[Benjamin Luo]

How do I recreate that guitar/piano-y snyth in kiss me more (the one doing the arpeggiated chords)? I got a snippet of just the synth itself here

The guy originally plays it on a nord stage 3. Curious if there’s a preset there already… but I don’t have a nord stage 3 🙁

All I can tell is there a band pass centred around 1k hz and pitch vibrato (which is variable and only apples to the top notes, not the bass notes)

• This topic was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by Joe Hanley. Reason: Youtube embed

[Joe Hanley]

While you could probably get close with a synth, if you really want that sound, you’re better off going with a guitar sample. It looks like they either recorded an actual guitar, or used a guitar sample, and then sped it up to get that unnatural wobbly tone.

[Benjamin Luo]

Thanks for your reply 🙂 I will try it with a guitar sample. But if I were to try and make a synth out of it what would you suggest?

I can get that mild plucky sound with a quick decay on the volume envelope and the cutoff envelope. Get some pitch vibrato on it, some chorus, cut out the high and lows. Anything else?

[Joe Hanley]

I think the key will be in the waveform. If possible, use a Wavetable synth, and choose a string-based wavetable. Then use an envelope to slowly modulate the wavetable position, as that will give you a more real-instrument sample-ish kind of sound. It will require a lot of tweaking in terms of choosing the right wavetable and then choosing the right start and end position for the modulation, but I bet you’ll get close.