Remaking the pluck synth from the 2003 song "Invisible Landscapes" by Entheogenic can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "Invisible Landscapes" pluck 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 plucky acid-style synth lead in Entheogenic’s “Invisible Landscapes” enters at 2:50. It uses a pulse-wave voice with a slow triangle LFO modulating pulse width and the low-pass filter cutoff. The pluck character is created by a very fast-decay filter envelope. The part is treated with heavy delay and reverb, placing the acidic line over the ambient bed.
Our Remake of The Pluck Synth sound
This audio clip is how close we've matched the original tone of the pluck synth from the song "Invisible Landscapes" by Entheogenic, 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
- Interview with Entheogenic (Psybient.org)
- Spontaneous Illumination — Entheogenic (Qobuz album page)
- Entheogenic: The Universal Symbiosis (Journeys to the Infinite)
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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