Change the VCA mode to ENV again, and set decay time to 7.5 with sustain at 0. Set the main filter cutoff to 3, resonance to 7.5, and envelope amount to 3.5. To create the resonant bass layer in TAL U-NO-LX, start with the default sawtooth wave with the sub-oscillator volume set to 4. The verse bass sound is a layered sound, with a thin high layer creating the resonant sweep and a deeper low layer filling the bass-end. The verse and chorus sections of Nightcall have distinctly different bass sounds the verse has a resonant sweeping sound whereas the chorus bass is thick and powerful. To mix the sound, add a high-shelf EQ around 2.90 kHz and reverb with a mix level around 20%. Turn on the Chorus II effect to get that lush 80’s sound. Change the VCA mode to envelope and set the ADSR’s decay to 5, sustain to 0 and release to 4, which will create the tight plucking effect.

Set the HPF filter fader, VCF frequency and resonance to halfway to filter the high and low frequencies, and add some plucked movement to the low-pass filter by raising the ENV fader to 3. Set the sub oscillator’s volume to halfway and optionally add some white noise to dirty the sound up. From the default settings, activate the square wave oscillator and set the PW fader to almost maximum to make it a narrow-pulse wave. TAL U-NO-LX is a great synth for 80s sounds, and can be used to create this sound.

The main synth sound in Nightcall is the chorused arpeggios that play throughout the song. Have you come to collect vintage gear since?” “ No, I just have a computer and a lot of things inside. “Your sound is to some degree nostalgic for a pre-computer electronic era. Despite the warm, analog sound, Kavinsky uses entirely soft synths. Nightcall is composed of two distinct sections, the vocoder-led verse, and the chorus section sang by Lovefoxxx. The track sets the mood for the rest of the movies with lush 80’s synths and a cool, driving beat. I’ll start with Drive opening credit song, Kavinsky’s Nightcall.

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