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How to Make a Zombie Screech for Hard Techno in Vital

An extremely aggressive zombie screech for hard techno and industrial techno, made in Vital.

My notes from this Short

01

Random 1 on the voice transposition

I start out with a lot of voices, detune and more detune range, and maybe take the stereo unison down a bit. Then a little bit of pitch automation, with the pitch attack and sustain going down.

Now go to the matrix and add Random 1 to the global voice transposition. Make it bipolar so it hovers around the center, change it to seconds, make it super fast and increase the amount.

02

A phaser in front of the hard clip

Add distortion on hard clip and then a filter. I just use a band pass and focus on the mids, with the envelope on it so it goes down a bit too. Take the mix down a bit and add drive.

We can make this way more dirty by adding a phaser in front of the distortion. You can add a compressor, but I only like the single band, it's a bit less aggressive. Then a delay and a lot of reverb, and you can change the voices if you like.

Vital effects for a hard techno zombie screech: a phaser on 8/1 in front of the Hard Clip distortion
The phaser in front of the hard clip.
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