Nightcall Arp (DeepMind)

Behringer DeepMind 12

Patch sheet ↗Device reference ↗Research 0/100Mapping high · not numerically scored

Panel spec exposes one ADSR slider set: the values here are the VCF envelope (ENVELOPES.vcf ON); set the VCA envelope by hand to A 1 ms, D 300 ms, S 10 %, R 200 ms. Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are chosen in the arp menu.

31 saved controls · — means no saved value

Demo this preset

Play a short exercise to hear the attack, movement and release. These are original audition patterns, not transcriptions of the reference song.

Behringer DeepMind 12 · Primary · Single notes · 4/4

Listen to the filter movement and how the effects connect the short notes.

How to play it

Import the MIDI into your DAW, route its track to the synth showing this preset, and loop the selected bars. Tempo and key are exercise settings. C4 means MIDI note 60; some DAWs label octaves differently. The MIDI sends notes on channel 1 and contains no patch change. It does not load the preset or trigger hardware from this page.

Why this preset? Sources, design & revisions

Follow the decisions from reference to recipe. Excerpts below link to the full write-up. A recording link confirms identity, not the original gear or settings.

01
The reference
Design inference · unsourced
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02
The sound → the decisions
Design inference · unsourced
A bright, short plucky analog voice running a tempo-synced sixteenth-note arpeggio over minor chords — the rolling intro and breakdown figure of Nightcall — one note at a time, delayed and wide.
03
On this synth & chain
inferred · rendition design
Panel spec exposes one ADSR slider set: the values here are the VCF envelope (ENVELOPES.vcf ON); set the VCA envelope by hand to A 1 ms, D 300 ms, S 10 %, R 200 ms. Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are chosen in the arp menu.
04
Listen → improve → revise
Awaiting listening review
These settings have not been marked auditioned. Use Demo this preset, compare the attack, low end and movement, then use Improve to record what you hear. A saved revision is not proof of a listening test.

Research & revision history · 3 saved events

Updates

The saved research and rendition history.

Re-researched
18 Sept 2026 · 05:55 UTC
No write-up sections changed.
Research: unsourced (recall) → unsourced (recall)
Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.
Rendition added · Behringer DeepMind 12
18 Sept 2026 · 05:52 UTC
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Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.
Researched
18 Sept 2026 · 05:46 UTC
First research write-up · sound-research@v1.
Research: unsourced (recall)
Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.

Full saved write-up

Research confidence: 0/100 · unsourced (recall). This legacy write-up has not been re-researched.

Kavinsky Nightcall Arp

A bright, short plucky analog voice running a tempo-synced sixteenth-note arpeggio over minor chords — the rolling intro and breakdown figure of Nightcall — one note at a time, delayed and wide.

Class: mono — one note at a time
Category: Pluck
Sound id: signature-kavinsky-arp
Requested as: "Kavinsky signature arp"

Identity

What it is. The rolling figure that opens Nightcall and returns in its breakdowns: a bright, short pluck cycling up and down a minor chord in sixteenth-notes, sitting in the C4–C5 register above the bass and inside the pad. It gives the track its motion while the chords sit still.

Voice topology: classified mono — the arpeggiator sounds one note at a time, so a single voice with fast retrigger carries it; polyphony only adds ringing release overlap, which is a bonus rather than a requirement. Synths without an onboard arpeggiator need an external MIDI arp or sequencer, which each rendition's compromise note states.

Documented traits: the sixteenth-note rolling pattern, plucky fast-decay envelope, bright tone, delay and stereo spread. Inferred (labelled): the waveform, filter and envelope values in The Sound are reconstruction, not a claim about any original patch. Palette note: cover colours are recalled approximations.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

The Sound

Reconstruction of the idiom. Items marked documented are audible on the records; everything else is inferred and labelled as such.

Oscillators — documented: bright, analog, plucky. Inferred: osc 1 sawtooth; osc 2 pulse (≈30 % width) or square in unison, detuned about +5 cents for shimmer; no sub-oscillator.
Filter — documented: the pluck is a filter envelope, not just the amp. Inferred: 24 dB low-pass, cutoff ≈ 800 Hz at rest, resonance 20–30 %, keyboard tracking ≈ 60 %, filter-envelope amount +60 %.
Filter envelope — inferred: attack 0 ms, decay 150–250 ms, sustain 0–10 %, release 150 ms.
Amplifier envelope — inferred: attack 0–1 ms, decay 300 ms, sustain 0–20 %, release 200 ms.
Arpeggiator — documented: sixteenth-notes, rolling. Inferred: mode up or up/down, range 1–2 octaves, gate ≈ 50 %, tempo-synced; hold/latch on so the chord can be left ringing.
LFO — optional slow triangle (0.1–0.3 Hz) on cutoff for movement across bars; no vibrato.
Velocity — small amount to cutoff for accent patterns.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

History & Provenance

The sequenced arpeggio belongs to the late-70s and 80s synth lineage — Moroder and Bellotte's sequenced Moog lines, Tangerine Dream's sequencers, the onboard arpeggiators of the Roland Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 and the SH-101 sequencer. Kavinsky's Nightcall (2010, co-produced with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixed by SebastiAn) put the figure at the centre of the track, and Drive (2011) made it a synthwave signature; OutRun (2013) reuses arps on several cuts.

