hey guys

Anyone know which instrument and preset was used for the main lead, starting at 3:38, video below:

I got OsTIrus, Nordlead vst (Nodal), Spire, Diva, Hive 2, Zebra2, Dune 3 and plenty more, struggling to get that sound.
If you have a preset for it for one the VSTs, please share it with me. Many thanks

 

Something between saw and square waves? O_o
Supersquare? Hypersquare? Multisawsquare? Ahahaha

 

My guess was going to be JP8000. This track is from 97.

 

sounds like hardware.. not sure what it is.. could be

 

Some of those sounds are too complex to be simple synthesis, so I'd be looking at the Waldorfs. The filters on the lead sound a bit like Novation but 1997 is too early for those, unless they had pre-sale units. UK Company so possibly.

It sounds a lot like the virtual digital DSP series to me.

 

chasing a sound! chasing a sound! sounds like a simple analog string stab...sylenth or free surge

 

Have you tried an unison sinewave, slightly shaped torwards square/saw, just for some overtones?

 

thanks, yep, tried it, just can't get it right! I am not a sound designer so for me, it's a case of messing about. Thought I'd ask if anyone knew.

 

Do you mean you can't get the tone/color right, or the soundstage, too?

 

Paul van Dyk had Juno 60 & 106

For Tilt...

 

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i remember this sound , it was nothing very exclusive .

 

Exactly that, the tone is very different (then again I am no preset/sound designer), seeing the video posted by Hellfire, it seems that particular patch came from the JD-990 (9:35), a custom patch. I am sure it can be re-created by some talented sound designer. Awaiting impatiently

 

Do you have Leads > Amazing Trance Pluck in your Dune 3... Sounds similarish maybe can alter EQ, Reverb, Cutoff to taste and layer with another sound

 

ohh i forgot his first synth was a second hand JX-1

 

but why ? onetake obligation ,editing , workflow ....?
in the past i thought its all old/new genre wise ,but its not yeah .

 

If you still have Hypersonic 2, try the 'Heart Solo' Preset. it's almost perfect without any processing. I'll upload it in it's pure form and see what you think.


https://voca.ro/1jS8Pbktlw9K


I've just compared the two side by side for the first time. This preset is harsher and will need some chorus and smoothing but it is fairly close (just not as close as I first thought) anyway it's the closest I can get without some form of manipulation.

 

Last edited: Sep 15, 2024