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Sonic Academy Kick 2, lead

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Contest: Sonic Academy Kick 2 played lead on 16 by Hardwell (2024)

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Settings

osc
2 saw -1 + ring-mod layer, unison 3, detune 17 cents, sub none, noise 0.06
filter
BP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
2245 Hz
resonance
0.43, drive 0.43
envelope
A 5 ms D 155 ms S 0.57 R 298 ms; sweeps up into the drop then settles into a narrow resonant peak; filter env amount 0.54
modulation
lfo sh 1.97 Hz to cutoff
effects
short slap delay, dark plate reverb, cerebral rather than euphoric, crush
notes
The lead on "16" with Blasterjaxx & Maddix is the main hook line: a detuned unison stack pushed through a bright low-pass, opening hard into the drop and carrying the melody over the sidechained low end, typical of the bigroom-techno reinvention of Rebels Never Die and after.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem