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Mechanimal launched its first live in October 2009 and has been
blasting full power trance music around the globe since. Now with
over 20 successful releases and ever growing experience Mechanimal released its debut album rocking dancefloors worldwide!
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10. Go to FILTER 1 and select the filter type “Bandpass”
11. Decrease the Bandwidth to about 9 o’clock. Increasing bandwidth widens the filter band
which in turn decreases the effect.
12. Drag 5LFO to the cutoff and increase amount by about 50%. This will set the lfo to control
the cutoff so when you start performing the zaps will modulate.
Psychedelic e-Mag catches up with Mechanimal for this month’s music production tutorial.
Making zaps with NI Massive
1. File -> New Sound
2. Move the OSC 1 filter balance to F1
3. Drag 1Env to OSC1 pitch slot and drag to maximum level of 64
4. Adjust master level to get a strong signal but make sure it doesn’t clip
13. Select 5LFO and shift XFade Curve to the top. [Red]
14. Deselect “Restart” and select “Sync”. [Blue] This will make the LFO move in tempo with the
tune.
“ If you want a more squiggly uncontrolled sound try using another LFO to automate the rate instead of using Sync. “
15. Adjust the ratio for how fast you want the LFO to move, I’ve set it to 3 to 4. [Yellow]
5. Select 1Env (which now controls pitch) and highlight the Trg Zero Reset. This will ensure
that the envelope restarts each time it’s triggered. [Red]
6. Increase release time to maximum and bring the decay section level down to zero. This will
ensure that the pitch naturally resolves to its original tone. [Blue]
7. Adjust attack level for how pokey/squeaky you want the zap to be. [Yellow]
8. Use the attack and Decay to shape how the zap behaves, for pokey zaps I use no attack and
a short decay, for “wow” style zaps a long attack and long decay for example. [Green]
9. To get even more creative try different envelope shapes. [Purple]
I hope you find this tutorial helpful. Many thanks for reading!
Nick Sagar-House
Mechanimal