Help getting this softer lead sound?

[Relicanth]

Hi, I am struggling to achieve the lead sound in this video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIrm0BG15L0 at 0:20 and again at 2:08 . Any help apprietaitede thank you.

[billbaker]

That's a pretty straightforward lead sound and there should be half a dozen likely candidates that are close to it in the factory sounds.

What might not be there on the basic synth patches are 2 things, the portamento and the delay (... you could just try the SW1 and SW2 buttons to see if portamento is already programmed and turn up knob 4 to see if the near-standard reverb balance is routed there.)

Get a searchable .pdf version of the manual - portamento should be easy enough to find.

Delay style (tempo delay, multitap, etc.), amount, balance, etc. are all to personal taste and to the levels you find useable live or in studio (not necessarily the same).

While you're at it see if you can find mention of legato (tied) in connection with oscillators in mono mode.

Finally setting the attack time to 5-10 will "soften" the initial sound.

BB