#lead
- Detune techniqueIf you can spare a channel, play the lead on two channels a few cents apart (or use a fine-tune setting). The slow beating between them sounds huge — the chip version of a supersaw. Small detune (5–10 cents) = fat; …
- Lead articulation (velocity, legato, late vibrato, drop-off) techniqueMaking a sampled or synth lead sound played : per-note volume (velocity), legato slides between notes, vibrato that arrives late, staccato and grace notes, an echo, and the "drop-off" at the end of a big note. A tracked …
- Pitch slides and tone portamento techniqueGliding into a note (tone portamento) or bending a note's pitch up/down (pitch slide) — the cheapest way to add emotion. Classic uses: slide up into the highest note of a phrase, slide down at the end of a phrase, slow …
- Vibrato and delayed vibrato techniqueA periodic pitch wobble on a held note. The important variant is delayed vibrato: the note lands straight, then the vibrato fades in — real singers and lead synths don't wobble immediately. Straight attack + late …
- chipmusic.org — What are the typical C64/SID sounds/instruments? (2015) summaryA keyboard player joining a video-game cover band (in the vein of Press Play on Tape or Machinae Supremacy) asks which sounds make a SID tune sound like a SID tune, and how to fake them on a rompler (Yamaha MOXF6, Korg …