Remaking the fx synth from the 2003 song "No Matter What You Do" by Benny Benassi can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "No Matter What You Do" fx 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
The big washy pad in Benny Benassi’s “No Matter What You Do” appears around 4:21. It uses two stacks of unisoned sawtooth oscillators with different start phases, modulated by an LFO to create phasey movement. Heavy white noise is layered under the saws and a strongly resonated filter sweep accentuates the phasey sweep.
Our Remake of The FX Synth sound
This audio clip is how close we've matched the original tone of the fx synth from the song "No Matter What You Do" by Benny Benassi, 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
- No Matter What You Do (Wikipedia)
- Benny Benassi presents The Biz – No Matter What You Do (Discogs)
- Reddit: “No Matter What You Do (Sfaction Mix) — airplane engine-like pad” (r/synthrecipes)
- Gearspace: “Benassi Bros what gear did they use?” discussion
- How “Satisfaction” by Benny Benassi was Made (YouTube sound-design tutorial referencing Benassi techniques)
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
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