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Native Instruments Kontakt, lead

Papaoutai · Stromae / Single (2013)

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Contest: Native Instruments Kontakt played lead on Papaoutai by Stromae (2013)

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Settings

osc
sample-based mallet tone (kalimba/marimba character) layered with 1 short square pluck, unison 1, detune 6 cents, sub none, noise 0.05
filter
LP 12 dB/oct
cutoff
5200 Hz
resonance
0.05, drive 0.1
envelope
A 1 ms D 220 ms S 0 R 180 ms; no real movement; the brightness comes entirely from the mallet transient; filter env amount 0.05
effects
short room reverb, tight and dry to keep the riff percussive and upfront, none
notes
The instantly recognisable riff that doubles the 'papa ou t'es' vocal hook: a bright, woody mallet tone with a fast pluck synth layered on top for extra attack, kept dry so it stays rhythmically tight against the four-on-the-floor beat.

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  • Seedsystem