Slow Magic - Waited 4 U | Chords Synth Patch Remake

Remaking the chords synth from the 2014 song "Waited 4 U" by Slow Magic can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "Waited 4 U" 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

Those plucky saw-wave chord stabs that open Slow Magic’s “Waited 4 U” form the track’s main harmonic bed and appear immediately in the intro. The sound is a saw oscillator with light unison and a heavily rounded low-pass filter. A short filter and amp decay produce the pluck. Generous reverb and rounding from the filter give the chords their warm, distant character.

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 "Waited 4 U" by Slow Magic, 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.

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

Explore More

• “I am Slow Magic” AMA (Reddit) — artist comments on tools and workflow
• Slow Magic — image of the original project file for “Waited 4 U” (Facebook)
• “Waited 4 U // Slow Magic intro synth please!!” (r/synthrecipes)
• Slow Magic: Beyond the mask — interview (What’s Up! Magazine)

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:

• Primer, our free synthesizer VST

Comments

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