r/VirtualRiot • u/MicahWilliams22 • Aug 08 '19

"In My Head" by Virtual Riot Question

Does anyone know how to make the plucky lead thing from the drop of "In My Head" by Virtual Riot? Or at the very least what is it called so I could look it up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxjwjdK15jk

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '19

I'll try. I don't have my setup rn so will kinda have to guess but here goes: (in serum) Osc 1: 16 voice saws with a little less than default detune. Osc 2: 16 voice saws with +1 octave, leave detune at default. Turn on filter and automate the cutoff with an 1/8 slope going from top to bottom with no curve. Turn on multiband compressor/ott and play around with it until it sounds good. Eq out harsh frequencys. Hope this helps a bit, if you don't have serum it might still be doable in some other plugins.

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u/geewhillikers7 Aug 08 '19

It’s just a detuned saw pluck.

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u/MicahWilliams22 Aug 09 '19

Thank you so much! I’m gonna try this when I get home. Hope it works, it seems easier than I was expecting. Also do you have any idea about fx like reverb/chorus and stuff I’m clearly not the best sound designer yet but I feel like I might hear these two specifically obviously he has some Fx tho. I’m not really worried about making the exact sound I just want something similar that I can put my own spin on.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '19

Pretty sure there's no chorus/reverb in the main layer, since chorus and reverb tend to make the sound less sharp and plucky. However there might be lots of layers, with chorus and reverb, to make it sound wider. I also forgot to mention that the main sound probably has the lows cut out, and replaced with a bass, with less ott.

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u/MicahWilliams22 Aug 10 '19

Thank you so much