Gear note (inferred, unverified): an analog poly with an onboard arpeggiator, or a software emulation, is the assumed source; no confirmed patch sheet exists and this pack does not claim one.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Heard In · Adapted By

Kavinsky — Nightcall (2010): intro and breakdowns.
Kavinsky — ProtoVision, Odd Look, Deadcruiser — OutRun (2013).
Kavinsky — Zenith — Reborn (2022).
Sibling-era arps: College & Electric Youth — A Real Hero (2010); M83 — Midnight City (2011).
Lineage: Giorgio Moroder — Chase (1978); Tangerine Dream — Love on a Real Train (1984).

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Performance & Technique

control	gesture	effect
chord hold / latch	hold or latch a minor triad, change on the bar	the arp re-voices to the new chord
arp mode / range	up or up-down, 1–2 octaves	the rolling contour
gate	≈50 %	separation between plucks
velocity	accent the downbeat of each beat	brighter pluck on accents (inferred)
filter cutoff automation	close for the intro, open into the chorus	the figure emerges from the mix
modwheel	raise slowly	cutoff lift (inferred)
tempo sync	sixteenths at song tempo	locks with the bass pulse

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

FX & Chain

Ping-pong or stereo delay, dotted-eighth, 25–30 % feedback, repeats filtered.
Medium plate reverb, 1.5–2 s, mixed low so the plucks stay clear.
Light chorus or stereo widener.
High-pass at ≈200 Hz; gentle sidechain to the kick.
A little saturation for presence.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Renditions

Auto-generated from the create-preset fan-out mapping outcomes; regenerated each run.

Behringer DeepMind 12 — "Nightcall Arp (DeepMind)" — confidence high — 31 control(s) — Panel spec exposes one ADSR slider set: the values here are the VCF envelope (ENVELOPES.vcf ON); set the VCA envelope by hand to A 1 ms, D 300 ms, S 10 %, R 200 ms. Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are chosen in the arp menu.
Arturia MatrixBrute — "Nightcall Arp (MatrixBrute)" — confidence high — 51 control(s) — Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are set in the arp menu, not the panel; hold the chord with HOLD.
Korg MS-20 Mini — "Nightcall Arp (MS-20, external arp)" — confidence medium — 20 control(s) — No onboard arpeggiator: drive it from a DAW or MIDI arpeggiator at 1/16 (or the studio sequencer); the shared EG2 gives the same pluck to filter and amp, which suits this sound; stereo delay comes from the studio FX.
Behringer Neutron — "Nightcall Arp (Neutron, external arp)" — confidence medium — 32 control(s) — No onboard arpeggiator: sequence it from a DAW or MIDI arp at 1/16; the BBD delay is mono and darker than the researched stereo delay.
Korg Prologue 8 — "Nightcall Arp (Prologue)" — confidence high — 40 control(s) — Arp type (up / up-down), range (1–2 octaves) and clock sync are set in the arpeggiator menu, not the panel; the 2-pole filter gives a slightly softer pluck than a 24 dB ladder.
Behringer UB-Xa — "Nightcall Arp (UB-Xa)" — confidence high — 37 control(s) — Arp rate (1/16), direction and clock sync live in the arp settings menu; the stereo delay comes from the studio FX (no onboard delay).

Lore

ARP / SEQ

RATE

1/16

GATE TIME

50%

ON/OFF

ON

TAP/HOLD

ON

EDIT

—

OCTAVE

+1

LFO 1

RATE

0.2 Hz

DELAY TIME

0 ms

EDIT

—

LFO 2

RATE

—

DELAY TIME

—

EDIT

—

OSC 1

PITCH MOD

0%

PWM

—

SAW

ON

SQR

ON

OSC 2

PITCH MOD

—

TONE MOD

0%

PITCH

+5 cents

LEVEL

35%

SYNC

OFF

EDIT

—

NOISE

NOISE LEVEL

0%

POLY

CHORD

OFF

POLY CHORD

—

UNISON DETUNE

0 cents

EDIT

—

VCF

FREQ

35%

RES

25%

ENV

60%

LFO

5%

KYBD

60%

2 POLE

OFF

EDIT

—

INVERT

—

VCA

LEVEL

85%

EDIT

—

HPF

FREQ

25%

BOOST

—

ENVELOPES

A

0 ms

D

200 ms

S

5%

R

150 ms

VCA

—

VCF

ON

MOD

—

CURVES

—

MASTER

OCT ▼

—

VOLUME

—

PORTAMENTO

0%

OCT ▲

—

PERFORMANCE

PITCH

—

MOD

—

FX & outboard

Chain A: DeepMind 12 — Lush Pads & Strings

Uses this synth’s default chain.

Default route & patching

Committed wiring: DeepMind 12 → Pedal Chain 3 → Black Lion Audio Auteur → AR22 inputs 11,12

Saved synth profile: Chain A: DeepMind 12 — Lush Pads & Strings

Recipe chain: Pedal Chain 3 · The saved passive DI is a ProD2. Black Lion Audio Auteur is a separate mic preamp.

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Nightcall Arp (MatrixBrute)

Arturia MatrixBrute

Patch sheet ↗Device reference ↗Research 0/100Mapping high · not numerically scored

Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are set in the arp menu, not the panel; hold the chord with HOLD.

51 saved controls · — means no saved value

Demo this preset

Play a short exercise to hear the attack, movement and release. These are original audition patterns, not transcriptions of the reference song.

