seems like a pad or sine would be the name of it but was wondering if anyone knew the specific instrument

this is all over like old Houston music and even like some j dilla/kaytranada esque s*** Imma try to find more examples

The universe must want me to get this cause this just popped up on the timeline and this another example

first guess would be some chords from a Rhodes piano with some reverb and a wah pedal effect

Sounds like a piano passed thru a filter then modulated

i love that this song is still getting life brought to it

A synth chord with a wobble & chorus effect

There is no specific instrument outside of synthesizer - imo

The chord might even have some really quick fading in and out to give it that bounce

@op

As in what is the basis to make the literal sound on a synth from scratch outside of effects, idk

Just sounds like wobbly synth keys

Distortion

Take some electric piano keys, filter them a little, add some tremolo/wah wah to give it the wavy effect. I use tremolo a lot in Purity

Truly one of the greatest rnb songs ever

Was the entire reason I had an rnb phase

The universe must want me to get this cause this just popped up on the timeline and this another example

Appreciate all the replies gonna try what y’all are saying

Surprisingly enough, that's not a synth in this one. It's a genius sample flip from the live version of Boogie Nights by Heatwave

HiTek isolated the vocals at 0:20, slowed them down, eq'd them and ran them through (what I'm assuming is) a wah or tremolo effect

if you want an effect like this either use tremolo (which is rapid fluctuation in volume) or wah (which is a filter sweep, usually a low pass with a peak just before the drop off which gives you that nice resonance)

in a daw you could also easily automate this type of effect with volume faders for tremolo or automate a low pass filters frequency for a wah

& if you find yourself wanting something that goes a bit further out there try out phaser, chorus, & flanger

what’s y’all favorite wah effect vst

pretty sure that’s a vuvuzela

We need more threads like this

K Le Maestro too good

genuinely

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