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Xfer Records Serum, lead

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Contest: Xfer Records Serum played lead on London Boy by Dizzee Rascal (2024)

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Settings

osc
wavetable saw-to-square morph, unison 4, detune 17 cents, sub none
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
1777 Hz
resonance
0.2, drive 0.1
envelope
A 11 ms D 90 ms S 0.57 R 213 ms; snaps open on attack, closes through the phrase; filter env amount 0.55
modulation
lfo tri 2.33 Hz to cutoff
effects
short slap delay, light reverb, none
notes
A wavetable saw-to-square morph lead cuts through the top of London Boy, detuned and filtered to sit just above the vocal without masking it. Approximated from Dizzee Rascal's 2024 studio work: modern UK rap/grime production built around Xfer Serum wavetable leads and 808 sub bass, the standard toolkit for UK rap records of this period.

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  • Seedsystem