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Cherrycoke · Post by **Cherrycoke** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 5:41 pm

Hey, I wonder how to make a synth with a really "hard" attack, like a piano… If you don't understand what I am talking about, here's an example ;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyoVP5JZYgk 0:37

I tried to remake the synth but there's a percussive sound during that comes with the attack that is missing :
http://www20.zippyshare.com/v/58632550/file.html

I'm using Sylenth1 (as well as Leventina !) if it can help. Maybe white noise ? But then I don't really understand how to proceed to make it sound like an impact noise or something. I guess I need to use filters but how ?

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 6:01 pm

Try some envelope modulating the pitch of one or both oscillators, depending on how many you use. Just need to have it very subtle, only open the decay of the envelope slightly, and add 10% wet signal of the envelope in the modulation matrix. Not sure if that's possible with Sylenth, as i don't know if it has a dedicated mod envelope, but it should have. It adds quite a bit of attack, but if you overdo it, it can affect the sound too much. As usual, just experiment.

Or use a Tone 2 synth, they seem to have that sort of attack by default.

Oh, and note that there is a sub sound stacked under the saw sound, which makes it bassy. Either filtered saw or sine or triangle wave.

Cherrycoke · Post by **Cherrycoke** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 6:08 pm

Thanks for the quick reply ! I'll try it. I took a look at Tone2 website and it seems like the only free synth they have is only available on PC. I can't afford anything at the moment and I'm not into the torrent/piracy thing so I'll have to wait a bit... It will give me enough time to listen to every previews of their synths I can find anyway haha, so that's not a problem.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 6:10 pm

I'm sure you can get that sound with Sylenth too though. No need to buy a new synth.

Cherrycoke · Post by **Cherrycoke** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 6:36 pm

Thank you so much, I'm getting close to what I want with your advice !

http://www40.zippyshare.com/v/51981143/file.html

I still have to work on this but this is definitely what I wanted to have - more or less.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 8:31 pm

Hey, sounds pretty nice.

Cherrycoke · Post by **Cherrycoke** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:24 pm

Thanks ! It sounds perfect now that I worked even more on it, I owe you big time for this advice !

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 11:18 am

No problem, glad it worked for you.

[SOLVED]Fat saw synth with hard attack (like Leventina, Helvetic Nerds...) ? Tried to remake it