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Xfer Records Serum, fx

Mark My Words · Justin Bieber / Single (2015)

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Contest: Xfer Records Serum played fx on Mark My Words by Justin Bieber (2015)

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Settings

osc
square + saw, unison 1, detune 0 cents, sub none
filter
BP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
900 Hz
resonance
0.4, drive 0.1
envelope
A 5 ms D 400 ms S 0.3 R 600 ms; static, formant-like band for the vocoder carrier; filter env amount 0
modulation
mono
effects
vocoder carrier feeding the lead vocal, ring-modulated slightly for the robotic edge, none
notes
A narrow-band synth tone functions purely as a vocoder carrier under Bieber's opening a cappella, giving the famous glassy robotic texture rather than being heard as a musical part on its own.

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  • Seedsystem