Hi there,
I found this song on YouTube, which has a lot of great and different synth sounds.
Can anyone give some hints on how to mimic some of them on the NS4? I'm new to creating synths from scratch, so I would like to know if there are any common approaches to this, what the base sounds may be called so I can try to search for those names in the standard sounds on the NS4, etc.
For the first 2 distinct sounds I'm thinking something like "Dual Gates" and some 8-bit/mono sound...
Thanks in advance for any tips on how to proceed
How to make these synth sounds on the NS4?
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Re: How to make these synth sounds on the NS4?
Hi, I want to encourage you: the nord-devices have many knobs and potis to tweak a basic sound to your likes and the song's needs.
My approach is to get the needed sounds one by one with the useful preset-library-feature:
This first sound seems to be a saw-based synth sound. Start with the easiest way, dial in a synth layer - analog typ, wave - pure saw and tweak the amp env (short attack, quick decay, medium release); a little delay and a velocity-controlled amount of opening for the filter. The rest of filter-opening can be done by assigning it to a pedal/wheel...
The second sound can be reproduce with a square-based sound (PURE SQUARE).
As third sound I would recommend a mixture with a Rhodes (with little Vibe-FX) and choir and a huge amount of reverb (thanks to the new cathedral-verb...).
After finding the sounds I use the copy&paste-function to assembe all layers in one program.
All three sounds can be layed out (3-times-split) like this:
bottom (whole mps3-song) - first sound (bass)
middle (0:31 -end) - third sound (pad)
top (sec. 0:11 - 0:32) - second sound (melody)
I attached my quick version of this song-specific preset and the (not-well live played) hook-lines as mp3... - hope you like it...
Cheers
Tim
My approach is to get the needed sounds one by one with the useful preset-library-feature:
This first sound seems to be a saw-based synth sound. Start with the easiest way, dial in a synth layer - analog typ, wave - pure saw and tweak the amp env (short attack, quick decay, medium release); a little delay and a velocity-controlled amount of opening for the filter. The rest of filter-opening can be done by assigning it to a pedal/wheel...
The second sound can be reproduce with a square-based sound (PURE SQUARE).
As third sound I would recommend a mixture with a Rhodes (with little Vibe-FX) and choir and a huge amount of reverb (thanks to the new cathedral-verb...).
After finding the sounds I use the copy&paste-function to assembe all layers in one program.
All three sounds can be layed out (3-times-split) like this:
bottom (whole mps3-song) - first sound (bass)
middle (0:31 -end) - third sound (pad)
top (sec. 0:11 - 0:32) - second sound (melody)
I attached my quick version of this song-specific preset and the (not-well live played) hook-lines as mp3... - hope you like it...
Cheers
Tim
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Re: How to make these synth sounds on the NS4?
Hi Tim,
First of all, wow... that is very impressive, well done
I knew that the NS4 was able to do a lot of things, but I see now, that I need to look more into the basic functions first and then learn how they can shape the sounds.
Also, I need to look into how I can save all the different presets and be able to combine them (and save/restore them) when needed.
Thanks a lot for your work, I'm now well inspired to get on with learning from your approach with the rest of the track and others.
Thanks again, good day
First of all, wow... that is very impressive, well done
I knew that the NS4 was able to do a lot of things, but I see now, that I need to look more into the basic functions first and then learn how they can shape the sounds.
Also, I need to look into how I can save all the different presets and be able to combine them (and save/restore them) when needed.
Thanks a lot for your work, I'm now well inspired to get on with learning from your approach with the rest of the track and others.
Thanks again, good day