Is it possible recreate this synth sound on the A4?

Hey, I’m wondering if someone here can help me reproduce a certain synth sound on the A4.
Or know which extra hardware could help me get there if its not possible with just the A4.

It comes in at 1:18 on the song below.
I can only describe it as sounding, squelchy with a metallic sheen

First post here - apologies if I’ve posted this in the incorrect place.

Thanks!

You should be able to do that :slight_smile:
The “Bassline” right?
The metallicness comes from a short delay.

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I think Aloka’s produced a sample pack. Tracks 25-28 sound pretty similar.

:slight_smile:

It could of course be a different Aloka. The basses are close, and many of the drums in the pack are similar too. I appreciate you wanted to use a synth. I offer this more as a fun coincidence: I enjoyed the track and went looking for the artist. This was the first thing I found on Bandcamp.

EDIT: Following the linked Soundcloud reveals the same View Source EP, so it is the same Aloka.

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Wow, good find. This is it:
25. Aloka - Bass SQ 02

Messing with the delay has got me closer than I was before, thanks!

Open to further suggestions…

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Sounds like there is an lfo on volume too. That’s the wobble. It might be pan? I’m not sure im listening off my phone speakers.
Sounds like a slower moving lfo on a peak filter giving a lil phaser vibe.
There is some randomness, so using a sample and hold lfo on pulse width might give you different character per step
Once you’ve gotten it close, you could do some dedicated adjusting on the am page to get more of that weediness.
My best guess.

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Very short delay, probably a bit of detune too. Lots of filter envelope and a slow sample and hold on the cutoff to give variations in intensity.

Really the guy to ask on this sort of stuff is @AdamJay.

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Oh you want my treasures, do you?

Single OSC, mostly fx driven….
Very short delay with its time modulated by LFO or an envelope. Some unison or chorus for the stereo spread.
PWM won’t hurt.

SH101 and FX will do it. Or, A4! :wink:

@klerc makes such sounds on his records regularly,
with AS-1, I believe.

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