Arturia MatrixBrute · Primary · Single notes · 4/4

Listen to the filter movement and how the effects connect the short notes.

How to play it

Import the MIDI into your DAW, route its track to the synth showing this preset, and loop the selected bars. Tempo and key are exercise settings. C4 means MIDI note 60; some DAWs label octaves differently. The MIDI sends notes on channel 1 and contains no patch change. It does not load the preset or trigger hardware from this page.

Why this preset? Sources, design & revisions

Follow the decisions from reference to recipe. Excerpts below link to the full write-up. A recording link confirms identity, not the original gear or settings.

01
The reference
Design inference · unsourced
This saved write-up has no retrieved source record. Read the original notes below; its claims remain unverified.
02
The sound → the decisions
Design inference · unsourced
A bright, short plucky analog voice running a tempo-synced sixteenth-note arpeggio over minor chords — the rolling intro and breakdown figure of Nightcall — one note at a time, delayed and wide.
03
On this synth & chain
inferred · rendition design
Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are set in the arp menu, not the panel; hold the chord with HOLD.
04
Listen → improve → revise
Awaiting listening review
These settings have not been marked auditioned. Use Demo this preset, compare the attack, low end and movement, then use Improve to record what you hear. A saved revision is not proof of a listening test.

Research & revision history · 3 saved events

Updates

The saved research and rendition history.

Re-researched
18 Sept 2026 · 05:55 UTC
No write-up sections changed.
Research: unsourced (recall) → unsourced (recall)
Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.
Rendition added · Arturia MatrixBrute
18 Sept 2026 · 05:52 UTC
Revision 1 · source version: primary
Request this revision
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Research: unsourced (recall)
Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.
Researched
18 Sept 2026 · 05:46 UTC
First research write-up · sound-research@v1.
Research: unsourced (recall)
Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.

Full saved write-up

Research confidence: 0/100 · unsourced (recall). This legacy write-up has not been re-researched.

Kavinsky Nightcall Arp

A bright, short plucky analog voice running a tempo-synced sixteenth-note arpeggio over minor chords — the rolling intro and breakdown figure of Nightcall — one note at a time, delayed and wide.

Class: mono — one note at a time
Category: Pluck
Sound id: signature-kavinsky-arp
Requested as: "Kavinsky signature arp"

Identity

What it is. The rolling figure that opens Nightcall and returns in its breakdowns: a bright, short pluck cycling up and down a minor chord in sixteenth-notes, sitting in the C4–C5 register above the bass and inside the pad. It gives the track its motion while the chords sit still.

Voice topology: classified mono — the arpeggiator sounds one note at a time, so a single voice with fast retrigger carries it; polyphony only adds ringing release overlap, which is a bonus rather than a requirement. Synths without an onboard arpeggiator need an external MIDI arp or sequencer, which each rendition's compromise note states.

Documented traits: the sixteenth-note rolling pattern, plucky fast-decay envelope, bright tone, delay and stereo spread. Inferred (labelled): the waveform, filter and envelope values in The Sound are reconstruction, not a claim about any original patch. Palette note: cover colours are recalled approximations.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

The Sound

Reconstruction of the idiom. Items marked documented are audible on the records; everything else is inferred and labelled as such.

Oscillators — documented: bright, analog, plucky. Inferred: osc 1 sawtooth; osc 2 pulse (≈30 % width) or square in unison, detuned about +5 cents for shimmer; no sub-oscillator.
Filter — documented: the pluck is a filter envelope, not just the amp. Inferred: 24 dB low-pass, cutoff ≈ 800 Hz at rest, resonance 20–30 %, keyboard tracking ≈ 60 %, filter-envelope amount +60 %.
Filter envelope — inferred: attack 0 ms, decay 150–250 ms, sustain 0–10 %, release 150 ms.
Amplifier envelope — inferred: attack 0–1 ms, decay 300 ms, sustain 0–20 %, release 200 ms.
Arpeggiator — documented: sixteenth-notes, rolling. Inferred: mode up or up/down, range 1–2 octaves, gate ≈ 50 %, tempo-synced; hold/latch on so the chord can be left ringing.
LFO — optional slow triangle (0.1–0.3 Hz) on cutoff for movement across bars; no vibrato.
Velocity — small amount to cutoff for accent patterns.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

History & Provenance

The sequenced arpeggio belongs to the late-70s and 80s synth lineage — Moroder and Bellotte's sequenced Moog lines, Tangerine Dream's sequencers, the onboard arpeggiators of the Roland Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 and the SH-101 sequencer. Kavinsky's Nightcall (2010, co-produced with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixed by SebastiAn) put the figure at the centre of the track, and Drive (2011) made it a synthwave signature; OutRun (2013) reuses arps on several cuts.

Gear note (inferred, unverified): an analog poly with an onboard arpeggiator, or a software emulation, is the assumed source; no confirmed patch sheet exists and this pack does not claim one.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Heard In · Adapted By

Kavinsky — Nightcall (2010): intro and breakdowns.
Kavinsky — ProtoVision, Odd Look, Deadcruiser — OutRun (2013).
Kavinsky — Zenith — Reborn (2022).
Sibling-era arps: College & Electric Youth — A Real Hero (2010); M83 — Midnight City (2011).
Lineage: Giorgio Moroder — Chase (1978); Tangerine Dream — Love on a Real Train (1984).

