GEOTHEORY - Arrival | Chords Synth Patch Remake

Remaking the chords synth from the 2020 song "Arrival" by GEOTHEORY can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "Arrival" chords 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

That square-wave chordal synth in GEOTHEORY’s “Arrival” appears at 1:02, laying down sustained five-note chords beneath the arrangement. It reads as a synced square-oscillator patch with light unison/chorus and a resonant low-pass filter envelope that emphasizes the chord attacks. The sound is midrange-forward with slight detune for width and generous ambient reverb. It functions as a tasteful harmonic bed, clear and uncluttered in the mix.

Our Remake of The Chords Synth sound

This audio clip is how close we've matched the original tone of the chords synth from the song "Arrival" by GEOTHEORY, 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

• ARRIVAL – YouTube (official upload)
• ARRIVAL (AFROSOUL MIX) – SoundCloud (GEOTHEORY)
• GEOTHEORY – Bandcamp
• Suggestions for a Neo-Soul Pad Patch (Geotheory) – Reddit
• A Catch-Up with GEOTHEORY (Interview) – 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

Comments

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