Remaking the lead synth from the 2020 song "In The City" by Sudoverse can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "In The City" 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
That gritty, arpeggiated synth lead in Sudoverse’s “In The City” kicks in at 0:47 . Multiple detuned sawtooth voices are run through distortion to add harmonic saturation and edge. A resonant mid EQ peak is swept up and down with an LFO to create the moving midrange “squelch.” The arpeggio is tight in timing.
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 "In The City" by Sudoverse, 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
- In The City — Sudoverse (SoundCloud)
- Sudoverse / related release announcement (Facebook)
- Reddit discussion mentioning Sudoverse tracks
- How to build big supersaw leads (MusicRadar)
- Creating bigger synth sounds (Sound On Sound)
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:
- Serum
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