The cult basses of the synth pop pioneers
o recreate the warm synth bass of Erasure‘s “Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)”, we use Arturia‘s Mini V3 [1]. Vince Clarke also likes mode at the bottom left and mode on the right. In addition set the value at the very bottom to 4. The sawtooth waveforms of the two oscillators are already a good start for the bass sound. Detune the second oscillator by a few against the first oscillator to achieve smooth floating sounds. To do this, hold down the [Shift] key and click on the control and set , . We adjust the oscillator level as shown in the picture. Then switch to the filter section and reduce the to around 153 Hz. The result is a dull sound. We want to modulate the filter frequency with the filter envelope. To do this, turn up the to about 56% and adjust the filter envelope as shown. must now be adjusted for the desired volume curve as shown. The bass still sounds nowhere near as punchy as in the Erasure hit. No problem, because if you click on in the upper right corner of the user interface, the sun will rise! Finally, increase to 0.58.
