Example Kickstarts synth lead

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  1. anthony doyle

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    Anyone know how to make this sound.
    Sounds is at zero seconds. Kind of an eighties sound.


     
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    It's an electronic kick drum. And very non-80s.
    And there is an effected cymbal/noise with it.
     
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    I'm talking about the synth sound, not the kick drum or the cymbal noise. It starts at 0.5 seconds.
     
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    Make your mind up!
    5 seconds in, or half a second as you've put?
     
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    Right. The top line. Mono-synth. With delay.
    Quite sine wavey but slightly smooth saw or something. :dunno:
    Surely you have a synth plugin with a preset like that.
     
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    This is just a saw + LP cutoff. The only (sort of) interesting element that I find here is the LFO on fine-pitch (vibrato). Add delay, rev and other stuff to your liking. Try mono + portamento/glide.. anyway this (under 2 mins) should get you going:



    Any synth will do (Serum is nice for showing simple things). If you still need help with others, just let me know :)
     
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    Yeahyeah, that's what I meant! lol :winker:
    Well done. I learnt something.
     
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    Was so confused when I clicked on your track, was ready to give it a shot but then it was a totally other track that I don't remember because your's is way more dance floor oriented. Apparently It thought the remix was the original and never checked until now.
     
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    here's what I made using Serum for fun. not close at all I think.

    EDIT: maybe tweak the envelope a bit to get more pluckier like in the video, but the basic idea is LFO on the fine tune.
     
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    Hi , thanks for that tutorial Roberto. That sounds perfect. I thought the synth sound seemed simple enough but it also had a special quality to it and I didn't know how to make it.
     
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    Thanks for all the responses on the thread, I couldn't open the serum file made by Stevie because my serum is an older version.
     
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    This reminds me so much of Aphex Twin and the lead (below). I went on forums back in late 90's and asked the same question. I also learned about sine LFO on pitch (vibrato) then. Great flashbacks!

     
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    Nice. Aphex Twin is a unique visionary. Many of he's songs have started going viral in the last few years.
     
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