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Creating a Hard-Sync Lead
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5. Set feedback/misc to 12 o’clock.
6. Play some chords. Retro string machine! For even more dramatic phas-
ing, set depth/mix and feedback/misc to 3 o’clock.
7. Experiment with changing the effect to the anger or chorus and adjust
their settings to your preference.
Adding Reverb to the String Pad
Adding reverb can also enhance the string sound in a very lush way.
To add Reverb to the string pad:
1. In the reverb section, press the on button.
2. Turn the mix knob to 10 o’clock.
3. Set size to 2 o’clock.
4. Set predelay to 11 o’clock.
5. Set decay to 3 o’clock.
6. Set tone to 11 o’clock.
7. Play some chords. Experiment with the size, decay, predelay, and tone
settings to ne tune the reverb sound to your preference.
Creating a Hard-Sync Lead
Here’s another classic sound: a hard-sync lead. A famous example of this
is “Let’s Go” by the Cars (originally performed on a Prophet-5). In this
example you’ll learn how to hard-sync the oscillators, pitch-modulate
one of them with an auxiliary envelope, then add effects.
To create a hard-sync lead:
1. Recall the basic preset (remember: hold octave -2 and press low split
-2).
2. In the Filter mixer, press the osc 2 button.
3. Enable the sync button.
4. Set Oscillator 1’s frequency to c+2. This will allow for a wide range of
pitch modulation in step 9.
5. Set the keyboard octave button to -1. This will set Osc 2’s octave down
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