Lady Gaga - Abracadabra | Lead Synth Patch Remake

Remaking the lead synth from the 2025 song "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "Abracadabra" 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

Lady Gaga’s “Abracadabra” features a prominent lead synthesizer sound that emerges at 0:32, characterized by its massive, low, bright, and angry pumping quality. This sound is integral to the song’s dance-pop energy and theatrical delivery. The lead synthesizer is a key element in the track’s hypnotic synths, contributing to its dark, electronic vibe reminiscent of Gaga’s earlier works.

Original Performing Instrument

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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 "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga, 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

Oscillator Setup

Oscillator 1

• Mix: 71%
• Wavetable: Basic Shapes
• Wave Frame: Saw (position 103)
• Routing: Effects
• Random Phase: 0%
• Transpose: -12 st
• Phase: 85°

Oscillator 2

• Mix: 70%
• Wavetable: Basic Shapes
• Wave Frame: Saw (position 117)
• Routing: Filter 2
• Unison Voices: 5
• Unison Detune: 6%
• Unison Stereo Spread: 86%
• Morph:
• Wave Morph Amount: 17%
• Wave Morph Type: FM <- Osc 3
• Spectral Morph Amount: 10%
• Spectral Morph Type: High Pass

Oscillator 3

• Mix: 0%
• Wavetable: Basic Shapes
• Wave Frame: Sine (position 0)
• Routing: Effects
• Morph:
• Wave Morph Amount: 60%
• Wave Morph Type: Formant

Sample Oscillator

• Sample: White Noise
• Routing: Filter 1
• Level: 22%

Filter Settings

Filter 1

• Model: Analog
• Style: 24dB Slope
• Blend: High Pass (2)
• Cutoff: 51% (365.475 Hz)
• Resonance: 0%

Envelope Settings

Envelope 1 (Amp)

• Attack: 0 ms
• Sustain: 100%
• Release: 59 ms

LFO Settings

LFO 1

• Mode: Trigger
• Sync: Tempo
• Tempo: 2/1
• Shape: Triangle (custom)
• Destinations:
• Voice Tune (amount 100%)

Effects Processing (Ordered)

Distortion

• Mix: 24%
• Drive: 75%
• Type: Default (Soft Clip)

Eq

• Low Cutoff: 31.774 Hz
• Low Resonance: Default (32%)
• Low Gain: -15 dB
• Band Cutoff: 2465.281 Hz
• Band Resonance: 26%
• Band Gain: 10 dB

Compressor

• Mode: Default (Multiband)
• Mix: Default (100%)
• Attack: 95%
• Release: Default (50%)
• Low Values
• Low Gain: 11 dB
• Low Upper Ratio: 90%
• Band Values
• Band Gain: 12 dB
• Band Upper Ratio: 66%
• High Values
• High Gain: 9 dB

Filter Fx

• Mix: Default (100%)
• Model: Analog
• Style: 24dB Slope
• Blend: Low Pass (0)
• Cutoff: 96% (9607.503 Hz)
• Resonance: 3%

Reverb

• Mix: 39%
• Size: 100%
• Chorus Amount: 5%
• Chorus Frequency: Default (0.250 Hz)
• Time: 1.038 s
• Low Shelf Cutoff: 31% (80.210 Hz)
• Low Shelf Gain: -6 dB
• Pre Low Cutoff: 42% (183.746 Hz)

Modulation Matrix

• LFO 1 → Voice Tune 100%

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

Explore More

• Abracadabra Song (Wikipedia)
• Recreating 5 Synth Sounds From The Pop Charts (+ Free Presets) (YouTube)
• Abracadabra – Lady Gaga – Synth Mix by Cyber Monday (YouTube)
• Websites that identify synth sounds in songs? (Harmony Central)
• Lady Gaga – Abracadabra (but sounds more like expected) (Gaga Daily)

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