Sound Design "Mysterious horror ambient synth"

Discussion in 'how to make "that" sound' started by Triste, Mar 23, 2026 at 11:12 PM.

  1. Triste

    Triste Newbie

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    Hello, everyone!

    I've been testing several synthesizers and effects for a month now, but I can't get that sound. There's wobble and flutter, it's very lo-fi and degraded. I couldn't find the right synthesizer and effects for this result. How can I achieve this sound? Thank you for any information that can help me! :bow:

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  3. bridgehatsynth

    bridgehatsynth Member

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    i believe the starting sound is a software organ, omnisphere has a lot of good sounding organs. as far as processing goes I would try wah filter>slight flange>tape emulator (with saturation on)>into a "lo fi" plugin such as izotope vinyl (which has flutter, wobble, hiss etc.)
     
  4. KORG3R

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    I would bet they also printed this thru a tape, because tape eats resonances and smooths things exactly like this but again, i don't think they did it from a DAW with a soft synth, it might have been Jupiter 4 etc..

    ..just spent 2-3 years playing with a tape almost every day and soft synths no matter what you do wont be caught sounding like this, you can wobble them do whatever, it wont happen unless you introduce the effect prior but not digitally.

    I would say, finding a really good organ sound, from an old VHS from somewhere already lo-fied, you just need one clean note and you can do this. After that you can go on a mentioned route with IzVinly etc.
     
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