How can I get this sound using SM1?

[ediblepolecat]

Hey guys,

I've recently bought SM1 and I love it but I'm no synth master () and was hoping someone would be able to give some advice either with programming tips or suggesting a good preset? I also have Synthmaster player too, so suggestions for that would be welcome also.
I'm looking at the synth riff at around 01:20 mark.

All the best

[VELLTONE MUSIC]

Don't get me wrong,but why so many 'modern' stuff use absolutely lifeless,mechanical sounds - what you seek to my taste has absolutely no emotion,passion,soul,color whatever terminology or words are usually used to describe how sound touch you or not...why would somebody try to recreate such thing?Use something that fit emotionally your track :)Cheers

[ediblepolecat]

Don't get me wrong,but why so many 'modern' stuff use absolutely lifeless,mechanical sounds - what you seek to my taste has absolutely no emotion,passion,soul,color whatever terminology or words are usually used to describe how sound touch you or not...why would somebody try to recreate such thing?Use something that fit emotionally your track :)Cheers

Hey thanks for your response, whilst it wasn't particular helpful in any way, at least you made the effort. As for musical tastes, I find that diversity is the spice of life and applies in this instance also. Why people seem to hate on things that don't 'touch' them is beyond me. Some (a lot) like this music, just get over it.

Like my mum used to say "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"

Your input has not been to my tastes at all but I respect your freedom to tell it.


All the best

[ediblepolecat]

Back to topic...anyone know how I can get that emotional passionate sound? Any suggestions would be helpful.

[VELLTONE MUSIC]

Ok sorry if my opinion was harsh,don't want to rude - few tips from me:
1.Find preset or combine few,which will add nice harmionics into your mix.
2.Touch eq,saturation,compression so to 'shape' it so to fit right - i do it on sound design level.
3.Compare few different instrumental types,sometimes pluck may be better bass or arp better lead so on ...look what will glue better to the other instruments as harmonic content and dynamic.
No formula.Cheers

[claudedefaren]

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[ediblepolecat]

The main feature of the sound is sine shaping distortion, which SMOne can't do. You'll need a good waveshaper/sine-shaper to achieve the sound. If you have Reaktor, you have sine shapers in the blocks.

In SMOne, layer a low octave saw wave with another saw wave tuned an octave up. 2 voice unison, slight detune, wide spread. Use some distortion effect in SMOne, and then add a third party sine shaper after the SMOne plugin instance to really dial in the sound. There's some enveloping going on, possibly even on the sine shaper. EQ down the 300hz area and some of the 1000hz area. That's about it!

But to be honest, I doubt very much that Extra Terra used SMOne to make that sound.

Thanks for the detailed response! I doubt he used it too, just wanted some guidance to achieve the sound or a sound near to it, which you've given me