Organic Pluck

Sounds like: A soft, warm pluck with a touch of wobble in the pitch.

Sound type: pluck · Genre: Downtempo · Style: warm, slightly imperfect, folky pluck texture

A warm, gently imperfect pluck, related to Organic Pad but voiced as a short melodic hit rather than a sustained texture, with a touch of pitch softness.

Open this patch in the interactive Patchpad

Digitone II

Exact match: Gently imperfect pluck with slight detune

SYN page 1

• ALGO: 3
• RATIO C: 1.00
• RATIO B: 1.00
• DTUN: 15
• MIX: -64

SYN page 2 · Operators A & B

• LEV (A): 0
• LEV (B): 0

FLTR page 1 · Multi-mode

• FREQ: 64
• RESO: 13
• TYPE: 0 (LP)
• ATK: 0
• DEC: 35
• SUS: 0
• ENV: 32

AMP page

• ATK: 0
• DEC: 45
• SUS: 0
• REL: 20
• MODE: ADSR

FX page

• REV: 19

Digitone II's ALGO 3 gives three plain carriers (C, B2, B1) when the FM depth of A and B is off, so LEV (A) and LEV (B) are both 0. MIX -64 selects the X tap (C + B2), and DTUN, which offsets only the ratio of operators A and B2, detunes B2 against C so the two beat against each other. DTUN below 64 is a very slight detune; above 64 is heavier. A gentle FLTR ENV plus a moderate AMP decay keeps the attack soft and rounded.

Syntakt

Exact match: Gently imperfect pluck with slight detune

SYN — SY RAW

• WAV1: Triangle
• TUNE: 0
• DET: Just above 0 (a fraction of a semitone), set by ear for a slow beat
• WAV2: Triangle
• LEV2: 60

FLTR PAGE 1

• FREQ: 64
• RESO: 13
• TYPE: Lowpass
• ATK: 0
• DEC: 35
• SUS: 0
• ENV: 32

AMP PAGE 1

• ATK: 0
• DEC: 45
• SUS: 0
• REL: 20

SY RAW's Triangle waveform keeps things warm; its own DET parameter (detune between the machine's two internal oscillators) supplies the touch of pitch softness in place of a second track, kept low so it sounds like a soft blur rather than a wide unison. Kept dry, matching the family's understated character. SY RAW is an Analog Drum machine, so it runs on track 9, 10 or 11.

Tonverk

Exact match: Two slightly detuned triangles

SRC machine (Func + Src)

• Machine: WAVEFINDER

SRC page 1 · Oscillator 1

• TUNE: 0
• LEV: 100
• POS: 0
• SLOT: HS Tri (Factory Library › 6-Wavetables)

SRC page 2 · Oscillator 2

• DTUN: +9
• LEV: 100
• POS: 0
• SLOT: HS Tri (Factory Library › 6-Wavetables)

FLTR page 1 · Multimode

• ATK: 0
• DEC: 35
• SUS: 0
• FREQ: 64
• RESO: 13
• TYPE: 0 (low-pass)
• ENV: +32

AMP setup (Func + Amp)

• ENVELOPE MODE: ADSR

AMP page

• ATK: 0
• DEC: 45
• SUS: 0
• REL: 20

FX page 1 · Routing

• SND1: 19

Track 13 · Send FX

• Machine: SUPERVOID REVERB

Two triangles a little apart give the warm wobble, and a short reverb send keeps it soft. Lock DTUN on single notes for extra wobble.

Novation Summit

Exact match: Gently imperfect pluck with slight detune

OSCILLATOR 1

• WAVE: Triangle
• RANGE: 8'

OSCILLATOR 2

• WAVE: Triangle
• RANGE: 8'
• FINE: +9 cents

MIXER

• Osc 1: 100
• Osc 2: 100

FILTER

• SHAPE: LP
• SLOPE: 12dB
• FREQUENCY: 64
• RESONANCE: 13
• SOURCE: Amp Env
• ENV DEPTH: 32

AMP ENVELOPE

• ATTACK: 0
• DECAY: 45
• SUSTAIN: 0
• RELEASE: 20

EFFECTS

• REVERB TIME: 35
• REVERB LEVEL: 19

OSCILLATOR 2's FINE knob is nudged to +9 cents: a few cents sharp of OSCILLATOR 1, for a touch of pitch softness rather than a full detuned-unison spread. FILTER's SOURCE + ENV DEPTH route the Amp Envelope into the filter cutoff too.

