Remaking the bass synth from the 1990 song "Show Me Love" by Robin S can be an exciting challenge for any synthesizer enthusiast. Here’s how you can create the "Show Me Love" bass patch and play this iconic sound on most hardware or software subtractive synthesizers (Serum, Vital, Pigments, Prophet, Korg, Moog, etc). We've included the preset download directly for your convenience, but we strongly recommend you use our programming tutorial to recreate it yourself.
Original Audio
Robin S’s 1993 hit “Show Me Love” features a classic dance synth bass that comes in near the beginning at 0:13. The bass sound is iconic and enduring in electronic dance music, originally created using the Organ 2 waveform from the Korg M1 rompler.
Original Performing Instrument
- Korg M1
Our Remake of The Bass Synth
This audio clip is how close we've matched the original tone of the bass synth from the song "Show Me Love" by Robin S, giving you a reference point as you design your own synthesizer preset. Play it as often as you need to familiarize yourself with the nuances of the sound.
Synth Patch Programming Recipe
Remake This Sound Yourself
Learn how to program this synth preset with Syntorial, all by ear. Download the demo and try unlimited famous sound challenges for free.
Getting Started
- Start by initializing your synthesizer to a plain saw with no filter, modulation or effects. For soft synths use the "init"/"default" preset or the the button to reset all parameters to their default factory values.
- No two synths are exactly alike, so treat the values below as approximate, and use your ear.
- Percentage values (e.g. 50%) represent the relative position of a knob or slider within its full range. The full range of each parameter may differ from synth to synth, so use your ear.
Voices
- Voice Mode: Mono
Amp Envelope
- Attack: 0 ms
- Decay: 1900 ms
- Sustain: 0%
- Release: 200 ms
Oscillators
- Oscillator 1
- Waveform: Triangle
- Volume: 40%
- Oscillator 2
- Waveform: Pulse
- Pulse Width: 100%
- Pitch: +31 Semitones
- Volume: 60%
Filter
- Type: Low Pass
- Cutoff: 50%
Filter Envelope
- Modulation Amount: 10%
- Attack: 0 ms
- Decay: 1800 ms
- Sustain: 0%
- Release: 200 ms
Delay
- Mix: 25% Wet
- Feedback: 20%
- Time: 1/8 Note
Note: the patch settings may slightly differ in the Syntorial challenge.
Explore More
- Serum tutorial – Korg M1 Bass (Robin S “Show Me Love”) (YouTube)
- How to make some sounds from Robin S ‘Show Me Love’ with DRC (YouTube)
- Show Me Love – Bass Reconstruction [ABLETON LIVE] (YouTube)
- Download files – ADSR Sounds (Website)
- Sound Design tutorials – ADSR Sounds (Website)
Preset Downloads
Don't want to learn synth programming now? Use our synth preset as your starting point and tweak it from there. Register an account with Audible Genius and download the presets for free for the following synths:
- Primer, our free synthesizer VST
