In these tutorial videos, Toneshifterz looks at the music workflow for creating hardstyle leads using only Cubase plug-ins like Retrologue 2, which has up to 8 voices per oscillator to create a detuned voice sound, like the Euro dance genre or an old school sound. With a noise generator and ring modulation to create a buzzy crispy sound, then adjusting the ADSR curve of the filter envelope and adding effects, you can create great tonal character and balance in sound.
Sound Layering And Lead Building
In this second tutorial video for hardstyle production, Toneshifterz takes the saw and character hardstyle leads he created in the previous video and uses Retrologue 2 and Cubase plug-ins with sound layering and lead building to produce a character lead for a truly sick sound. Based on the leads for his song Scream & Shout, the process includes creating more textures by adding portamento to glide between notes, adding studio EQ or EQ and distortion, using a compressor for sound squashing and detuning the voice sound. Walking you through his music workflow, Toneshifterz shows how Cubase has all the DAW tools you need for high quality hardstyle music production.
