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Intro stab

1Start by setting both Osc 1 and 2 to a sawtooth wave, for plenty of harmonics. Next, set Osc 2’s Detuning to 30 to make the sound richer still. Mix in some white noise; turn on the Noise Generator, and adjust the Volume to 50% so the noise doesn’t dominate the sound entirely.

2Use ThornCM’s filter to make the sound more recognisable. Select the CleanLP filter, and set the Cutoff and Res to their lowest. Push the Env 1 Amount to 100%, so that the filter’s cutoff and res are modulated entirely by the envelope. Increase the filter’s Drive to 9dB to add extra gain.

3Use the amp and filter envelopes to tighten dynamics, while opening and closing the filter. Set both envs to fast Attack, with Decay at 50% and Sustain at 40%. Set the Amp Env’s Release to 50%, with the Filter Env’s at 60%, for a resonant tail as the filter is modulated.

4A big part of the track is the delay between each note, so enable ThornCM’s Delay module, then set the Delay Time for both left and right to 1/8th dotted notes. Pushing the Mix up to 50% gives us what we want. Then add HY-FX CM onto the synth channel, and select Chorus.