Bladerunner Brass Synth

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electrofux
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09 Oct 2017

can anyone hint me to a good patch either in the Factory Soundbank or anything Antidote that resembles the Bladerunner brassy synth sound?

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09 Oct 2017

electrofux wrote:
09 Oct 2017
can anyone hint me to a good patch either in the Factory Soundbank or anything Antidote that resembles the Bladerunner brassy synth sound?
Never seen the movie, can you link example?

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09 Oct 2017

It’s probably a CS-80 patch in the original, which has a nice ‘soft’ feel to it IMO. Haven’t played one in years but did grab a few samples from a friends back in the 80s (wish I had grabbed more notes). Search for CS80, or if you can’t find CS80 samples try Oberheim OBX or Prophet 5 samples.


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Ahornberg
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09 Oct 2017

"A Save Place.cmb" in Reason 9 sounds comes pretty close.

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jayhosking
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09 Oct 2017

Just checked "A Safe Place". While I think that's part of the overall sound palette, I thought maybe the OP was talking about that sawtooth-through-lowpass-filter-with-envelope sound, which is fairly easy to make (and sounds great in a lot of synths). Perhaps some clarification with a link, OP? If that's what you're looking for, I (or any number of us) could probably whip up a patch pretty quickly. Might be a fun challenge.

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aeox
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09 Oct 2017

Something like this?

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jayhosking
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09 Oct 2017

Sounds like Vangelis to me! But let's see what the OP says.

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10 Oct 2017

aeox wrote:
09 Oct 2017
Something like this?


BR.zip
Thanks for sharing this patch! :thumbs_up:

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normen
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10 Oct 2017

Its a saw with lots of reverb, not exactly special. As Selig said a CS-80 with Lexicon 224 reverb on it but easily reproducible on almost any synth. Thor and RV7000 will get you there.

electrofux
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10 Oct 2017

I mean that one, probably the CS-80 one. It is been used in a couple of scenes and has this very brassy saw:




a safe place.cmb is lacking that brassyness for my taste.

The br.zip is getting nicely close though, needs to be roughened and fattened up just a tiny bit but is pretty much what i am after. thx. :-)

Edit: just a bit of saturation knob and then drowning it in the Filmscore rv7000 preset and now i am very happy. Thx again

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10 Oct 2017

This combinator is close. You will need Antidote though -
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10 Oct 2017

I made it on a D-50 and sampled that; it's in WBF R2 for those of you who has it. :)

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10 Oct 2017

If you ain't hip to the rare Housequake, shut up already.

Damn.

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jayhosking
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11 Oct 2017

Thanks for posting this, Catblack!

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Ahornberg
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11 Oct 2017

Sounds great!

In general the quality needed depends on what else is going on in your song.

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jayhosking
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11 Oct 2017

I've been having a lot of fun over the last half hour trying to recreate that GalxyGirl patch using only Europa. I've got something pretty close and learned a bunch on the way (driving the LP filter really adds a particular character to sawtooth sounds that is unlike anything else!). Thanks again for posting this!

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11 Oct 2017

jayhosking wrote:
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(driving the LP filter really adds a particular character to sawtooth sounds that is unlike anything else!).
Saturation :thumbs_up:

electrofux
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11 Oct 2017

Wow have to check out the new stuff. I second that the saw needs to be driven to get that really brassy touch that is in the original especially in the higher notes. Might be a speciality of the CS-80.

BTW the sounds in the new Bladerunner that are similar to this one also have some weird but very strong pressure (might be the cinema pa though). I hear some very strange sounds throughout the whole movie. Sounds as if they also had a batallion of trumpets mixed in ;-)

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normen
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11 Oct 2017

I find PolySix's saw in unison with a bit of spread and lots of RV7000 works pretty well.

Edit: Looking at my patch I actually used RV7 :) If you up the numbers of voices you get more of that "brassy" if I interpret that right.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g93x5ihl89nxy ... s.cmb?dl=1

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eusti
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11 Oct 2017

Nice job, Normen!

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11 Oct 2017

Because of this thread, i decided to make a v2 of a vangelis-inspired track.

Here is the reason file:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ujrop218u5uh6 ... eason?dl=1

Of this track (to preview):


At least now you can get a subscription to use all the rack extensions i use here if you don't have them :)
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jayhosking
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11 Oct 2017

Great sounds all around! I love where this thread is going.

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11 Oct 2017

normen wrote:
11 Oct 2017
I find PolySix's saw in unison with a bit of spread and lots of RV7000 works pretty well.

Edit: Looking at my patch I actually used RV7 :) If you up the numbers of voices you get more of that "brassy" if I interpret that right.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g93x5ihl89nxy ... s.cmb?dl=1
Thats really cool, i added velocity and aftertouch to the preset, added a longer release time and a different reverb (ok, its washed in reverb now, but thats the way i like it :) )

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0igfgpbwiiiqc ... I.cmb?dl=0

Demo:
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leonxx1983
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11 Oct 2017

Here's my lazy but somewhat useful response... start with any fat saw wave and shape appropriately. The real secret is adding subtle pitch variation and by that I mean very gently & slightly modulate the pitch.

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normen
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11 Oct 2017

dana wrote:
11 Oct 2017
Thats really cool, i added velocity and aftertouch to the preset, added a longer release time and a different reverb (ok, its washed in reverb now, but thats the way i like it :) )

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0igfgpbwiiiqc ... I.cmb?dl=0
Nice. Yeah, I don‘t actually play keys so playability wasn‘t a priority :lol: Happy that it‘s useful for you :)

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