Electronic Music Sounds

[Beelzebeard]

I'm new at making electronic music, and there are some sounds that I would like to be able to make, but I can't find tutorials on how to create them. The sound that I would most like to be able to create is one that deadmau5 uses a lot. When the synth is building up and then it ends, there's this sort of splash sound, and I can't figure out how to make it. A good example would in the song The Veldt, at 1:00 you here the sound that I'm talking about. I'm not sure if the sound has a name, but I can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[VomitHatSteve]

I'm not really sure what the proscribed method for generating electronica is, but I feel like the bulk of it consists of:
1. Buy some gear and/or software that seems cool
2. RtFM
3. Experiment.

Kind of like any instrument, really.

 

[kidkage]

there's this sort of splash sound

You hit the nail on the head!
The sound you reference in the Veldt is actually a splash sound.
I can't be 100% sure what HE used to create it, but it can easily be created by filtering some modulated white noise or a splash cymbal.

Feel free to direct any synthesis or sound design questions my way. I don't know everything (I feel like I don't know anything!) but I'll answer to the best of my ability.

 

[kcearl]

1. Buy "The Secrets of House Music Production"
2. Read and follow the workthroughs.
3. Record your own tracks using its templates as a reference.
4. Profit
5. Retire in the Caymans.