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Performance & Technique

control	gesture	effect
chord hold / latch	hold or latch a minor triad, change on the bar	the arp re-voices to the new chord
arp mode / range	up or up-down, 1–2 octaves	the rolling contour
gate	≈50 %	separation between plucks
velocity	accent the downbeat of each beat	brighter pluck on accents (inferred)
filter cutoff automation	close for the intro, open into the chorus	the figure emerges from the mix
modwheel	raise slowly	cutoff lift (inferred)
tempo sync	sixteenths at song tempo	locks with the bass pulse

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

FX & Chain

Ping-pong or stereo delay, dotted-eighth, 25–30 % feedback, repeats filtered.
Medium plate reverb, 1.5–2 s, mixed low so the plucks stay clear.
Light chorus or stereo widener.
High-pass at ≈200 Hz; gentle sidechain to the kick.
A little saturation for presence.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Renditions

Auto-generated from the create-preset fan-out mapping outcomes; regenerated each run.

Behringer DeepMind 12 — "Nightcall Arp (DeepMind)" — confidence high — 31 control(s) — Panel spec exposes one ADSR slider set: the values here are the VCF envelope (ENVELOPES.vcf ON); set the VCA envelope by hand to A 1 ms, D 300 ms, S 10 %, R 200 ms. Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are chosen in the arp menu.
Arturia MatrixBrute — "Nightcall Arp (MatrixBrute)" — confidence high — 51 control(s) — Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are set in the arp menu, not the panel; hold the chord with HOLD.
Korg MS-20 Mini — "Nightcall Arp (MS-20, external arp)" — confidence medium — 20 control(s) — No onboard arpeggiator: drive it from a DAW or MIDI arpeggiator at 1/16 (or the studio sequencer); the shared EG2 gives the same pluck to filter and amp, which suits this sound; stereo delay comes from the studio FX.
Behringer Neutron — "Nightcall Arp (Neutron, external arp)" — confidence medium — 32 control(s) — No onboard arpeggiator: sequence it from a DAW or MIDI arp at 1/16; the BBD delay is mono and darker than the researched stereo delay.
Korg Prologue 8 — "Nightcall Arp (Prologue)" — confidence high — 40 control(s) — Arp type (up / up-down), range (1–2 octaves) and clock sync are set in the arpeggiator menu, not the panel; the 2-pole filter gives a slightly softer pluck than a 24 dB ladder.
Behringer UB-Xa — "Nightcall Arp (UB-Xa)" — confidence high — 37 control(s) — Arp rate (1/16), direction and clock sync live in the arp settings menu; the stereo delay comes from the studio FX (no onboard delay).

Lore

VCO 1

OCTAVE

8'

COARSE

—

FINE

0 cents

SAW

85%

ULTRASAW

0%

SQUARE

0%

PULSE WIDTH

—

TRIANGLE

—

METALIZER

—

SUB

0%

VCO 2

OCTAVE

8'

COARSE

—

FINE

+5 cents

SAW

0%

ULTRASAW

—

SQUARE

60%

PULSE WIDTH

30%

TRIANGLE

—

METALIZER

—

SYNC

OFF

VCO 3

OCTAVE

—

COARSE

—

WAVE

—

KBD TRACK

—

LFO DIV

—

LEVEL

0%

AUDIO MOD

VCO1 > VCO2

—

VCO3 > VCO1

—

VCO3 > VCO2

—

NOISE > VCF1

—

MIXER

VCO 1

85%

VCO 2

60%

VCO 3

0%

NOISE

0%

EXT IN

—

NOISE

COLOR

—

VCF 1 · STEINER

CUTOFF

95%

RESONANCE

0%

BRUTE FACTOR

—

MODE

lowpass

VCF 2 · LADDER

CUTOFF

35%

RESONANCE

25%

BRUTE FACTOR

0%

MODE

lowpass

12/24 dB

ON

KEY TRACK

ON

FILTER MASTER

MASTER CUTOFF

—

ROUTING

series

ENV 1 · FILTER

ATTACK

0 ms

DECAY

200 ms

SUSTAIN

5%

RELEASE

150 ms

VELO/VCF

20%

CURVES

—

ENV 2 · AMP

ATTACK

1 ms

DECAY

300 ms

SUSTAIN

10%

RELEASE

200 ms

VELO/VCA

10%

CURVES

—

ENV 3 · AUX

DELAY

—

ATTACK

—

DECAY

—

SUSTAIN

—

RELEASE

—

AMOUNT

—

CURVES

—

LFO 1

WAVE

triangle

RATE

0.2 Hz

PHASE

—

SYNC

free

AMOUNT

5%

LFO 2

WAVE

—

RATE

—

PHASE

—

SYNC

—

AMOUNT

—

MOD MATRIX

AMOUNT

—

SELECT

—

MACRO

M1

—

M2

—

M3

—

M4

—

FX

MODE

stereo delay

TIME

375 ms

FEEDBACK

28%

MIX

25%

ON / OFF

ON

SEQ / ARP

MODE

arp

TEMPO

—

RATE

1/16

PLAY / STOP

ON

RECORD

—

HOLD

ON

TAP

—

MASTER

MASTER VOLUME

—

GLIDE

0%

PERFORMANCE

PITCH

—

MOD

—

FX & outboard

Chain A: DeepMind 12 — Lush Pads & Strings

Repatch required.

