Does anyone have any idea how this sound was made? (Hocus Pocus - Here's Johnny)

[exalemusic]

The synth sound appears at 0:08. It sounds like it could be a saw tooth wave that was sampled and slowed down so that the individual "saw teeth" are heard. With some high resonance "acid"" filtering. But this is just a guess. It's an amazing sound to come from a song that was made in 1993!!! I was living in Australia in the mid 90s an I remember this playing on TV a bunch.

Would love to see someone recreate the sound in Serum or something. Or maybe I'll take a stab at it myself. Thanks for any answers in advance.

[RenderFarm]

It' s a looped (oldskool) hardcore kick. Take a sample of an old hardcore kick and loop it, adjust the end point to make the loop short. Try to adjust the loop at different pitches to get the desired effect. After that adjust the endpoint of the loop by ear to get the same effect as in the example. Make the patch monophonic and switch on portamento or glide depending on your sampler.
Adjust the portamento or glide time to make it sweep up like the beginning of the example.

The example starts maybe an octave (or even 2) higher than the original pitch of the sample and then sweeps to a slightly higher pitch by quickly gliding to that note. Afterwards the example sound pitches down. Which probably is done by using the pitch wheel, because the bend down is slower than the bend upwards in the beginning of the sound. Adjust the negative range of the pitch wheel if needed to make it go so low that you can hear the individual 'saw teeth' as you described it. (which in fact are looped distorted 909 type kicks)

This should do the trick, good luck!

[andivax]

low saw wave + distortion (probably 808). envelope to osc pitch. Nord Lead 2 is very capable of doing this kind of sounds.

[pasha12345]

low saw wave + distortion (probably 808). envelope to osc pitch. Nord Lead 2 is very capable of doing this kind of sounds.

Thanks Andrij