How to achieve this metallic synth sound?
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- KVRer
- 7 posts since 28 Nov, 2025
Greetings,
Could somebody pls help me decyfer behind this unique synth sound? Is this FM synthesis combined with upward compression? Or maybe its something spectral? I like how sharp it sounds (although it's a bit extreme). How do I achieve such sharp(turnt up) sounding effect?
Could somebody pls help me decyfer behind this unique synth sound? Is this FM synthesis combined with upward compression? Or maybe its something spectral? I like how sharp it sounds (although it's a bit extreme). How do I achieve such sharp(turnt up) sounding effect?
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 7 posts since 28 Nov, 2025
Me too bro,I fr cannot stop thinking about it,OCD sucks ;(
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 7 posts since 28 Nov, 2025
Do you maybe know what at least will be somewhat close to this desired sound?
- KVRian
- 792 posts since 9 Feb, 2019
I suppose that what you describe as metallic is the "overall sound" of the sequence and I am pretty sure that this sound has been generated by a bad pitch shifting algorithm.uluv2seeit wrote: Fri Nov 28, 2025 8:29 pmDo you maybe know what at least will be somewhat close to this desired sound?
H3000 would be my first take. I mean processing this sampeled "Balkan sequence" with the H3000s pitch shifting algos and so on ...
- KVRian
- 812 posts since 26 Jan, 2020
It's probably a stretched audio file of a Bulgarian folk band.
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- KVRian
- 829 posts since 7 Oct, 2005
Yes, I'm sure it is but I cannot reproduce it.HAL76 wrote: Sat Nov 29, 2025 12:40 amI suppose that what you describe as metallic is the "overall sound" of the sequence and I am pretty sure that this sound has been generated by a bad pitch shifting algorithm.uluv2seeit wrote: Fri Nov 28, 2025 8:29 pmDo you maybe know what at least will be somewhat close to this desired sound?
H3000 would be my first take. I mean processing this sampeled "Balkan sequence" with the H3000s pitch shifting algos and so on ...
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- KVRian
- 829 posts since 7 Oct, 2005
HAL76 and The Maestro are apparently right, that was my first thought too but I could not reproduce it (that's why I deleted my comment). You need a really bad pitch shifting and time stretching algorithm from the past to acheive this timbre. It is just a stretched/pitch shifted loop. Modern algos don't produce the same result.uluv2seeit wrote: Fri Nov 28, 2025 8:29 pmDo you maybe know what at least will be somewhat close to this desired sound?
- KVRAF
- 6208 posts since 25 Dec, 2004
centre channel extractor or similar in Adobe Audition.
sketches... http://soundcloud.com/onesnzeros
some artists i support... https://bandcamp.com/spectraselecta
some artists i support... https://bandcamp.com/spectraselecta
- KVRian
- 792 posts since 9 Feb, 2019
And it´s even more than that. Everything is very smeared and stereo spread, doubeled maybe. Just listen to the "cymbals" / highend.lobanov wrote: Sat Nov 29, 2025 6:22 amHAL76 and The Maestro are apparently right, that was my first thought too but I could not reproduce it (that's why I deleted my comment). You need a really bad pitch shifting and time stretching algorithm from the past to acheive this timbre. It is just a stretched/pitch shifted loop. Modern algos don't produce the same result.uluv2seeit wrote: Fri Nov 28, 2025 8:29 pmDo you maybe know what at least will be somewhat close to this desired sound?
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- KVRian
- 829 posts since 7 Oct, 2005
Is it an artifact of an algo? Quite possible.HAL76 wrote: Sat Nov 29, 2025 3:41 pmAnd it´s even more than that. Everything is very smeared and stereo spread, doubeled maybe. Just listen to the "cymbals" / highend.lobanov wrote: Sat Nov 29, 2025 6:22 amHAL76 and The Maestro are apparently right, that was my first thought too but I could not reproduce it (that's why I deleted my comment). You need a really bad pitch shifting and time stretching algorithm from the past to acheive this timbre. It is just a stretched/pitch shifted loop. Modern algos don't produce the same result.uluv2seeit wrote: Fri Nov 28, 2025 8:29 pmDo you maybe know what at least will be somewhat close to this desired sound?
- KVRAF
- 6208 posts since 25 Dec, 2004
yeah it sounds like a crap MP3 that't been through an FFT wringer. I'm telling you, go mess with the noise removal and centre channel remover/extractor tools in Audition or similar wave editor, you'll hear it straight away.
sketches... http://soundcloud.com/onesnzeros
some artists i support... https://bandcamp.com/spectraselecta
some artists i support... https://bandcamp.com/spectraselecta
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 7 posts since 28 Nov, 2025
ok bet,i'll try. thank usqigls wrote: Sun Nov 30, 2025 1:16 am yeah it sounds like a crap MP3 that't been through an FFT wringer. I'm telling you, go mess with the noise removal and centre channel remover/extractor tools in Audition or similar wave editor, you'll hear it straight away.
