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The distinctive lead melody was originally created using an Emu Emulator II sample player, producing a plucked guitar-like sample combined with a vocal-like pad that creates an organic, bell-like timbre with a bright, spiky attack transient. 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Syntorial Community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gearnews.com\/how-to-sound-like-depeche-modes-never-let-me-down-again\/\">How to sound like Depeche Mode's Never Let Me Down Again - Gearnews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gearnews.com\/how-to-sound-like-depeche-mode-1987-1990\/\">Electronic Evolution: How to sound like Depeche Mode - Gearnews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dmlive.wiki\/wiki\/Never_Let_Me_Down_Again\">Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode Live Wiki<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","community_thread_url":"https:\/\/audiblegenius.productlift.dev\/p\/patch-request-never-let-me-down-again-depeche-mode-kVvA8W","patch_id":"depeche mode|never let me down again|lead","decade":"1980s","release_year":1987,"syntorial_essentials_lesson":"","syntorial_essentials_level":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syntorial.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/preset-recipes\/58108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syntorial.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/preset-recipes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syntorial.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/preset-recipe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syntorial.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syntorial.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syntorial.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=58108"},{"taxonomy":"preset-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syntorial.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/preset-type?post=58108"},{"taxonomy":"synthesizer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syntorial.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/synthesizer?post=58108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}