This, coupled with the envelope’s velocity control, allows for a lot of expression when playing a lead in live. If you press and hold then the decay will cause the sound to be nice and short, but if you quickly tap the key the envelope’s release will take over instead, and the note will ring out. With this configuration, the sound will be different if you hold a note vs quickly tap it. The amplitude and filter envelopes are set up like a typical pluck sound short attack with a medium decay and low sustain, but with long release times. Diva’s highpass filter cuts out some of the lower frequencies created by the noise oscillator before the sound is sent to the envelope-controlled lowpass filter for the pluck. The noise adds to the transient, but also adds a soft layer on top of the sound which adds some nice texture to the overall tone. The patch uses Diva’s Dual VCO panel with Osc 1 set to noise at just under 50% volume and Osc 2 set to a saw wave with maximum volume. This patch is similar to a noisy pluck sound I’ve been using in some recent tracks of mine, such as Iris. Check out the demo below, followed by Forhill’s writeup on all the individual layers that make up the track. Another key plugin used is Soundtoys Echoboy, a versatile delay effect that specialises in emulating vintage analog delay effects with a dark, saturated sound. All of the synth tracks in the demo are created with u-he Diva, a powerful analog-style hybrid synth that allows you to mix-and-match modules from different classic synthesizers. He generously created a short demo for this article, as well as a deep look into how he creates his sounds, from putting together responsive synth patches, shaping them with EQ and using layers of delay to create interesting, wide sounds. The following is a guest article written by Forhill, a multi-instrumentalist producer based out of Boston, MA. A great place to check out these artists is the Electronic Gems Youtube channel, which curates new tracks, and also features some great retro artwork. Lo-fi retrowave combines elements of synthwave, ambient, downtempo and chill wave, but most importantly, they all capture a nostalgic mood. Lo-fi retrowave is a subgenre of synthwave music that includes artists such as HOME, Voyage, Forhill, Hotel Pools, 憂鬱, Unfound, A.L.I.S.O.N and Emil Rottmayer.
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