Blinders - Leaving | Lead Synth Patch Remake

Remaking the lead synth from the 2018 song "Leaving" by Blinders can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "Leaving" 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

Blinders’ progressive house track “Leaving” features a massive supersaw lead synthesizer that exemplifies modern EDM production techniques. The lead sound utilizes stacked sawtooth waves processed through extensive unison voicing. You can hear this supersaw lead make its entrance at the 1:00 mark in the song, where it delivers the main melodic hook with maximum sonic impact.

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 "Leaving" by Blinders, 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
• Legato: On
• Glide Time: 0.031 s

Oscillator Setup

Oscillator 1

• Mix: 66%
• Wavetable: Basic Shapes
• Wave Frame: Rounded Square (position 51)
• Routing: Direct Out
• Random Phase: 0%
• Transpose: -24 st

Oscillator 2

• Mix: 67%
• Wavetable: Default Saw
• Routing: Filter 1
• Random Phase: 0%
• Transpose: 7 st
• Unison Voices: 16
• Unison Detune: 12%
• Unison Stereo Spread: 100%

Oscillator 3

• Mix: 27%
• Wavetable: Default Saw
• Routing: Filter 1
• Random Phase: 0%
• Transpose: 19 st
• Unison Voices: 16
• Unison Stereo Spread: 100%

Sample Oscillator

• Sample: White Noise
• Routing: Filter 2
• Level: 14%

Filter Settings

Filter 1

• Filter Mix: 100%
• Model: Analog
• Style: 24dB Slope
• Blend: High Pass (2)
• Cutoff: 59% (659.253 Hz)
• Resonance: 6%
• Drive: 50%

Filter 2

• Model: Analog
• Style: 12dB Slope
• Blend: High Pass (2)
• Cutoff: 80% (2978.041 Hz)
• Resonance: 7%

Envelope Settings

Envelope 1 (Amp)

• Attack: 0 ms
• Decay: 519 ms
• Sustain: 66%
• Release: 28 ms
• Decay Curve: Exponential

Envelope 2

• Attack: 5 ms
• Decay: 80 ms
• Sustain: 2%
• Release: 90 ms
• Routed to:
• Voice Transpose (8%)

Effects Processing (Ordered)

Distortion

• Mix: Default (100%)
• Drive: 58%
• Type: Default (Soft Clip)

Eq

• Low Mode: High-Pass
• Low Cutoff: 128.830 Hz
• Low Resonance: 23%
• Band Cutoff: 1277.069 Hz
• Band Resonance: 27%
• Band Gain: -6 dB

Compressor

• Mode: Default (Multiband)
• Mix: Default (100%)
• Attack: 100%
• Release: Default (50%)
• Low Values
• Low Gain: 16 dB
• Low Upper Ratio: 90%
• Band Values
• Band Gain: 12 dB
• Band Upper Ratio: 86%
• High Values
• High Gain: 8 dB

Reverb

• Mix: 34%
• Size: 59%
• Chorus Amount: 5%
• Chorus Frequency: Default (0.250 Hz)
• Time: -1.661 s
• High Shelf Cutoff: 81% (3309.483 Hz)
• High Shelf Gain: -6 dB
• Low Shelf Cutoff: 32% (85.096 Hz)
• Low Shelf Gain: -6 dB
• Pre Low Cutoff: 55% (489.881 Hz)

Global Settings

• Pitch Bend Range: 9 st

Modulation Matrix

• Envelope 2 → Voice Transpose 8%

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

Explore More

• BLINDERS ‘LEAVING’ MASTERCLASS PREVIEW (YouTube)

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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