I came across this track in another thread when someone was asking how to achieve this particular arpeggio. That's not my question, I figured that out - but I was mesmerised by the actual synth lead playing the arp. I've tried various kinds of flute patches - both presets and also creating the sounds myself from scratch, but I can't seem to achieve anything really close to this. It's got such interesting characteristics.

It has this feedback, overblown flute-type sound at times. It seems to smear a little in its clarity as it plays faster. I'm just really stumped and curious. Anyone out there with mad skills that could attempt to recreate this sound?

I have most of the big Soft Synths. I tend to use Pigments, ZebraHZ and Omnisphere the most.

 

How to Make a Realistic Flute in VITAL // Sound Design Tutorial

 

Ill have a look later

 

dexed - FM Plugin Synth Free ---> https://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/

Dorgan - Panflute: I used the free Dexed for the sound, and the reverb is the free Toneboosters v3 Reverb.
Sound example: www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=605996&sid=f439a0c5a2ae083155170aaf099199e6

I'll also upload the .fxp and .syx patch itself as an attachment so you can load it into Dexed yourself.
The fxp can be loaded using your DAW, whilst the syx you can place into the "Cartridges" folder and load it from Dexed itself.

Thank You Dorgan!

 

Don't go too mad... It's a 4 pole filtered sawtooth.
Here below made with Massive in 20 seconds.
https://vocaroo.com/1cRMrrr9pbI4

 

Last edited: Feb 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM

@Radio - thanks, I had messed around with some famous flute patches like DX7 and I had also seen that Vital tutorial. They definitely have some of the ingredients, but there's something more going on. What @orbitbooster shared definitely seems like it has some of the sonic characteristics of the target sound in that track. I wonder if combining a flute/panflute sound and a 4-pole filtered sawtooth would approximate it.