What is your favorite synth for plucks?
- KVRAF
- 3879 posts since 28 Jun, 2009 from Wherever I lay my hat
Why not post snippets of your favorite plucks? A sound says more than 1000 posts.
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- KVRer
- 21 posts since 26 Aug, 2019
The Roland Cloud has some good ones. The kind of 'sample pack' ones esp
- Banned
- 3564 posts since 22 Aug, 2019
When were synth plucks first used? Are the various synths at the beginning of this old song considered plucks? Does pluck basically mean any short synth sounds with fast attack and no sustain?
The real strings are also plucked, nice contrast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzFnYcIqj6I
The real strings are also plucked, nice contrast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzFnYcIqj6I
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- 1646 posts since 4 Aug, 2017
This is a good overview of synth pluck sounds and how to create them: https://youtu.be/8Cun_HAdXRs
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- 1646 posts since 4 Aug, 2017
Here is deadmau5 composing with his famous Serum pluck sound: https://youtu.be/Mu8AcdQlApw
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- 1646 posts since 4 Aug, 2017
I am not sure who used them first but this is a good early example. They emulate the string pizzacato sound and they are also used in this song as a nice contrasting sound as you mentioned.e-crooner wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 4:18 pm When were synth plucks first used? Are the various synths at the beginning of this old song considered plucks? Does pluck basically mean any short synth sounds with fast attack and no sustain?
The real strings are also plucked, nice contrast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzFnYcIqj6I
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- 1646 posts since 4 Aug, 2017
Here is another great example of synth plucks in a Gareth Emery song. It is his trademark: https://youtu.be/0bj4i-sW44s
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Here is a good short tutorial on plucks from SeamlessR: https://youtu.be/ejLYXZwlcyc
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A good example of the deadmau5 pluck in a song: https://youtu.be/x2ft5nopEZ0
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Here is a very early pluck type sound from Moroder on a Donna Summer tune: https://youtu.be/Nm-ISatLDG0