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I’m looking for some help in recreating the main synth patch for “A Warm Place” by Nine Inch Nails (can be heard in the linked video) using a software synth.

I think one of the main components to the patch is some kind of organ voice but beyond that I’m a bit lost as to what I should try. I’m pretty new to creating synth patches, but I learn best by experimenting and trying to reproduce things I know I like. I’m not looking to recreate this sound perfectly, but if anyone here could offer some guidance on how to achieve a roughly similar sound, or even just a good place to start, I’d really appreciate it.

I’m mainly using ZynAddSubFX but don’t mind trying out other software.

  • junderwoodEnglish
    1•10 months ago

    I wasn’t familiar with the track, so thank you for introducing it to me :)

    It’s hard to say - I haven’t looked around to see if there’s information on what was actually used but it sounds like a basic pile-of-saws pad going through an overdrive pedal or through a dirty amp and into a reverb. There are some pitch wobbles here and there as well. It’s such a big beautiful layered thing - I’d love to know how they did it as well!

    • junderwoodEnglish
      1•10 months ago

      Also btw, I’m almost certainly wrong 😆