Default route & patching

Committed wiring: MatrixBrute → Pedal Chain 2 → AR22 inputs 1,2

Saved synth profile: Chain C: MatrixBrute — Versatile Lead & Bass

Recipe chain: Pedal Chain 3 · The saved passive DI is a ProD2. Black Lion Audio Auteur is a separate mic preamp.

Pedal Chain 2: existing path; effective level unresolved at this connection.
Pedal Chain 2: existing path; effective level unresolved at this connection.

Review the route on Patchbay ↗

✓ use · × bypass · ? unresolved · + optional

Nightcall Arp (MS-20, external arp)

Korg MS-20 Mini

Patch sheet ↗Device reference ↗Research 0/100Mapping medium · not numerically scored

No onboard arpeggiator: drive it from a DAW or MIDI arpeggiator at 1/16 (or the studio sequencer); the shared EG2 gives the same pluck to filter and amp, which suits this sound; stereo delay comes from the studio FX.

20 saved controls · — means no saved value

Demo this preset

Play a short exercise to hear the attack, movement and release. These are original audition patterns, not transcriptions of the reference song.

Korg MS-20 Mini · Primary · Single notes · 4/4

Listen to the filter movement and how the effects connect the short notes.

How to play it

Import the MIDI into your DAW, route its track to the synth showing this preset, and loop the selected bars. Tempo and key are exercise settings. C4 means MIDI note 60; some DAWs label octaves differently. The MIDI sends notes on channel 1 and contains no patch change. It does not load the preset or trigger hardware from this page.

Why this preset? Sources, design & revisions

Follow the decisions from reference to recipe. Excerpts below link to the full write-up. A recording link confirms identity, not the original gear or settings.

01
The reference
Design inference · unsourced
This saved write-up has no retrieved source record. Read the original notes below; its claims remain unverified.
02
The sound → the decisions
Design inference · unsourced
A bright, short plucky analog voice running a tempo-synced sixteenth-note arpeggio over minor chords — the rolling intro and breakdown figure of Nightcall — one note at a time, delayed and wide.
03
On this synth & chain
inferred · rendition design
No onboard arpeggiator: drive it from a DAW or MIDI arpeggiator at 1/16 (or the studio sequencer); the shared EG2 gives the same pluck to filter and amp, which suits this sound; stereo delay comes from the studio FX.
04
Listen → improve → revise
Awaiting listening review
These settings have not been marked auditioned. Use Demo this preset, compare the attack, low end and movement, then use Improve to record what you hear. A saved revision is not proof of a listening test.

Research & revision history · 3 saved events

Updates

The saved research and rendition history.

Re-researched
18 Sept 2026 · 05:55 UTC
No write-up sections changed.
Research: unsourced (recall) → unsourced (recall)
Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.
Rendition added · Korg MS-20 Mini
18 Sept 2026 · 05:53 UTC
Revision 1 · source version: primary
Request this revision
Copy into your connected Codex or Claude conversation. Review the differences and give a restore reason before saving.
First saved rendition. Write-up unchanged.
Research: unsourced (recall)
Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.
Researched
18 Sept 2026 · 05:46 UTC
First research write-up · sound-research@v1.
Research: unsourced (recall)
Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.

Full saved write-up

Research confidence: 0/100 · unsourced (recall). This legacy write-up has not been re-researched.

Kavinsky Nightcall Arp

A bright, short plucky analog voice running a tempo-synced sixteenth-note arpeggio over minor chords — the rolling intro and breakdown figure of Nightcall — one note at a time, delayed and wide.

Class: mono — one note at a time
Category: Pluck
Sound id: signature-kavinsky-arp
Requested as: "Kavinsky signature arp"

Identity

What it is. The rolling figure that opens Nightcall and returns in its breakdowns: a bright, short pluck cycling up and down a minor chord in sixteenth-notes, sitting in the C4–C5 register above the bass and inside the pad. It gives the track its motion while the chords sit still.

Voice topology: classified mono — the arpeggiator sounds one note at a time, so a single voice with fast retrigger carries it; polyphony only adds ringing release overlap, which is a bonus rather than a requirement. Synths without an onboard arpeggiator need an external MIDI arp or sequencer, which each rendition's compromise note states.

Documented traits: the sixteenth-note rolling pattern, plucky fast-decay envelope, bright tone, delay and stereo spread. Inferred (labelled): the waveform, filter and envelope values in The Sound are reconstruction, not a claim about any original patch. Palette note: cover colours are recalled approximations.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

The Sound

Reconstruction of the idiom. Items marked documented are audible on the records; everything else is inferred and labelled as such.

