

With the filter routing set up, toggle the Rough/Clean switch to Rough for a rawer sounding filter, then reduce CUTOFF to 41.00 and push up RES to 20.00. (Note: Before playing back the synth at this point you might want to reduce the synth’s master volume – the output control can be found at the top right corner of the synth.) The feedback control routes the output of the synth back into the filter, generating even more weight and intensity. Click on the menu, select FEEDBACK, then turn the feedback dial above to the 12 o’clock mark. Now to the filters. In the panel to the right of the VCO section you’ll see a FREQUENCY slider with a drop-down menu below that reads HPF I PRE.

Next, increase the LFO 2 setting alongside it to around 31.0 in order to modulate the pulse width with an LFO, adding movement and attitude. To the left of the VCO1 knob is a PW (pulse width) slider, which is linked to the pulse wave set up on VCO2. Increase the PW setting to 79.00. Syncing the oscillators gives a distinctive tonal characteristic to the patch. Now turn the DETUNE knob below to around 0.25 to detune the two oscillators. To the left of the DETUNE knob there’s a SYNC button. First, rotate the VCO 1 knob to the left to transpose the oscillator down an octave from 8′ to 16′. Next, cross to the VCO 2 knob and the list of waveforms on the right. The sawtooth will have a red light highlighted to indicate it’s the waveform selected for this oscillator. Click on the red light next to the waveform underneath to add a pulse wave. Now move to the oscillator section in the top left of the synth (the panel entitled DUAL VCO).

Next, in the TUNING section above, add some glide by turning the Glide dial until it’s a third of the way round. Do so in the small section above the Main tab by clicking on the box titled Mode then selecting mono from the drop-down menu.
U HE DIVA TUTORIAL PATCH
Ĭlick on the Main tab to return to the synth. Start by making the patch monophonic – it’s a bass sound so we only want it to play one note at a time. Finally, select the INIT Jupe-8 patch – a useful starting template that includes VCOs (voltage-controlled oscillators) and analogue-style envelopes. Click the Patches tab (middle bottom) then click on 8 TEMPLATES from the Local list (bottom left). Start by selecting one of the initialised patches. Note the varying velocities of the notes (red is louder) which come into play in step 5. This week we use U-He’s DIVA plugin to create a low-slung analogue-style bass.
U HE DIVA TUTORIAL HOW TO
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and new synth sounds using plugins such as Massive, Sylenth and Predator.
