The "How did LP make that sound" Thread - Research

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  1. HybridXXX

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    Whoops! Alright, i'll get rid of the link. I personally wasn't aware of the existence of the stems.
     
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    No worries. I'd just rather I tell you than staff or someone even higher up than that tell you to take it down. :lol:
     
  3. TheInterframe

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    Damn for a second I thought we finally tracked down the source of the Runaway sample haha . I really wonder though, I wonder if it is synthesized instead of a sample like we're assuming.
     
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    I'd be willing to bet it's most likely synthesized from scratch. It sounds like a Shinoda synth.
     
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    Remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of the universe :lol:
     
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    How many songs has Mike used that thunder sound that starts Breaking the Habit?

    I've found it in Remember the Name and Ghosts so far.
     
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    I thought Astat had said the same explosion effect was used in Remember the Name and The Radiance...not sure if I'm remembering that right.
     
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    I remember this, too. I found it in Ghosts, I'm pretty sure anyway, and now I'm curious just how many times Mike recycled this sound.
     
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    Believe Me from FM
     
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    Hi guys, i just bought a multi FX pedal by boss called gt1 and i need some of your help... i wanna play linkin park tracks (papercut, faint, numb, a place in my head... just all of them, they are all great), but i dont know how to setup up my sound right.. im very new to this but i‘ve got a lot of motivation to learn alot. Thanks for the help (hope i‘m right here in this thread
     
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    does anyone know which synth/preset/plugin they used in the Blackout intro? I mean the one that goes A-B-A-B-A-B...
     
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    Sounds like a standard Square Wave to me.
     
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    Yeah I agree. It's just some chords with a standard square wave manipulated into the sound they wound up with.

    Also Tony talked about the forbidden album :kappa:
     
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    It sounds like there's some bitcrush and reverb on that synth riff. Maybe a chorus effect. I'm just going by ear though.
     
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    sounds about right, I've been trying to replicate it with good results so far. I really like that synth, it has that ethereal radiance kind of vibe to it
     
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    What do they do to make the drum samples like they have in songs like Blackbirds and In Pieces. They sound almost like someone beatboxing I really like the style but I haven't been able to replicate it for the life of me.
    I'm assuming some form of EQ with Compression and Saturation but the details I have no idea what to do.
     
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    They probably use real pedals and amps to achieve some of those sounds. You can get the same effect with software. I think you need tape distortion or saturation and cutting off either high or low frequencies.
     
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    Anyone got an idea which synth they used for their early demo's strings? For example right here in the beginning:



    Apparently they've used an Yamaha AN1x for most of their early synth pads, but I have one of those and I cannot get anything similiar out of it.
    Any idea on how one could create a similiar sound?
     
  19. Marian-Mina Mihai

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    Hi. Sorry for the late reply, but I just stumbled upon this post while trying to cover Don't Stay and I managed to pull out something decent with N.I. Massive, by tweaking the "Metaloid" preset a bit. Get both of the cutoffs to about 5%, In the Macro section: Metal - 65%, Mallet - 100%, Filter - 40%, Reverb - 55%, Attack - 45% (the rest stays the same). The Pitches should be: OSC1 - 0, OSC2 - 7, OSC3 - 0. Then strictly for the build up part add an Overdrive (I'm using Ableton's standard plugins) automated from 100 to 2500 Hz, going from 0 to 100 % and an Auto Filter, bandpass (the middle option), OSR, Drive 12 dB, automated from 150 to 2000Hz (Filter Frequency). The note should be F#2 for the buildup. Then for the rest disable the effects and change the note to F#5. Hope it helps 6 years later :))...
     

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