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djsharperimage · Post by **djsharperimage** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:48 am

Im trying to find out what synth and which bank/patch they are using for the synth sounds in these progressive house tracks
And also which chord is that?

djanthonyw · Post by **djanthonyw** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:51 am

I'd say Sylenth.

djsharperimage · Post by **djsharperimage** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:14 am

djanthonyw wrote:I'd say Sylenth.

I thought it might be Sylenth,
Do you know which soundset/patch they are using?
I have the Adam Van Baker soundset and there are 2 patches in there that sound almost alike, but it doesnt sound exactly the same

thespecialist · Post by **thespecialist** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:29 am

djsharperimage wrote:there are 2 patches in there that sound almost alike, but it doesnt sound exactly the same

Well, I know for a fact that THIS guy (one of my heroes) took some of Lennard's Sylenth1 factory presets and tweaked them to his own liking in quite a few of his tracks. I'm pretty sure that happens a lot.

djsharperimage · Post by **djsharperimage** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 12:05 pm

thespecialist wrote:
djsharperimage wrote:there are 2 patches in there that sound almost alike, but it doesnt sound exactly the same
Well, I know for a fact that THIS guy (one of my heroes) took some of Lennard's Sylenth1 factory presets and tweaked them to his own liking in quite a few of his tracks. I'm pretty sure that happens a lot.

Yeah,
I'll try tweaking the sounds more...

soul_junkie · Post by **soul_junkie** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:58 pm

djsharperimage wrote:Do you know which soundset/patch they are using?

not every sound is a preset from a synth, alot of people create their own sounds you know......

vikernes · Post by **vikernes** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:50 pm

Load Sylenth and load LD Contact (1st factory bank, 4th page). This is a very good starting point for all of these sounds. Play around with that patch and replace the LFO controlling the filter with an envelope and tweak from there. Here are some tips after a quick listen:

For the Dominic Gertz link: Pretty much the stock LD Contact patch with some highs boosted and mids cut a little. Filter at 12db.
Jonas Steur: Reduce the voices a bit and narrow the stereo spread and apply the decimate distortion. Tweak the filter and volume envelops accordingly. Also it seems there is some resonance on the filter.
ATB: Sounds like a square is mixed in. Try replacing on osc with a square at 0 or -1 octave.
The Zoo Brazil link is a little bit trickier. I'd start off with a clean patch and start off with a 2 square oscs - one at -1 octave; 2-3 voices, detuned a little and work my way up from there. Keep in mind that most of that sound is coming from the reverb.

djsharperimage · Post by **djsharperimage** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:24 am

vikernes wrote:Load Sylenth and load LD Contact (1st factory bank, 4th page). This is a very good starting point for all of these sounds. Play around with that patch and replace the LFO controlling the filter with an envelope and tweak from there. Here are some tips after a quick listen:

For the Dominic Gertz link: Pretty much the stock LD Contact patch with some highs boosted and mids cut a little. Filter at 12db.
Jonas Steur: Reduce the voices a bit and narrow the stereo spread and apply the decimate distortion. Tweak the filter and volume envelops accordingly. Also it seems there is some resonance on the filter.
ATB: Sounds like a square is mixed in. Try replacing on osc with a square at 0 or -1 octave.
The Zoo Brazil link is a little bit trickier. I'd start off with a clean patch and start off with a 2 square oscs - one at -1 octave; 2-3 voices, detuned a little and work my way up from there. Keep in mind that most of that sound is coming from the reverb.

Thanks,
The "LD Contact" patch sounds perfect,
But is there a way to turn off the arpeggiator/delay?
Ive tried turning it off in the center LCD panel on Sylenth but it doesnt work,
Ive even tried lowering the decay on the Amp envelope, and it doesnt sound right,
and I cant find the settings anywhere

Tijl · Post by **Tijl** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:24 am

thats because the LFO's control the filter cutoff in that patch;

- center the amounts (ctrl+click)or just turn down the gain of LFO2
- raise the filter (Filter A)
- adjust the AMPenvA (0 attack, short decay, no sustain)
- go to MODenvA at the bottom and do +- the same settings as the ampenv
- route it to cutoff A

now you're free to play whatever sequence you like

djsharperimage · Post by **djsharperimage** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:59 pm

Tijl wrote:thats because the LFO's control the filter cutoff in that patch;

- center the amounts (ctrl+click)or just turn down the gain of LFO2
- raise the filter (Filter A)
- adjust the AMPenvA (0 attack, short decay, no sustain)
- go to MODenvA at the bottom and do +- the same settings as the ampenv
- route it to cutoff A

now you're free to play whatever sequence you like

lol,
It works!!!
Thanks Tiji,
You guys are a big help,
=)

What synth are they using for these progressive house tracks?