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hinson · Post by **hinson** » Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:05 pm

Damn, I remembered another banger from the 90s that I haven't heard in a long time.
This lead sounded hard in 1998. The perfect combination of the underground sound with the commercial one.
How to do something similar? I only hear a lot of glide effect but applying it to the saw wave doesn't have any similar effect.
I found a complete midi file with the sheet music for this track, but I'm not sure if it's as perfect as the original.
It seems to me that it is a bit distorted if you copy this melody to a piano roll to try find presets that may sound similar.

CHOOS · Post by **CHOOS** » Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:53 pm

1st bar midi + preset but I would remove the top layer(top octave) and replace it with a vocal chop.

REMOVED ATTACHMENT

bluesawsq · Post by **bluesawsq** » Sun Feb 05, 2023 9:40 am

CHOOS wrote: Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:53 pm Antiloop - In My Mind.zip

1st bar midi + preset but I would remove the top layer(top octave) and replace it with a vocal chop.

Using an orchestral hit sample from some 90s rompler works better on the top layer.
And the MIDI notes are not correct. There should be an F# note just before the 4th beat, and some 16th note swing should be applied to get the groove right.

CHOOS · Post by **CHOOS** » Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:45 am

Yes definitely missed that one note.
Full midi now attached. and removed one osc in the patch.
Just use a separate layer for the bass with a saw

LD - Antiloop - In My Mind.zip

hinson · Post by **hinson** » Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:16 pm

Thanks. What made a big difference was raising the pitch by 12 semitones in the first oscillator, disabling hold and sustain in the envelope and adding a few effects.
I only used one oscillator and set the envelopes a bit differently and maybe that's why the effect was not satisfactory despite increasing the glide effect.

CHOOS · Post by **CHOOS** » Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:14 pm

Oh yeah always play around to make it better. I always post rough estimates because I can spend hours sometimes making stuff exactly how I want it so I'll leave that up to you

krixa · Post by **krixa** » Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:45 pm

Don't know if it will help but the documentary about the track is really giving me old school memories!

Partly in Swedish but also English!

bluesawsq · Post by **bluesawsq** » Sat Feb 11, 2023 10:37 am

CHOOS wrote: Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:45 am Yes definitely missed that one note.
Full midi now attached. and removed one osc in the patch.
Just use a separate layer for the bass with a saw

The MIDI notes are still not right.
The bassline goes to B in the second half of 4th bar.

CHOOS · Post by **CHOOS** » Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:11 am

bluesawsq wrote: Sat Feb 11, 2023 10:37 am The MIDI notes are still not right.
The bassline goes to B in the second half of 4th bar.

3rd time lucky

edited the last file so midi is finally correct

Antiloop - In My Mind lead