Arturia MiniFreak

Exact match: Gently imperfect pluck with slight detune

OSCILLATOR 1

• TYPE: SuperWave
• WAVE (Waveform): Triangle
• TIMBRE (Detune): 0
• SHAPE (Volume of copies): 0
• VOLUME: 100

OSCILLATOR 2

• TYPE: SuperWave
• WAVE (Waveform): Triangle
• TIMBRE (Detune): 0
• SHAPE (Volume of copies): 0
• TUNE/OCT: +6 cents (click-hold fine-tune)
• VOLUME: 70

ANALOG FILTER

• TYPE: Low Pass
• CUTOFF: 50
• RESONANCE: 10
• ENV/VELO: 25

ENVELOPE

• ATTACK: 0
• DECAY: 35
• SUSTAIN: 0
• RELEASE: 18

DIGITAL EFFECTS · FX1

• TYPE: Reverb (Room)
• TIME (Decay): 30
• INTENSITY (Damping): 35
• AMOUNT (Dry/Wet): 15

Osc 1 and Osc 2 are both SuperWave used as clean triangles: Detune and the copies' volume are 0, so each is a single triangle wave. Short-envelope sibling of Organic Pad: same mild-detune, warm-filter philosophy, using MiniFreak's two independent oscillators for the pitch-softness detune (Osc 2's click-hold fine-tune, +6 cents) rather than a single-oscillator unison stack. Osc 2's Volume is kept below Osc 1's so it blurs the tone rather than doubling it. Values are on MiniFreak's native 0-100 scale.

Dreadbox Typhon

Exact match: Gently imperfect pluck with slight detune

FRONT PANEL

• WAVE: ~10:30 (VCO1 square + VCO2 triangle)
• TUNE 2: A hair clockwise of fully anticlockwise (VCO2 a few cents sharp, for a slow beat)
• CUTOFF: ~12 o'clock (warm, not fully open)
• RESON: ~8-9 o'clock (low)
• EG LEVEL: ~9-10 o'clock (light)
• FILTER TIME: ~4 o'clock (fast)
• AMP TIME: ~4 o'clock (fast)
• VOLUME: ~12 o'clock

FILTER ADSR

• ATTACK: 0
• DECAY: 30
• SUSTAIN: 0
• RELEASE: 15

AMP ADSR

• ATTACK: 0
• DECAY: 40
• SUSTAIN: 0
• RELEASE: 18

TUNE 2 a hair clockwise of zero gives the touch of pitch softness: Typhon's own natural analog drift adds a bit of the intended imperfection on top, on its own, for free. Front-panel knobs are physically unmarked, so WAVE/TUNE 2/CUTOFF/RESON/EG LEVEL/FILTER TIME/AMP TIME are described by clock position, not a percentage. No FX pages used, kept dry.

ASM Hydrasynth Desktop

Exact match: Gently imperfect pluck with slight detune

OSCILLATOR 1

• MODE: Single
• WAVE: Triangle
• SEMI: 0
• CENTS: 0
• KEYTRACK: 100%

OSCILLATOR 2

• MODE: Single
• WAVE: Triangle
• SEMI: 0
• CENTS: +6
• KEYTRACK: 100%

MIXER

• OSC 1 LEVEL: 100.0
• OSC 2 LEVEL: 70.0
• OSC 1/2 FILTER ROUTING: 100:0 (Filter 1 only)

FILTER 1

• TYPE: LP 1 Pole
• CUTOFF: 64.0
• RESONANCE: 13.0
• ENV 1 AMOUNT: 32.0
• KEYTRACK: 0%

ENVELOPE 1

• DELAY: 0 ms
• ATTACK: 0 ms
• DECAY: 160 ms
• SUSTAIN: 0.0
• RELEASE: 80 ms

ENVELOPE 2

• DELAY: 0 ms
• ATTACK: 0 ms
• DECAY: 160 ms
• SUSTAIN: 0.0
• RELEASE: 80 ms

REVERB

• TYPE: Room
• TIME: 1.2 s
• DRY/WET: 15%

OSC 2's CENTS at +6 gives the touch of pitch softness against OSC 1, kept below OSC 1's level in the MIXER so it blurs the tone rather than doubling it: gentler than a wide unison spread. Envelope 1 (pre-wired to Filter 1) and Envelope 2 (pre-wired to Amp) share the same fast decay so the filter and amplitude settle together.

About this patch

Short-envelope sibling of Organic Pad: same mild detune and warm filter applied to a pluck rather than a sustained pad.

Patchpad is a free reference of drum patterns, synth patches and reminders, written for a selection of real hardware.