What is this sound?

BigNasty813

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I've been involved in music (mostly playing acoustic instruments by ear) for decades but only recently started playing with DAWs. I'm learning more and more every day. Lately I've been on a serum tutorial binge.

There's a sound that is made quite often in deathstep (I only recently learned this sub genre even existed). I don't even know the right search term and I've been trying like hell to find it on my own.

Here's the example. The sound only plays between 3:39 and 3:40. It's way more subtle than the pattern leading up to it. I often hear it like a white noise and it always pans.

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What am I looking for here? Is it simply the shape in an LFO?
 
It could be done a number of ways, but I'm guessing it is a gate with white noise (could be some other processed and mangled sound or sample though).

*Here is some of the theory: Gates and Triggers Explained - Synthesizers.com

*Here is a little practical use (very little, but still). It's all in Japanese, mostly instructions for patching, so unless you speak Japanese, skip ahead to almost the end: YouTube

*Lastly here's a demo on the Korg Monotribe. Much at the beginning is done with LFO, step-sequencing patterns, etc., but from 1:05 on he goes to town with a controlled gate on the white noise generator: YouTube

The preceding were all analog examples, but you can do the same thing in your DAW or digital synth plug-in; you've just got to figure out how it works in your individual program. Guarantee it will be much easier to set-up than 56 patch cords...

GJ
 
Thanks for that. Even being new, "gating" crosses my mind. I don't understand it too well of course but these help a little. There's a plugin called Gross Beat that has some gating presets I was playing with.

The last video with the Korg was really neat. A lot of that stuff in the beginning is exactly what I'm talking about. The example I gave was only one of many I've heard. The sound is more "rounded" if I'm even evaluating it correctly. Most often it is only white noise.
 
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