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Blade Runner … THAT Synth Sound on iOS?
Has anyone found or created a patch that really captures the sound of the synth from the Blade Runner main titles?
The original sounds were crafted by Vangelis on a CS-80 and for a few grand you can nowadays buy a faithful replica in the Deckard’s Dream. However, I reckon you can get fairly close in iOS with the likes of Mononoke and Synthmaster One (specifically Kevin Schroeder’s White Gigant patch).
Curious if anyone else has found an iOS synth - and perhaps a specific preset - that gets pretty close to ‘that’ sound?
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Virtually every synth of worth has a Vangelis tribute of sorts but very few nail the expressiveness of the CS-80. My favourites are found in the UVI Vintage Vault 3 collection. The CS-M soundware (an addon within Vintage Vault 3) definitely gets you there.
https://www.uvi.net/cs-m
On iOS, there are some decent Vangelis style patches in IKM's Synthology.
I use a Volt patch that drew its initial inspiration from the Blade Runner in the track I posted here:
https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/48466/the-long-winter
I tweaked the patch (I think a factory one) in ways that probably make it sound less like it.
Audio Damage Continua is the stand-out choice here for me.
This is two Continua patches with no additional effects or processing. It has the deepest spaciest reverb of any synth I know and that wonderful fat sawtooth synth string sound that just screams “Bladerunner”.
Wow - this is nice. Continua is one of the most underrated synths on iOS. This example is definitely up there with the best.
Which patches?
I’m not sure of the accuracy, but ox-bd has a bladerunner preset
They are custom patches but I can make the files available if you wish?
I think everyone following this thread would be grateful.
yamaha cs reface or in iOS i would try Shaper( pretty flexible synth)
Sunrizer has patches called Blade Runner and Blade Runner Titles
Really nice!
I did a wicked version in Zeeon (called it “Blade Runner Rated X”. There’s an Audiobus user patch file for the synth around somewhere
And yeah, Continua has great sounding unfiltered pure saw oscillators. Not sure what AD does differently but they have a sound to them
@dokwok2 @espiegel123 @ik2000
Thanks folks ... let me make a selection of my favourite Bladerunneresque patches and I'll post a mini pack later
Ok … a nano-pack of Bladerunner-esque sounds, some with that signature rich sawtooth thing, some cinematic sound FX etc, and a Star Wars related one … sounds like the engine sound when ships land. Enjoy, remixl, use etc
Wow! Those are awesome!
Thanks, @craftycurate!
I love how easy it is the import patches from with the app. I wish more developers would adopt this system…
Related:
https://reverb.com/news/the-synth-sounds-of-blade-runner
https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2004/02/20/vangelis-blade-runner/
Wikipedia: https://tinyurl.com/4td7z7hm
Thank you, CC.
Syntronik as a CS-80
NLog PRO
syntronik has actual Blade Runner CS80 sounds as presets- it gets a low rating because of its steep price- but you get what you pay for-
Sunrizer
Zeeon
Ideally you want the filter cutoff controlled by aftertouch, preferably poly AT. My Hydrasynth does a great job!
Ive seen some preset packs out there based around blade runner, I believe one was a free serum presets pack from Reverb.com, but I might be wrong. Either way if you can find any BR, presets that work with an iOS synth you should be good to go. I think there is a paid one for OBXD somewhere, sorry i cant be more specific. Also… Tal, SoundFonts, sfz, serum, etc.. all those types of presets are out there, both free and paid. A quick “blade runner synth presets” should find you some that are usable on iOS.
Love the density of these crowdsourced answers.
@craftycurate Thanks for the nano-pack of Bladerunner-esque sounds.. 👍 Continua’s reverb is insane!
Very cool. Thanks!
It’s wild how inspiring these presets are, thanks mate!
I'm just gonna drop a recommendation for FAC Alteza, which is a reverb au. It blew me away and feels like instant blade runner on anything that sounds like a saw wave.
Side note:
One of my most blade runner blues sounding tracks was actually made using kqDixie with Fac Alteza. That's an FM synth a la dx7, probably the farthest thing from a cs-80!
...but with that reverb, it sounded as rich as anything virtual analog I've ever heard, but with a much lower CPU footprint. Tickle that pitch bend wheel randomly you can even get subtle drift going. I wish I remembered the preset used, but it was in that free dx7 collection online that has thousands of presets... But the point is, sometimes the effects make the sound 🤷♂️ and Alteza is a hell of an effect.
You're on the right track with the reverb - Bladerunner is 1st of all a Lexicon LX480, the CS patches are less essential.