Bearson - It's Not This | Lead Synth Patch Remake

Remaking the lead synth from the 2018 song "It's Not This" by Bearson can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "It's Not This" lead patch and play this iconic sound on most hardware or software subtractive synthesizers (Serum, Vital, Pigments, Prophet, Korg, Moog, etc). We've included the preset download directly for your convenience, but we strongly recommend you use our programming tutorial to recreate it yourself.

Original Audio

A lo-fi, noisy video-game style lead opens Bearson’s “It’s Not This” and carries the main melodic hook during the intro and early sections. The tone features subtle FM-style timbral movement, layered white noise, mild distortion for grit, and a light chorus for width. It is bright and slightly brittle, evoking 8-bit synth textures while remaining musical and pitched. The lead sits prominently above a sparse trap-influenced beat and reappears as a motif throughout the track.

Our Remake of The Lead Synth sound

This audio clip is how close we've matched the original tone of the lead synth from the song "It's Not This" by Bearson, giving you a reference point as you design your own synthesizer preset. Play it as often as you need to familiarize yourself with the nuances of the sound.

Synth Patch Programming Recipe

Getting Started

• Start by initializing your synthesizer to a plain saw with no filter, modulation or effects. For soft synths use the "init"/"default" preset or the the button to reset all parameters to their default factory values.
• No two synths are exactly alike, so treat the values below as approximate, and use your ear.
• Percentage values (e.g. 50%) represent the relative position of a knob or slider within its full range. The full range of each parameter may differ from synth to synth, so use your ear.

Note: the patch settings may slightly differ in the Syntorial challenge.

Explore More

• Bearson Feat. Lemaitre & josh pan – It’s Not This (Discogs)
• It’s Not This – Bearson (Genius Lyrics)
• Bearson links with Lemaitre & josh pan on ‘It’s Not This’ (Dancing Astronaut)
• Bearson Shines On Must Hear New Infectious Track ‘It’s Not This’ (ThisSongIsSick)
• It’s Not This – Credits (Jaxsta)

Preset Downloads

Don't want to learn synth programming now? Use our synth preset as your starting point and tweak it from there. Register an account with Audible Genius and download the presets for free for the following synths:

• Vital

Comments

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