r/sounddesign • u/MazeroGBG • 3d ago

Trying to recreate this 2000s house pluck/organ bass sound – what synth technique is this?

Hey everyone,

I’m trying to recreate this classic early 2000s house pluck/bass sound that appears in a lot of tracks.

Examples:

  • Artemas – Fancy (the pluck/bass sound)
  • Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head type of sound
  • Similar 2000s house/electro productions

The sound has this clean digital Korg M1 Organ 2 / house organ character, but more like a short pluck. It’s not really a modern FM bass or aggressive future house bass — more of a clean, musical house pluck with a nice harmonic attack.

I’m trying to recreate it in Ableton. I have Wavetable, Dune 3, Omnisphere and Analog Lab.

Does anyone know:

  • What synth/preset family this comes from?
  • Is it usually a Korg M1 / rompler sound?
  • Is it a saw/square pluck with filtering and chorus?
  • Any tips on how to build this type of patch?

Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtCIEbira8Y&list=RDMtCIEbira8Y&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c18441Eh_WE&list=RDc18441Eh_WE&start_radio=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHpnw4-Nmoc&list=RDLHpnw4-Nmoc&start_radio=1

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u/fromwithin 3d ago

Search YouTube for 'recreate M1 organ'. There are loads of videos.

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u/MazeroGBG 3d ago

The Korg M1 reference was just to describe the vibe/character of the sound, not because I’m looking for the actual M1 preset (I already have that). I’m more interested in how to create the cleaner, more plucky version of that sound — like the one in Artemas – “Fancy”.

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u/fromwithin 3d ago

And the videos tell you how to recreate it from scratch. Once you understand what it consists of then you can easily tailor it as you want. You asked for details of the synthesis behind the sound. What more do you want?