MXXWLL FUNKY SYNTHS

[scott wilson]

I wonder how to make this type synth/stabs? idk, does anyone know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKuzAgU3kSI AT 1:52

or this kind of glidey synth at the beginning

https://soundcloud.com/pomobeats/tinash ... pomo-remix

if anyone have some tips would be great!

[CHOOS]

they are both chords
in the youtube video its a chord that quickly has the filter has the filter closing.

the 2nd sound is a chord but the glide is on. there's a few ways to do this when it's not a mono sound but it depends on your DAW

[Kwurqx]

Uh....I don't know which sounds you mean. Some time examples for both clips/track?

[BassMake]

back in the day these sounds where merely made with a Juno 106 of Jupiter 8. The plugin versions have these type os sounds basicly in there presets.

[stash98]

I love Pomo. I can add that a way to make a similar sound to his would be to make a chord progression in MIDI that you like. If they are 4 note chords, make 4 midi channels. Then copy each progression and solo one note from each chord so each channel is just a 1 note progression. The important thing when you do this is to highlight the right notes. For example - Solo the low note of chord 1, the highest note of Chord 2 and back to the lowest if it is a 3 chord progression. The reason for this is the glide sound that you are hearing will be more powerful.

So once you have 4 single note progressions (All different so when stacked, they reform the chords), fire up a mono synth (analogue like a Model D is optimal here, but you can use a software Moog. Just make sure it is in Mono and not poly mode) and make a pretty simple saw patch. Make sure the glide is on. Bounce each take to its own audio track and work the filter parameters a little different on each take. For example, you can sweep a low pass filter just a little to emphasize the glides between chords. Do it by hand so each take is a little differennt. Once you have 4 audio tracks, stack them all together for your chord progression.

If you do all of that, you will get a rather complex, but awesome gliding chord. There are ways to do it faster in software, but if you take the extra 5 minutes to do it the way I described, your progression will have tons of depth to it and that glide sound you are hearing will be much more pronounced.

[Ah_Dziz]

The guy above me has the right idea. If you have MPE editing in your daw you can do all of this on a single track too. But the sounds are pretty simple highly filtered chords played with portamento.

[williamgold11]

I remade Palm Trees by MXXWLL and used Synth Anthology 2 which he did a promo with. I didn't get the exact sounds but if you hear something in the video you like, let me know and I'll provide the specific instruments I used https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptR8qjxL-rM

[CHOOS]

OK I hear other sounds in it so this will get you close but definitely layer it with other sounds. I think I hear a horn but I could be way off

https://vimeo.com/415069958

[vurt]

https://youtu.be/G5iGtnC06YU

it looks like a piano.

[thecontrolcentre]

I hear a wah on the first synth sound ...

[vurt]

I hear a wah on the first synth sound ...

waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[MMaarrkk]

Technically, you could achieve a similar sound with a Moog. Even if you find a free Moog VST online, like Cyclick Freemoog, some of the presets are rather close (obviously focusing on the lower end), but with some work, you can reach a competent result.