Ollie Music Turns a Boring FM Lead into a Psytrance Monster – Bitwig Mayhem Unleashed

Ollie Music kicks things off with a lead so dull it could put a kangaroo to sleep. Using Massive, he crafts a basic FM patch that’s about as exciting as a flat beer at a BBQ. But don’t tune out yet – this is just the blank canvas for a psychedelic masterpiece. The real magic, he hints, is hiding in the FX chain, ready to turn this snoozer into a wild ride.

To spice things up, Ollie brings in a secondary, evolving sound – a morphing FM lead that bubbles and shifts like a didgeridoo on acid. This animated carrier is the secret sauce, ensuring the final patch never sits still. The stage is set for some serious sonic alchemy, and you can already tell Ollie’s about to take us on a trip through the outback of sound design.

Here’s where things get proper weird, mate. Ollie slaps Bitwig’s vocoder onto the boring FM lead, using the animated carrier as the modulator. With a few quick tweaks – cranking up the bands, fiddling with stereo width and bandwidth – the sound starts to shimmer and morph, leaving its vanilla roots in the dust.

He’s not just copying settings, either. Ollie encourages mucking about with the vocoder’s parameters, because every twist gives you a new flavour. Attack and release are set lightning fast to avoid turning the patch into a bland copy, and the formant knob gets a workout, pushing the sound closer to that glassy, alien texture. It’s like watching a surfboard go from a plank to a wave-shredding machine.

Now the fun really begins. Ollie dives into Bitwig’s modulators, unleashing LFOs and randomisers to animate the low and high frequency bands of the vocoder. The patch starts to breathe and move, with subtle wobbles and unpredictable shifts – it’s alive, mate, and ready for a stomp in the dust.

But he doesn’t stop there. Glitch effects, filtering, pitch shifting, and a healthy dose of EQ and limiting turn the patch into a psychedelic monster. Each effect adds a new layer of madness, and Ollie’s not shy about pushing things to the edge. If you want to hear just how wild it gets, you’ll need to watch the video – words can’t do justice to the sonic mayhem on display.