Polytrapwave is our love letter to glowing synthetic soundscapes, polyphonic daydreams, and early-sampler digital degradation, so we wrote it with our favorite synths. Produced at Three Wave in Brooklyn, this pack truly takes advantage of their vintage circuits: a Korg Trident, a Jupiter 6 and an Arp Odyssey. We captured effervescent arps, buoyant bass lines, laconic leads, and even synth-patch percussion. We recorded them through Three Wave’s Avedis MA5 pre-amps for extra heaps of haze. Polytrapwave is everything you need to create neon-pastel synth soundscapes and shimmering worlds of wonder.
Polytrapwave
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