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Hey guys!
In one of my fav. songs i hear that plucked lead synth ( change me if im wrong) starts from beginning of the track!
What kind of synth is that called? maybe stabs?
So how can i make that sound like pluck?
also whats about sec 15.? Theres a base who starts its also synth right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koNkmQ0gcYo

Sorry for that noobs question but hope out for some help

It's all in the envelope. Set the Sustain low/to zero, then adjust the decay until it sounds how you want

how would you call the art of sound of the lead melody?

Is this a complex sound to design or more of the well known one?

also asking for the sub base line at 15. sex

& Thanks for the reply&info!

I'm an amateur at synthesis, but here's a quick attempt.

I would call it a pluck sound. Saw wave based. As it progresses towards the beat drop, its decay is lengthened or sustain level raised (and what sounds like a LP filter opened up to higher frequency and resonance increased, possibly some other spectral FX on the oscillator, but roughly that anyway). All lowered again when the beat drops. This sound has a delay effect on it, probably some reverb too.

The bass is probably a fairly straightforward sine wave / sine+saw (to get the growliness, but there are lots of other ways), with a very low attack and a full sustain level, saturated/distorted heavily and with a resonant LP filter which at 0:15 is turned way down but sweeps gradually towards the beat drop, to expose all of the growly gnarliness of the saturation/distortion/saw partials in the waveform, and turned back down to smooth things out.

Play with any decent subtractive synth and a couple of built-in effects and you'll be able to achieve similar sounds.

wow a lot of knowledge for a newbie on synths but thank you very much for so much information! yes i will do my best to get more skilled

wunschgefühl wrote:wow a lot of knowledge for a newbie on synths but thank you very much for so much information! yes i will do my best to get more skilled

My daddy taught me about plucking when I first bled.

maybe made by this guy? ( http://www.clavia.se/main.asp?tm=Produc ... rd_Lead_2X )