Oscillators — documented: bright, analog, plucky. Inferred: osc 1 sawtooth; osc 2 pulse (≈30 % width) or square in unison, detuned about +5 cents for shimmer; no sub-oscillator.
Filter — documented: the pluck is a filter envelope, not just the amp. Inferred: 24 dB low-pass, cutoff ≈ 800 Hz at rest, resonance 20–30 %, keyboard tracking ≈ 60 %, filter-envelope amount +60 %.
Filter envelope — inferred: attack 0 ms, decay 150–250 ms, sustain 0–10 %, release 150 ms.
Amplifier envelope — inferred: attack 0–1 ms, decay 300 ms, sustain 0–20 %, release 200 ms.
Arpeggiator — documented: sixteenth-notes, rolling. Inferred: mode up or up/down, range 1–2 octaves, gate ≈ 50 %, tempo-synced; hold/latch on so the chord can be left ringing.
LFO — optional slow triangle (0.1–0.3 Hz) on cutoff for movement across bars; no vibrato.
Velocity — small amount to cutoff for accent patterns.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

History & Provenance

The sequenced arpeggio belongs to the late-70s and 80s synth lineage — Moroder and Bellotte's sequenced Moog lines, Tangerine Dream's sequencers, the onboard arpeggiators of the Roland Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 and the SH-101 sequencer. Kavinsky's Nightcall (2010, co-produced with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixed by SebastiAn) put the figure at the centre of the track, and Drive (2011) made it a synthwave signature; OutRun (2013) reuses arps on several cuts.

Gear note (inferred, unverified): an analog poly with an onboard arpeggiator, or a software emulation, is the assumed source; no confirmed patch sheet exists and this pack does not claim one.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Heard In · Adapted By

Kavinsky — Nightcall (2010): intro and breakdowns.
Kavinsky — ProtoVision, Odd Look, Deadcruiser — OutRun (2013).
Kavinsky — Zenith — Reborn (2022).
Sibling-era arps: College & Electric Youth — A Real Hero (2010); M83 — Midnight City (2011).
Lineage: Giorgio Moroder — Chase (1978); Tangerine Dream — Love on a Real Train (1984).

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Performance & Technique

control	gesture	effect
chord hold / latch	hold or latch a minor triad, change on the bar	the arp re-voices to the new chord
arp mode / range	up or up-down, 1–2 octaves	the rolling contour
gate	≈50 %	separation between plucks
velocity	accent the downbeat of each beat	brighter pluck on accents (inferred)
filter cutoff automation	close for the intro, open into the chorus	the figure emerges from the mix
modwheel	raise slowly	cutoff lift (inferred)
tempo sync	sixteenths at song tempo	locks with the bass pulse

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

FX & Chain

Ping-pong or stereo delay, dotted-eighth, 25–30 % feedback, repeats filtered.
Medium plate reverb, 1.5–2 s, mixed low so the plucks stay clear.
Light chorus or stereo widener.
High-pass at ≈200 Hz; gentle sidechain to the kick.
A little saturation for presence.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Renditions

Auto-generated from the create-preset fan-out mapping outcomes; regenerated each run.

Behringer DeepMind 12 — "Nightcall Arp (DeepMind)" — confidence high — 31 control(s) — Panel spec exposes one ADSR slider set: the values here are the VCF envelope (ENVELOPES.vcf ON); set the VCA envelope by hand to A 1 ms, D 300 ms, S 10 %, R 200 ms. Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are chosen in the arp menu.
Arturia MatrixBrute — "Nightcall Arp (MatrixBrute)" — confidence high — 51 control(s) — Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are set in the arp menu, not the panel; hold the chord with HOLD.
Korg MS-20 Mini — "Nightcall Arp (MS-20, external arp)" — confidence medium — 20 control(s) — No onboard arpeggiator: drive it from a DAW or MIDI arpeggiator at 1/16 (or the studio sequencer); the shared EG2 gives the same pluck to filter and amp, which suits this sound; stereo delay comes from the studio FX.
Behringer Neutron — "Nightcall Arp (Neutron, external arp)" — confidence medium — 32 control(s) — No onboard arpeggiator: sequence it from a DAW or MIDI arp at 1/16; the BBD delay is mono and darker than the researched stereo delay.
Korg Prologue 8 — "Nightcall Arp (Prologue)" — confidence high — 40 control(s) — Arp type (up / up-down), range (1–2 octaves) and clock sync are set in the arpeggiator menu, not the panel; the 2-pole filter gives a slightly softer pluck than a 24 dB ladder.
Behringer UB-Xa — "Nightcall Arp (UB-Xa)" — confidence high — 37 control(s) — Arp rate (1/16), direction and clock sync live in the arp settings menu; the stereo delay comes from the studio FX (no onboard delay).

Lore

VCO 1

WAVE FORM

sawtooth

PW

—

SCALE

8'

VCO 2

WAVE FORM

pulse

PITCH

+5 cents

SCALE

8'

VCO MIXER

VCO 1 LEVEL

85%

VCO 2 LEVEL

60%

VC HPF

CUTOFF FREQUENCY

20%

PEAK

0%

VC LPF

CUTOFF FREQUENCY

32%

PEAK

30%

MODULATION GENERATOR

WAVE FORM

—

FREQUENCY

—

ENVELOPE GENERATOR 1

DELAY TIME

—

ATTACK TIME

—

RELEASE TIME

—

ENVELOPE GENERATOR 2

HOLD TIME

0 ms

ATTACK TIME

0 ms

DECAY TIME

220 ms

SUSTAIN LEVEL

5%

RELEASE TIME

150 ms

FREQUENCY MODULATION

MG/T.EXT

0%

EG1/EXT

—

HPF CUTOFF MOD

MG/T.EXT

—

EG2/EXT

—

LPF CUTOFF MOD

MG/T.EXT

0%

EG2/EXT

60%

EXTERNAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR

SIGNAL LEVEL

—

LOW CUT FREQ

—

HIGH CUT FREQ

—

CV ADJUST

—

MASTER

PORTAMENTO TIME

0 ms

MASTER TUNE

—

PATCH BAY

Patch bay

—

FX & outboard

Chain A: DeepMind 12 — Lush Pads & Strings

Repatch required.

