Production - How Do They Get That Sound!? (dubstep)

if you are on live, this might help

I've started educating myself about synths recently. I can only give you a general idea of what to try; I'll assume you have some sort of soft synth [If not google "Synth 1" or "polylblit" for two good freeware subtractive synth vsts]

For a dubstep sound I would try using one or two Sawtooth waveforms transposed down -24 and -12 respectively, and also a Sine waveform transposed -8 or maybe -12, whatever sounds better. Lower the Cutoff point to take out all the high frequencies and then smack on some LFO to get the signal 'wobbling' - another sawtooth for the LFO or even a pulse wave I imagine would get a good effect.

These are only suggestions. You could also Google it to get a pro answer somewhere. But as already said, experiment with the sound you'll be using to make your 'own' sound.

Good luck!

so some of you may know i've been getting into production recently, and the love of my life is dubstep. i've wanted to produce in this genre since i feel that kind of music flows through me, but i've hesitated because of a key issue: i can't get the right sound. i feel like there's a big secret about how to get that wobbly bass sound that's typical of a lot of dubstep music. is there a certain synth sound that is huge in dubstep production? or is all done through ground-up creation and modification of basic basslines? anyone that could point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.