Heads Down Vol 1

Basses

Ladder-filtered saws, an M1-style organ bass, a soft 303 line, a Juno pulse with chorus, a Reese, and a garage wobble with its depth on the mod wheel. Mono with a short glide, apart from the Juno.

Sub basses

Sine and triangle subs with a little tape saturation, an 808-style glide with a pitch drop, and a sub that grows harmonics on the mod wheel. Each has a high-pass at 22 to 24 Hz and a compressor, so the level holds steady from note to note.

Pads

Juno-style PWM, detuned Detroit strings, a dark filtered pad, a vinyl-crackle pad, a formant choir, an electric-piano haze, and one with a pump on every beat whose depth is on the mod wheel.

Stabs

M1 organ and piano stabs, a Rhodes, a Juno chord, a resonant saw stab, brass, a bend-warped pluck, a dusty downsampled stab, a dub stab with delay throws on a macro, and marimba keys.

Leads

A muted pluck, a flute from the JF Flute table, a gliding saw, an FM bell, a whistle sine with vibrato on the wheel, a Detroit saw and square, and a garage pluck with a triplet delay.

Atmospheres

A vinyl crackle bed, a tape wash drone with a chaotic filter, rain, an ocean-floor drone, distant traffic, a dub siren into a feedback delay, and a noise riser that opens over two bars.

Basses 10

• BA - Rubber BandTwo saws into a Moog ladder with a fast filter envelope. Mono, with a short glide.
• BA - M1 Organ BassAn organ bass with a key click on the attack, short and bouncy.
• BA - Low RiderA thick saw bass with drive and a slow drift in the warp, for 120 BPM.
• BA - Reese DeepTwo saws beating against each other, low-passed and dark.
• BA - Soft AcidThe 303 saw through the Ladder Acid filter, with mild resonance and glide.
• BA - Thump PluckA short pluck bass with a pitch blip on the attack.
• BA - Warm FM BassA sine carrier with a little FM from the sub for growl.
• BA - Chicago JunoA pulse-width bass with chorus, in the early Chicago style. Polyphonic.
• BA - Boogie FingersA slap-style attack that settles into a round body.
• BA - Garage WobbleA tempo-synced filter wobble, with its depth on the mod wheel.

Sub Basses 6

• BA - Sub Pure SineA sine sub with a little tape saturation.
• BA - Sub Warm TriTriangle and sine with a touch of second harmonic.
• BA - Sub 808 GlideA pitch drop on every note and always-on glide, with a long tail.
• BA - Sub Harmonic BloomA sub that grows upper harmonics as you push the mod wheel.
• BA - Sub Round RectA rounded square wave with some edge.
• BA - Sub KnockA sine with a short pitch knock on the attack.

Pads 10

• PD - Juno VelvetPulse-width pad with slow chorus and a breathing filter.
• PD - Warm BlanketA dark pad on the OSCar table, low-passed and lightly saturated.
• PD - Detroit StringsWide detuned saw strings with a slow attack.
• PD - Deep DarkFiltered saws over a sine, with a sweep that takes eight bars.
• PD - Dusty VinylA soft pad with crackle and hiss mixed in.
• PD - Glass ChoirFormant filtering with a glassy FM layer on top.
• PD - Electric HazeAn electric-piano pad with a tremolo and a hazy reverb.
• PD - Morning LightAn LFO scans the Dying Sine table into shimmering upper partials.
• PD - Pumping ChordsA sidechain-style pump on every beat, with its depth on the mod wheel.
• PD - Tape OrganA drawbar organ through tape, with a rotary-style wobble.

Stabs 10

• CH - M1 Organ StabThe organ stab, with an instant attack and a bright chorus.
• CH - Piano StabFM piano over a sine body, brighter with velocity.
• CH - Rhodes StabElectric piano with a slow tremolo and a touch of overdrive.
• CH - Juno ChordPulse-width saws with a quick filter envelope and the chorus on.
• CH - Deep Saw StabUnison saws through a resonant low-pass, dry and tight.
• CH - Brass StabSaws with a quick filter swell and a stereo widener.
• CH - Pluck StabA bend-warped pluck with a dotted delay.
• CH - Dusty StabDownsampled and taped, with crackle underneath.
• CH - Filtered Dub StabHigh- and low-passed saws with a delay throw on a macro.
• CH - Marimba KeysMallet keys with a sine body and a short noise tick.

Leads 7

• LD - Muted PluckA soft pluck lead with a little delay.
• LD - Deep FluteThe JF Flute table with a slow vibrato and a breath layer.
• LD - Soft Saw GlideA mono saw lead with glide and chorus.
• LD - FM Bell LeadA bright FM attack that fades to a soft tone.
• LD - Whistle SineA sine lead with portamento and vibrato on the wheel.
• LD - Detroit LeadSaw and square with chorus and a dotted delay.
• LD - Garage PluckA bright pulse pluck with a triplet delay.

Atmospheres 7

• AT - Vinyl BedCrackle and hiss with no pitch. Hold a key.
• AT - Tape WashA slow drone through a chaotic filter and a long, dark reverb.
• AT - Night RainPink noise through moving band-pass filters.
• AT - Ocean FloorA sub drone that morphs through its harmonics over sixteen bars.
• AT - City NightBrown noise through sweeping filters and a long ping-pong delay.
• AT - Dub SirenA sine with a pitch sweep into a feedback delay.
• AT - Rising AirA noise swell that opens over two bars while you hold a note.