Remaking the chords synth from the 2021 song "I Wanna Know" by Jeremy can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "I Wanna Know" 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
Big, rumbly warm chordal synth pad opens Jeremy’s “I Wanna Know,” starting at the first bar and carrying through the track. The patch is a simple unisoned square-wave stack run through a descending low-pass filter cutoff with high resonance, producing the sweeping, woolly character. The pad plays sustained chords that fill the low-mid range and gives the track its warm, analog feel.
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 "I Wanna Know" by Jeremy, 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
- Jeremy – Semi-Structured Life (Discogs release page)
- Synth Secrets (Sound On Sound) — techniques for building pads with unison, square waves and resonant filter sweeps
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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