In our latest Synth Secrets, we tackle the sounds of an undisputed heavyweight, Blawan, and make a synth patch heavily inspired by his brilliant track ‘993’. We’re going to use Step Divider and Wavetable to bring it to life.
For over a decade we’ve appreciated Blawan’s approach to music production - undulating, angular, raw and saturated. Even in his breakout dubstep single “Fram,” there was clear foreshadowing of the sound that would become his signature style, a style that was distilled and presented in his 2018 debut album “Wet Will Always Dry.” A style that one could describe as undulating, saturated, uneasy, but thoroughly enjoyable techno.
In order to make what he makes, Blawan relies heavily on modular synthesizers and the chaotic interplay between those components. His 2017 release “993” is another great look into his sound, and in today’s Synth Secrets we’re going to explore how to recreate a similar sound to that track without using a single piece of modular hardware, but instead by using Ableton Live and Ableton’s native instruments and effects, nothing more, nothing less. Ableton Live is, at its heart, a powerful modular software system that offers a lot of what a modular hardware system does if you know where to look.
To follow along, set your BPM to 130.
Download the free Ableton session below:
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00:00 Intro
01:17 What we're making today
01:48 Step 1
03:30 Step 2
04:34 Step 3
05:46 Step 4
07:19 Step 5
08:06 Step 6
09:45 Step 7
010:57 Final sound
Listen to 993 by Blawan:
• Blawan - 993 [TESC004]
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