{"id":58301,"date":"2025-12-30T20:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.syntorial.com\/preset-recipe\/seal-crazy-keys\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:24:18","slug":"seal-crazy-keys","status":"publish","type":"preset-recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.syntorial.com\/de\/preset-recipe\/seal-crazy-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"Seal &#8211; Crazy | Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}"},"genre":[350],"preset-type":[371,459],"synthesizer":[375,376],"class_list":["post-58301","preset-recipe","type-preset-recipe","status-publish","hentry","genre-pop","preset-type-keys","preset-type-organ","synthesizer-primer","synthesizer-vital"],"acf":{"synth_recipe_type":"Song Remake","syntorial_lesson":true,"tutorial_video":null,"artist_name":"Seal","song_name":"Crazy","original_performing_instrument":"","original_song_link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Oj3gIqTsOXc&start=19","sound_description":"The organ-like synth keys in Seal\u2019s \u201cCrazy\u201d deliver short, gated chords with a rhythmic delay that creates a stuttering effect. The part enters at 0:19 and sits under the vocal for most of the track. The patch is played as a pad\/organ voice with a slow filter swell (commonly effected via the mod wheel) to produce a breathing, vowel-like movement. 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(YouTube)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.musicplayer.com\/topic\/172292-keyboard-sound-from-seals-popular-song-crazy\/\">Keyboard sound from Seal's popular song Crazy...? (Music Player Network forum)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvraudio.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=219659\">\"Crazy\" by Seal - Sound Design Forum (KVR Audio)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futureproducers.com\/forums\/threads\/seals-crazy-synth-pad-effects-how.33329\/\">Seal's 'Crazy', synth pad effects - how? (FutureProducers)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","community_thread_url":"","patch_id":"","decade":"1990s","release_year":1990,"syntorial_essentials_lesson":"Mod Wheel and Cutoff","syntorial_essentials_level":"29. 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