Attack all the way to left, leave Decay as is, Sustain all the way to right and leave Release as is.
Filter settings: tweak the Cutoff, Resonance and Envelope amount -knobs like shown in the pic below and choose ‘LP FAT’ as the filter type:
LFO 1: make sure the LFO 1 destination is set to Osc 1+2 (default), switch on ‘Sync’ and turn the Amount and Speed knobs like this (also, make sure the LFO shape is set to Sine – should be set by default):
Now head to the Playlist, add an empty pattern there and open the Piano Roll -view of the Wasp and create 8 bars long note of C4:
Open up the Wasp again and create automation clip for the Cutoff -knob by right clicking on it and choosing ‘Create automation clip’ from the menu.
Draw a following Cutoff automation envelope:
Open the Channel Settings -box of Wasp, set the Pitch Knob Range to 24 semitones and right click on the Channel Pitch -knob and choose ‘Create automation clip’.
Draw a following Wasp Channel Pitch envelope:
Open up the Wasp again and right click on the LFO 1 Amount -knob and choose ‘Create automation clip’.
Draw a following Wasp LFO1 Amount envelope:
There you have it!
If you want, you can add reverb and/or delay to the effect. Also, try experimenting with different LFO Amount and Speed settings for more fun 🙂
Check the video below:
Download Pitch Modulation Riser Effect FL Studio Project File
14 Comments
you are the man Petri!! keep them coming! 😀 the best tutorials on the internet for sure
Thank you! That motivated me a lot! 8)
Awesomeness!!!!! Petri, i’ve been longing about a tutorial on using the “Filter”. In lots of prog houses they use a filter pass for the rise and bring it back before the drop. Though filter settings are quick easy, i cant seem to get the right pass at the right frequency level. Can you help?
Hey Steve!
I see what you mean and I think I’m going to add in my near future to-do list 8)
Cheers!
Just passed this amazing tutorial & perfectly merged it with my current project!
THX, man! I’m sure it’s a great TALENT to be able to make complex sounds with simple synths & have a skill to explain ‘how I made it’ after! And you HAVE it!
Keep it up, man!
Thank you Max !
Realy great 🙂 — now i know how they do it
thanx allott
iv seen all ur learning videos – i cant belev those for free 🙂 — thanx aloot man – btw r u gonna make a learning video about (mastering) for trance music ?? u know compressors and limiters and all those tricky stuff ??
that would be realy amaizing
Good tutorial here.
Pretty easy to create nice
sound effects using Automation.
Sounds like Khomha from his track Magnetik 😀 Btw amazing tutorial;)
Like Mind Gamer* 😛
thank you, petri
the best tutorial i have seen
i’m just keep hanging on this website, all day
it’s very nice, man
KEEP IT UP!!!!
petri apart from fl studios do u do tutorial on other beat making softwares?
Hey there,
So far I haven’t done any tutorials for other DAW’s, but I DO have Ableton Live 9 and I use it occasionally and I have plans on making tutorials for it as well.