claytonr Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 (edited) Hi everybody, I am trying to make this synth sound (see video) with any of the Logic Pro samplers. I tried some of the presets of the "Sculpture Softsynth" sampler and they sounded almost exactly alike, but there was to much noise or distortion. And also I know for a fact that this was made in Logic Pro according to several very reliable sources, including the maker of this sound. I already know how to do the auto filter part because I've done it before. There is also a Midi file that I produced of this tune (see attachment). Any help or suggestions on how to setup one of the samplers to make this synth would be very much appreciated. Thank you My Song 1187.mid Edited September 29, 2012 by claytonr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas007 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 This sounds more like an ES2 sound to me... You could try to import that audio file in EXS via this method, and work from there... However, consider the legal aspect regarding copyright! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claytonr Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Thanks for the reply. Yes, I am considering the aspect of copyright. This project is just for personal use. I'll give that method a try today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 It sounds like several synths to me, not a single one. There's one making chords, and one (or two?) making the top melody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claytonr Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Yeah, I'm just trying to make the top melody (like the pad or whatever you would call it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claytonr Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 And Just to add some more information - the reason why there is a "gargly" sound in the clip is because the clip originally had vocals in it and those were taken out with Adobe Audition or some other program like that. Just in case anyone didn't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_stupid Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 If you found presets in Sculpture that sounds close to what you are after, why do you not just shut down the noise and distortion? Must admit I am not using Sculpture at all myself, but so far I have not stumbled into any synth where you can not get rid of noise or distortion from a preset, so I am sure some smart sculpture-user on the forum could point you in the right direction! Nice sounds in the clip btw, would love to know which presets in sculpture that sounds like this, maybe I need to start giving that synth a few spins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Yes, please do share which presets came close? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claytonr Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 Hi everybody, Sorry it took so long for me to get back. I've been without any internet all this time. Tere was one Sculpture preset I used called "Starry Night" in the "Modeled Pads" section of the sculpture preset library. And I also bought NI Massive; I got some pretty similar sounding presets there. But I just went back to the Logic Pro project I was trying to make that sound with, and listened to the starry night modeled pad preset again and compared it the original sound sample from the video again and to be honest, I think that is the exact preset the original artist used, but somehow he just took out the noise and/or distortion out of it by adjusting some of the knobs or sliders in the Sculpture synth. So if anyone can try to with that preset in Sculpture for me to try to get the noise out and make it sound smoother, and tell me exactly what it is I need to do to make it sound like that without the auto filter, that would be widely appreciated. I'm sure there's not much you really need to do. But I can't figure it out right at the moment. Btw, thanks for your comment Mr. S. I'm glad you liked the sound of the youtube song I posted. I hope you're having (or had) a great time with the Sculpture synth. If you like the sound, I would recommend getting NI Massive if you haven't already. It's one really good synth plugin! Thank you, Clayton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claytonr Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Hi guys, There's a new video I uploaded of the same sound but this time it's not auto filtered. See Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrGft-gaBV4 Btw: The artist that made this song is Adam Young (aka Owl City) He used Logic Pro to make this sound. I read that he also uses the ES2 Sampler in Logic a lot. The sample in the video is "gargly" because there was originally a vocal sample over the synth, and I just removed it with Adobe Audition so it was just the music left. So maybe it was the ES2... idk. but I'm looking to get a better result than I did with NI Massive. So can anyone please tell me or give me some clues on how to get an accurate as possible result with the ES2 or Sculpture synth, because I also want to use this synth sound with my own songs/melodies. I attached an updated and more accurate MIDI file, too. Thank you -Clayton Logic_Pro_MIDI_Sample_By_CJR.mid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas007 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 BTW ES2 is a synth. EXS24 is a sampler... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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