Default route & patching

Committed wiring: Korg MS-20 → Pedal Chain 1 → AR22 inputs 3

Saved synth profile: Chain D: MS-20 Mini — Raw & Aggressive

Recipe chain: Pedal Chain 3 · The saved passive DI is a ProD2. Black Lion Audio Auteur is a separate mic preamp.

Pedal Chain 1: existing path; effective level unresolved at this connection.

Review the route on Patchbay ↗

✓ use · × bypass · ? unresolved · + optional

Nightcall Arp (Neutron, external arp)

Behringer Neutron

Patch sheet ↗Device reference ↗Research 0/100Mapping medium · not numerically scored

No onboard arpeggiator: sequence it from a DAW or MIDI arp at 1/16; the BBD delay is mono and darker than the researched stereo delay.

32 saved controls · — means no saved value

Demo this preset

Play a short exercise to hear the attack, movement and release. These are original audition patterns, not transcriptions of the reference song.

Behringer Neutron · Primary · Single notes · 4/4

Listen to the filter movement and how the effects connect the short notes.

How to play it

Import the MIDI into your DAW, route its track to the synth showing this preset, and loop the selected bars. Tempo and key are exercise settings. C4 means MIDI note 60; some DAWs label octaves differently. The MIDI sends notes on channel 1 and contains no patch change. It does not load the preset or trigger hardware from this page.

Why this preset? Sources, design & revisions

Follow the decisions from reference to recipe. Excerpts below link to the full write-up. A recording link confirms identity, not the original gear or settings.

01
The reference
Design inference · unsourced
This saved write-up has no retrieved source record. Read the original notes below; its claims remain unverified.
02
The sound → the decisions
Design inference · unsourced
A bright, short plucky analog voice running a tempo-synced sixteenth-note arpeggio over minor chords — the rolling intro and breakdown figure of Nightcall — one note at a time, delayed and wide.
03
On this synth & chain
inferred · rendition design
No onboard arpeggiator: sequence it from a DAW or MIDI arp at 1/16; the BBD delay is mono and darker than the researched stereo delay.
04
Listen → improve → revise
Awaiting listening review
These settings have not been marked auditioned. Use Demo this preset, compare the attack, low end and movement, then use Improve to record what you hear. A saved revision is not proof of a listening test.

Research & revision history · 3 saved events

Updates

The saved research and rendition history.

Re-researched
18 Sept 2026 · 05:55 UTC
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Research: unsourced (recall) → unsourced (recall)
Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.
Rendition added · Behringer Neutron
18 Sept 2026 · 05:53 UTC
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Researched
18 Sept 2026 · 05:46 UTC
First research write-up · sound-research@v1.
Research: unsourced (recall)
Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.

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Kavinsky Nightcall Arp

A bright, short plucky analog voice running a tempo-synced sixteenth-note arpeggio over minor chords — the rolling intro and breakdown figure of Nightcall — one note at a time, delayed and wide.

Class: mono — one note at a time
Category: Pluck
Sound id: signature-kavinsky-arp
Requested as: "Kavinsky signature arp"

Identity

What it is. The rolling figure that opens Nightcall and returns in its breakdowns: a bright, short pluck cycling up and down a minor chord in sixteenth-notes, sitting in the C4–C5 register above the bass and inside the pad. It gives the track its motion while the chords sit still.

Voice topology: classified mono — the arpeggiator sounds one note at a time, so a single voice with fast retrigger carries it; polyphony only adds ringing release overlap, which is a bonus rather than a requirement. Synths without an onboard arpeggiator need an external MIDI arp or sequencer, which each rendition's compromise note states.

Documented traits: the sixteenth-note rolling pattern, plucky fast-decay envelope, bright tone, delay and stereo spread. Inferred (labelled): the waveform, filter and envelope values in The Sound are reconstruction, not a claim about any original patch. Palette note: cover colours are recalled approximations.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

The Sound

Reconstruction of the idiom. Items marked documented are audible on the records; everything else is inferred and labelled as such.

Oscillators — documented: bright, analog, plucky. Inferred: osc 1 sawtooth; osc 2 pulse (≈30 % width) or square in unison, detuned about +5 cents for shimmer; no sub-oscillator.
Filter — documented: the pluck is a filter envelope, not just the amp. Inferred: 24 dB low-pass, cutoff ≈ 800 Hz at rest, resonance 20–30 %, keyboard tracking ≈ 60 %, filter-envelope amount +60 %.
Filter envelope — inferred: attack 0 ms, decay 150–250 ms, sustain 0–10 %, release 150 ms.
Amplifier envelope — inferred: attack 0–1 ms, decay 300 ms, sustain 0–20 %, release 200 ms.
Arpeggiator — documented: sixteenth-notes, rolling. Inferred: mode up or up/down, range 1–2 octaves, gate ≈ 50 %, tempo-synced; hold/latch on so the chord can be left ringing.
LFO — optional slow triangle (0.1–0.3 Hz) on cutoff for movement across bars; no vibrato.
Velocity — small amount to cutoff for accent patterns.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

History & Provenance

The sequenced arpeggio belongs to the late-70s and 80s synth lineage — Moroder and Bellotte's sequenced Moog lines, Tangerine Dream's sequencers, the onboard arpeggiators of the Roland Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 and the SH-101 sequencer. Kavinsky's Nightcall (2010, co-produced with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixed by SebastiAn) put the figure at the centre of the track, and Drive (2011) made it a synthwave signature; OutRun (2013) reuses arps on several cuts.

