Remaking the lead synth from the song "Rock n Rave" by Benny Benassi can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "Rock n Rave" 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
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 "Rock n Rave" 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 allx 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.
Voices
- Voice Mode: Mono
- Portamento: 30 ms
Amp Envelope
- Attack: 20 ms
- Sustain: 100%
- Release: 190 ms
Oscillators
- Oscillator 1
- Waveform: Saw
- Volume: 30%
- Oscillator 2
- Waveform: Saw
- Pitch: +2 Octaves
- Volume: 70%
- Sub Oscillator
- Waveform: Pulse
- Pulse Width: 100%
- Pitch: -1 Octave
- Volume: 15%
- Unison
- Oscillators: All
- Voice Count: 2
- Detune Range: 3 Cents
- Stereo Spread: 40%
- Reset All Oscillators Phase On Note Start: No
Filter
- Type: Low Pass
- Cutoff: 50%
Filter Envelope
- Modulation Amount: 30%
- Attack: 20 ms
- Decay: 950 ms
- Sustain: 0%
- Release: 250 ms
Reverb
- Mix: 10% Wet
- Size: Small
Note: the patch settings may slightly differ in the Syntorial challenge.
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:
- Primer, our free synthesizer VST
