How to make wavy synth keys using LennarDigital Sylenth1

This sound design tutorial shows how to make deep wavy synth keys using a virtual synthesizer — Lennar Digital Sylenth1.

It's a synth preset that's perhaps suited for slow or mid-tempo music, but you can use it in whatever genre of music you are into. Follow the steps below to make this sound:

Settings for Oscillator A1:

• Voices = 4
• Waveform = Sawtooth
• Detune = 28%
• Oscillator Re-trigger = Enabled
• Octave = Default

Settings below for Oscillator A2:

• Voices = 4
• Waveform = Pulse
• Phase = 68.5 degrees
• Detune = 28%
• Oscillator Re-trigger = Enabled
• Stereo Width = 85%
• Octave = Default

(that's all you have to do as far as the oscillator section is concerned.)

Amplifer Envelope Section:

• Release Slider = 68%

Settings for Filter Side A:

• Warm Drive = Enabled
• Filter Control Cutoff = 24%
• Filter Control Resonance = 27%
• Filter A Type = 12 dB Low-Pass filter
• Filter A Cutoff = 0%
• Filter A Resonance = 11%
• Filter A Drive = 11%

Mixer section:

• Mix A Fader = 85%
• Main Mix Fader = 65%

Map modulation envelope 1 to control the cut-off point of Filter A:

• Mod Env 1 Amount = 100% (*Clockwise*)
• Attack = 16%
• Decay = 60%
• Sustain = 23%
• Release = 49%
• Mod Env 1 Mod Destination = Cutoff AB

Make use of LFO 2 (low-frequency oscillator) to implement a slight pitch drift:

• Waveform = Sine Wave
• LFO Rate = 1/8th (*Triplet Note*)
• LFO Gain = 8%
• LFO Mod Amount = 4% (*Clockwise*)
• LFO Mod Destination = Pitch AB

Map Miscellaneous Modulation 1 to control the gain of LFO 2 via the Mod Wheel:

• Mod Misc 1 Source = Mod Wheel
• Mod Misc 1 Target = LFO 2 Gain
• Mod Misc 1 Amount = 8% (*Clockwise*)