Detroit techno sound.

    Hi and welcome :)


    Ok, I' ll give you a push, but:


    >This is not THE method! Other methods will probably work as well. I don' t even know how the original was built. What follows comes from my own experience.
    >This is not a complete walkthrough, but a push in some direction.
    >I am not in front of my synth right now, so this comes from the mind ;)



    -Start out from an init patch


    -Set oscillator balance to the full left so only the first oscillator is heard. You should have a clean single sawtooth now.


    -Change osc 1' s waveshape so you end up with a pulse wave. The Virus can morph between sine->saw->pulse.


    -Setup a sequence of chords in your sequencer. The chord should consist of 4 notes: first note should have fairly low pitch. Somewhere between c1 and c3. Second note is 5 semitones above the first. Third note is 8 semitones above the first. Fourth note is a full octave (12 semitones) above the first note. So: Base+5+8+12. Possibly add a fifth note one octave lower. Experiment with that.


    -Tweak the filter by closing cutoff frequency somewhere around the middle and giving a mild amount of resonance.


    -Increase filter envelope depth to taste.


    -Experiment with the above three parameters and, if needed, the decay rate of the filter.


    -Change the pulse width of the first oscillator so the pulse wave becomes thinner.


    -Experiment to taste with:
    Oscillators:


    *oscillator 1 pulse width
    *oscillator 1 waveshape


    Filters:
    *filter cutoff
    *filter envelope depth
    *filter decay rate



    Once this basic sound is set, you can enhance it further:


    -Add some analog boost for a warmer sound
    -Add a little bit of distortion for some more rawness
    -Use the eq to emphasize specific frequencies and beef it up even further
    -Dial in the second oscillator, off course set to pulse and perhaps detuned or synced, one octave higher or lower...perhaps in combination with sub osc?
    -Unison can be used as well, but since this is a fairly raw sound, you should avoid things that make the sound wooly/smudgy/blurry/vague. So avoid reverb, detuning, chorus and unison or use them subtle.


    Greetz,



    M.