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Xfer Records Serum, lead

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Contest: Xfer Records Serum played lead on Qué Pretendes by Bad Bunny (2019)

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Settings

osc
1 saw -1 + 1 square -1, unison 2, detune 24 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
3232 Hz
resonance
0.27, drive 0.22
envelope
A 3 ms D 130 ms S 0.57 R 262 ms; quick open on the pluck attack, settles mid-brightness; filter env amount 0.39
modulation
lfo tri 0.76 Hz to cutoff, glide 30 ms
effects
slap-back delay, plate reverb tucked under the vocal, none
notes
Melodic pluck/lead line for "Qué Pretendes": a detuned unison saw stack (Serum pluck lead, Tainy/La Paciencia-style) carries the hook motif over the dembow, filtered bright enough to cut through the vocal without masking it. A slow cutoff LFO keeps the pluck breathing across the bar.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem