Netsky Iron Heart lead - I figured it out! (Almost, help me)

[bouncingfish]

I've always loved the mouthy lead in Netsky - Iron Heart, tried to recreate it in various synths but I never got close.
It would be interesting to know how to make it, comes in at about 1:13:


I tried again today and got a little closer than before, using a choir sample pitched up and down in the EXS24, some EQ and some filtering.
At least I tried.
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I don't know where to go from here though, it doesn't sound the same but I don't know what I should add/remove/change, would appreciate some help!

[bouncingfish]

Should probably have posted this in the "How do I make this sound" thread though. :S

[PillowFight]

It's got some interesting sort of feel, but I don't think it's just 1 layer. It sounds like it's comprised of some thin saw waves, some bandpassed strings, and maybe a stretched & pitch bent vocal sample.

[titchbit]

I would go the massive route personally. Just through my own guesswork, I've come to think that netsky uses massive for a lot of his stuff.

[shakas]

you got the idea of the sound down, from the similar timbre, to the glide/portamento and the notes....but in my opinion, it's made from a small snippet of a sample...and that will always make it different sounding that whatever synth'd versions you try to make.

[bouncingfish]

I don't think it's just 1 layer. It sounds like it's comprised of some thin saw waves, some bandpassed strings, and maybe a stretched & pitch bent vocal sample.

Shit that sounds kinda spot on.
I can hear another layer of some hipassed stuff that's eq'd with the pitch of the synth, too.
I guess i'll just make some more layers, then.

Just through my own guesswork, I've come to think that netsky uses massive for a lot of his stuff.

Yeah probably partially, but as PillowFight said it has lots of layers. I guess a few of them could be massive.

you got the idea of the sound down, from the similar timbre, to the glide/portamento and the notes....but in my opinion, it's made from a small snippet of a sample...and that will always make it different sounding that whatever synth'd versions you try to make.

Good point mate.

[PillowFight]

It can maybe be emulated using massive alone, maybe try to reverse engineer some of the massive presets that are related to strings or something pad-esque to get a feel for that type of sound, then layer it with another instance using saws or the high passed stuff you were talking about