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Xfer Records Serum, lead

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Contest: Xfer Records Serum played lead on Lean On by Major Lazer, DJ Snake (2015)

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Settings

osc
1 saw + noise, unison 2, detune 11 cents
filter
BP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
1800 Hz
resonance
0.4
envelope
A 15 ms D 200 ms S 0.5 R 300 ms; vowel-like formant sweep on every phrase, pitch-bent between notes
modulation
lfo sine 1.5 Hz to pitch, glide 80 ms, mono
effects
chorus, short slapback delay
notes
The song's whole identity is that reedy, pitch-bent flute-like lead that sounds part duduk, part vocal, part synth. It was built by mangling a sampled/synthesized source rather than playing a clean patch, with heavy pitch and formant manipulation. This description is reconstructed from the record's widely-discussed sound design, not from a verified patch sheet. Instrument choice is approximated from the Jack U/DJ Snake camp's documented mid-2010s workflow, built heavily around Xfer Serum for synthesis and Native Instruments Kontakt for sampling/vocal manipulation, not a documented per-song patch sheet.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem