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Question about recent Hardstyle Leads

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Hello everyone

I'm new to this forum and I browsed through many threads but couldn't find one that's was answering my question!=)
It's about the lead-synths many hardstyle producers created recently. For example in the following tracks:

Noisecontrollers - Feel So Good



or

Zedd - Clarity (feat. Foxes)(Headhunterz Remix)



In both melody-leads it seems to me that the notes change their pitch or sound cut off at the end. It makes the note sound much nicer and less plane. I hope you can hear what I'm talking about, I know it's a lousy description, but I don't know the name for that effect! Does anyone know how it is achieved?

Thanks for your answers and greetz,

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Pitch envelope

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Bakal wrote:Pitch envelope
Thanks for the answer, but do you really think it is just the pitch envelope? Because I think there is something else than just the pitch which is changing, if you listen carefully. It sound like the note is cut off or something, I don't really know how to explain what I mean... I hope you get it if you listen carefully, especially in the second track you can really hear it well!

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AudioPioneer wrote:
Bakal wrote:Pitch envelope
Thanks for the answer, but do you really think it is just the pitch envelope? Because I think there is something else than just the pitch which is changing, if you listen carefully. It sound like the note is cut off or something, I don't really know how to explain what I mean... I hope you get it if you listen carefully, especially in the second track you can really hear it well!
No, it's really the pitch envelope, but this kind of pitch shifting is mostly done with audio clips. So not within the vst itself. E.g. Sample a melody, and set the pitch in your sampler to max, then pitchshift it the hell down, and you'll get an effect just that way. :)
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You can also do it with slides in piano roll,

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Bakal wrote:You can also do it with slides in piano roll,
Can do, but then you won't get that exact tape stop effect... Speaking of that.. You can also do it with dBlue Glitch and use the tape stop effect! :P
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Nonkovic wrote:
Bakal wrote:You can also do it with slides in piano roll,
Can do, but then you won't get that exact tape stop effect...
Actually you will get that effect :)

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I believe some of it is made by Portamento.
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Post by AudioPioneer »

Thanks for all the answers!

So you think that changing the note in the pianoroll will actually get me this effect?
I will try it out later :) And also thanks for the tip with the pitch envelope, also very interesting!

Greez AudioPioneer

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