How can i re-create this westcoast synth lead?

[DJ Redrum]

Just wanted to know if anybody could help me try and re-create this synth lead that you hear from the clip below. I'm using reason 3 so anything related to vst's would be useless for me as i only have reason.

Any help would be good as i can't seem to get anything near it, thanks.


Link:

www.zshare.net/audio/21089036e3fb26/

 

[Hi-Lo]

make sure you have portamento on for starters

 

[DJ Redrum]

i've never used the portamento before, how much is usually used for a lead similar to the one in the clip do you know?

 

[Hi-Lo]

i never realized this before but i'm pretty sure all that westcoast synth really is is a portamento sine wave, maybe with a little ring modulation...i would go with subtractor for that, but maybe nova or a more experienced reason head can help you out. as far as how much man you just gotta experiment, the values are different on every synth

 

[DJ Redrum]

i'll test it out to see the effect that it gives, think it changes the pitch does'nt it? do you happen to know how to get leads sounding more thicker as all the ones i have been learnin' with have quite a thin sound maybe just the octave i've had them on.

 

[samuelock]

yea..it'd be on mono, with portamento, it may be a sine wave and a triangle together..not really sure.

 

[Hi-Lo]

i'll test it out to see the effect that it gives, think it changes the pitch does'nt it? do you happen to know how to get leads sounding more thicker as all the ones i have been learnin' with have quite a thin sound maybe just the octave i've had them on.

the pitch change is what portamento is, it has a pitch bend built in when you change notes...if you need thick sound hit up the combinator, single patches probably won't do it for you.

 

[breal]

i'll test it out to see the effect that it gives, think it changes the pitch does'nt it? do you happen to know how to get leads sounding more thicker as all the ones i have been learnin' with have quite a thin sound maybe just the octave i've had them on.

To get a thicker sound detune the second OSC by 7 or 12 cents

 

[2GooD Productions]

So thats what portamento does, ive been playing with that shit and its dope, i wish I knew this before. Thats why I like ill, so much information.

 

[Agent Smith]

subtractor synth: "hip hop lead"

maelstrom: "gangsta lead"

those are what i start with...jsut play them in their upper registers. tweak them if you need to.

 

[DJ Redrum]

thanks for all of the tips/replys, i'll remember them.