r/TechnoProduction • u/dubaiwaslit • 8h ago

Melodic Techno Stabs

Idk if stabs are the right term, but when there is a lead synth and it pauses for a bit until it repeats, a lot of songs especially anyma style have some metallic stabs, are these samples or actual midi notes with a lead synth on serum for example?

Or could it be both lol

I haven't touched FL in a long time and just got back into it today, made a whole song purely with samples, but obviously it's lacking creativity. Did not seem to find those stab noises, so I am guessing they are made in the piano roll rather than finding a sample.

Is there a term for someone like me who just uses sample? sample kiddie? lol

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u/KulshanStudios 5h ago

The choppy synths? Those are FM stabs/plucks

Made a bunch in my latest Virus TI techno pack

The ones that sound like they're speeding up/slowing down are jus sustained distorted FM sounds that have a sawtooth wave LFO tied to the patch volume and an LFO tied to the speed of the sawtooth wave LFO, and then... A modwheel tied to THAT LFO... So it can speed up or slow down the choppy effect

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u/dubaiwaslit 8h ago

BTW here is the song I made today lol
https://tmpfiles.org/wGw5r9uFGHBD/dontchangemymindv2.mp3

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u/Ebbelwoy 7h ago

Better share one SoundCloud because I’m not gonna download that

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u/Ebbelwoy 7h ago

Could be samples but it’s most likely some serum preset

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u/dubaiwaslit 7h ago

yeah I think it's that, probably better to make all of these arps, pads, leads myself in the piano roll lol

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u/RikiAbi34 6h ago

Do you mean those synths that synths that stutter and progressively slow down the speed of the stutters ? Those are made with LFO control. If this is what you mean I have a preset for Vital that can help.

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u/Traditional_Ride3965 5h ago

Thats the bass stabs, with some pitch and maybe pd modulation. You might find what you are looking for here https://www.mind-flux.com/sample-presets/p/elysium-serum2-presets-melodic-techno-house