Square Perception - Nobody Knows | Pad Synth Patch Remake

Remaking the pad synth from the 2022 song "Nobody Knows" by Square Perception can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "Nobody Knows" pad 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

Huge swelling pad at 0:59. Heavily unisoned and stacked saws, with a pumping volume from an LFO, forcefully rounded out by a Low Pass Filter.

Original Performing Instrument

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Our Remake of The Pad Synth sound

This audio clip is how close we've matched the original tone of the pad synth from the song "Nobody Knows" by Square Perception, 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: Poly 6

Oscillator Setup

Oscillator 1

• Mix: 100%
• Wavetable: Basic Shapes
• Wave Frame: Saw (position 107)
• Routing: Filter 1
• Unison Voices: 7
• Unison Detune: 21%
• Unison Stereo Spread: 100%
• Modulations:
• Lfo 1 → Level
• Mod Wheel → Level

Oscillator 2

• Mix: 84%
• Wavetable: Basic Shapes
• Wave Frame: Saw (position 110)
• Routing: Filter 1
• Transpose: 12 st
• Unison Voices: 7
• Unison Detune: 22%
• Unison Stereo Spread: 100%
• Modulations:
• Lfo 1 → Level
• Mod Wheel → Level

Sample Oscillator

• Sample: White Noise
• Routing: Filter 1
• Level: 41%
• Transpose: 12 st
• Keytrack: On
• Modulations:
• Lfo 1 → Level
• Mod Wheel → Level

Filter Settings

Filter 1

• Model: Analog
• Style: 24dB Slope
• Blend: Low Pass (0)
• Cutoff: 75% (2078.212 Hz)
• Resonance: 41%
• Keytrack: 100%

Envelope Settings

Envelope 1 (Amp)

• Attack: 0 ms
• Sustain: 100%
• Release: 90 ms

LFO Settings

LFO 1

• Mode: Trigger
• Sync: Tempo
• Tempo: 1/4
• Shape: Triangle (custom)
• Destinations:
• Osc 1 Level (amount 0%)
• Sample Level (amount 0%)
• Osc 2 Level (amount 0%)

Effects Processing (Ordered)

Reverb

• Mix: 27%
• Size: 100%
• Chorus Amount: 5%
• Chorus Frequency: Default (0.250 Hz)
• Time: -6.000 s
• Low Shelf Cutoff: 34% (99.645 Hz)
• Low Shelf Gain: -6 dB
• Pre High Cutoff: 82% (3486.250 Hz)
• Pre Low Cutoff: 43% (191.748 Hz)

Global Settings

• Pitch Bend Range: 12 st

Modulation Matrix

• LFO 1 → Osc 1 Level 0%
• LFO 1 → Sample Level 0%
• LFO 1 → Osc 2 Level 0%
• Mod Wheel → Modulation 3 Amount 50%
• Mod Wheel → Osc 2 Level -100%
• Mod Wheel → Modulation 1 Amount 50%
• Mod Wheel → Osc 1 Level -100%
• Mod Wheel → Modulation 2 Amount 26%
• Mod Wheel → Sample Level -52%

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

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