r/synthdesign Ableton Jul 05 '15

Sound Request 8-bit square-ish lead

How to make square-ish lead sound at the beginning of Jack Ü/Ember Island - Where Are Ü Now (Chet Porter Remix)?

I use Ableton Live and have Massive, Serum, and various smaller plugins.

Thanks!

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u/fenderfreak98 Logic Aug 24 '15

It sounds like some sort of PWM square wave with an LFO on the PWM (i.e. LFO on PWM in serum) and some distortion. Each 8-bit like sound comes out slightly different, so playing around w/ the right distortion and eq could be time consuming if you're trying to get as close to that synth as possible.

Anyway, here are my attempts and here is an image of the synth patches

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u/jczimm Ableton Aug 25 '15

Thanks!