Why can't this be love - Van Halen - Synth

How about this? A quickie but not bad I think!


The guitar synth on the record uses "hard sync'd" oscillators, which unfortunately is not possible on the Axe-Fx or AX8, but you can emulate the distinctive sync sweep with a negative feedback flanger. I also think the VH version was a synth is probably 8 oscillators in UNISON mode, so I've added some tricks to fatten things up.
 

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I think the synth on the album has both the envelope and the LFO modulating the pitch of the hard sync oscillator. This kind of mod-source addition is not possible, so I used an LFO and assigned it to restart when the envelope ducks below a certain level. This results in more retriggering than is heard in the original, but I thought that this was the best way to go. By removing the modifier from CONTROLLERS: LFO1: RUN, you can explore what it sounds like if the LFO runs freely instead.
 
Admin M@ said:
How about this? A quickie but not bad I think!


The guitar synth on the record uses "hard sync'd" oscillators, which unfortunately is not possible on the Axe-Fx or AX8, but you can emulate the distinctive sync sweep with a negative feedback flanger. I also think the VH version was a synth is probably 8 oscillators in UNISON mode, so I've added some tricks to fatten things up.
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M@ you are a truly specialist on sounds. I'm glad you know all the special tweaks....and also will share them with us!
Do I understand you have to help all the artists out. Man they're blessed!
 
Admin M@ said:
How about this? A quickie but not bad I think!


The guitar synth on the record uses "hard sync'd" oscillators, which unfortunately is not possible on the Axe-Fx or AX8, but you can emulate the distinctive sync sweep with a negative feedback flanger. I also think the VH version was a synth is probably 8 oscillators in UNISON mode, so I've added some tricks to fatten things up.
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Admin M@, this is amazing! Had a request for "Van Hagar" and this came up - was dreading it but now realizing AX8 and this amazing community will make it a reality! Does anyone have a good patch for the non-synth guitar parts, a general Eddie 5150-era super-chorus-y, etc.? As always very grateful for everyone's hard work and great advice...
 
He sure does, but Roth-era...at least I didn't see anything yet that was the Hagar stuff, nor from Moke who is also a genius... Again, grateful for any thoughts...
 
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