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Xfer Records Serum, lead

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Contest: Xfer Records Serum played lead on Prisoner by Sara Landry (2024)

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Settings

osc
3 saw -1 unison + 1 square, unison 5, detune 31 cents, sub none, noise 0.01
filter
BP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
4265 Hz
resonance
0.6, drive 0.7
envelope
A 8 ms D 195 ms S 0.5 R 135 ms; fast upward sweep on each hit that snaps the resonant peak across the harmonics; filter env amount 0.65
modulation
lfo sine 0.65 Hz to cutoff, glide 25 ms
effects
short bright plate reverb, ping-pong delay 1/16, fuzz
notes
A piercing, detuned unison lead rides the top of "Prisoner", distorted and resonance-swept to cut through the 156 BPM mix as one of her signature screech stabs. The pitch and filter both get pushed hard through drive to add grit without losing the melodic hook.

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Revision history

  • Seedsystem