Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Platform: Kilohearts Phase Plant
Description: Dual synchronized LFO wavetable sweeps with reverb. Excellent starting point for complex layered pads.
Download Link to Preset: Watch+Learn_PhasePlant_MotionWavetable
Now that we’ve had over a month of Watch+Learn, it’s time to put together an index of these tutorials and presets.
Below is a direct link to the YouTube playlist for subscribing.
Here are all the tutorials and presets as of May 22, 2020.
House bass created using Operator and Phase Plant
Level: Intermediate
Platform: Ableton Operator, Kilohearts Phase Plant
Description: The “knocking” House bass sound that’s often used in Tech House, Future House, and Classic House.
Download Link to Preset:
Watch+Learn_AbletonPreset_HouseBass1
Download Link to Preset:
Watch+Learn_PhasePlant_HouseBass1
808 Kick Bass starting points on three different softsynths: Serum, Phase Plant, and Operator.
[Note: Very low frequency content. Headphones or monitors required.]
Level: Beginner
Platforms: Ableton Operator, Xfer Serum, Kilohearts Phase Plant
Description: Recreation of the Roland TR-808 Kick Bass sound using multiple platforms. Additional customization with overdrive and distortion should be added by the user.
Download Ableton Operator 808 Kick Bass:
Watch+Learn_AbletonPreset_808KickBass
Download Xfer Serum 808 Kick Bass:
Watch+Learn_SerumPreset_808KickBass
Download Kilohearts Phase Plant 808 Kick Bass:
Watch+Learn_PhasePlant_808KickBass
Level: Beginner
Platform: Xfer Serum
Description: The core elements for synthesizing the 90s “West Coast” hip-hop lead popularized by Dr. Dre and others in the mid-90s. The “PORTA” parameter is the key to making it fit your track. Further adjustments can be applied via changing filters, and adding effects like delay and reverb.
Download Link to Preset: Watch+Learn_SerumPreset_WestCoastLead