Gear note (inferred, unverified): an analog poly with an onboard arpeggiator, or a software emulation, is the assumed source; no confirmed patch sheet exists and this pack does not claim one.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Heard In · Adapted By

Kavinsky — Nightcall (2010): intro and breakdowns.
Kavinsky — ProtoVision, Odd Look, Deadcruiser — OutRun (2013).
Kavinsky — Zenith — Reborn (2022).
Sibling-era arps: College & Electric Youth — A Real Hero (2010); M83 — Midnight City (2011).
Lineage: Giorgio Moroder — Chase (1978); Tangerine Dream — Love on a Real Train (1984).

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Performance & Technique

control	gesture	effect
chord hold / latch	hold or latch a minor triad, change on the bar	the arp re-voices to the new chord
arp mode / range	up or up-down, 1–2 octaves	the rolling contour
gate	≈50 %	separation between plucks
velocity	accent the downbeat of each beat	brighter pluck on accents (inferred)
filter cutoff automation	close for the intro, open into the chorus	the figure emerges from the mix
modwheel	raise slowly	cutoff lift (inferred)
tempo sync	sixteenths at song tempo	locks with the bass pulse

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

FX & Chain

Ping-pong or stereo delay, dotted-eighth, 25–30 % feedback, repeats filtered.
Medium plate reverb, 1.5–2 s, mixed low so the plucks stay clear.
Light chorus or stereo widener.
High-pass at ≈200 Hz; gentle sidechain to the kick.
A little saturation for presence.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Renditions

Auto-generated from the create-preset fan-out mapping outcomes; regenerated each run.

Behringer DeepMind 12 — "Nightcall Arp (DeepMind)" — confidence high — 31 control(s) — Panel spec exposes one ADSR slider set: the values here are the VCF envelope (ENVELOPES.vcf ON); set the VCA envelope by hand to A 1 ms, D 300 ms, S 10 %, R 200 ms. Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are chosen in the arp menu.
Arturia MatrixBrute — "Nightcall Arp (MatrixBrute)" — confidence high — 51 control(s) — Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are set in the arp menu, not the panel; hold the chord with HOLD.
Korg MS-20 Mini — "Nightcall Arp (MS-20, external arp)" — confidence medium — 20 control(s) — No onboard arpeggiator: drive it from a DAW or MIDI arpeggiator at 1/16 (or the studio sequencer); the shared EG2 gives the same pluck to filter and amp, which suits this sound; stereo delay comes from the studio FX.
Behringer Neutron — "Nightcall Arp (Neutron, external arp)" — confidence medium — 32 control(s) — No onboard arpeggiator: sequence it from a DAW or MIDI arp at 1/16; the BBD delay is mono and darker than the researched stereo delay.
Korg Prologue 8 — "Nightcall Arp (Prologue)" — confidence high — 40 control(s) — Arp type (up / up-down), range (1–2 octaves) and clock sync are set in the arpeggiator menu, not the panel; the 2-pole filter gives a slightly softer pluck than a 24 dB ladder.
Behringer UB-Xa — "Nightcall Arp (UB-Xa)" — confidence high — 37 control(s) — Arp rate (1/16), direction and clock sync live in the arp settings menu; the stereo delay comes from the studio FX (no onboard delay).

Lore

OSCILLATORS

TUNE

0 cents

OSC MIX

40%

TUNE

+5 cents

SHAPE

50%

SHAPE

80%

RANGE

—

RANGE

—

OSC SYNC

OFF

PARAPHONIC

OFF

WIDTH

—

WIDTH

30%

VCF

FREQ

32%

MODE

—

RESO

28%

KEY TRK

ON

MOD DEPTH

5%

ENV DEPTH

60%

LFO

KEY SYNC

OFF

RATE

0.2 Hz

SHAPE

25%

DELAY

TIME

375 ms

REPEATS

28%

MIX

25%

OVERDRIVE

DRIVE

10%

TONE

55%

LEVEL

50%

OUTPUT

VOLUME

75%

NOISE

—

VCA

VCA BIAS

—

ENVELOPE 1

A

0 ms

D

200 ms

S

5%

R

150 ms

ENVELOPE 2

A

1 ms

D

300 ms

S

10%

R

200 ms

SAMPLE & HOLD

RATE

—

GLIDE

—

SLEW RATE LIMITER

SLEW

—

PORTA TIME

0 ms

ATTENUATORS

1

—

2

—

PATCH BAY

Patch bay

—

FX & outboard

Chain A: DeepMind 12 — Lush Pads & Strings

Repatch required.

Default route & patching

Committed wiring: No normalled route is recorded for this synth.

Saved synth profile: None assigned.

Recipe chain: Pedal Chain 3 · The saved passive DI is a ProD2. Black Lion Audio Auteur is a separate mic preamp.

Review the route on Patchbay ↗

✓ use · × bypass · ? unresolved · + optional

Nightcall Arp (Prologue)

Korg Prologue 8

Patch sheet ↗Device reference ↗Research 0/100Mapping high · not numerically scored

Arp type (up / up-down), range (1–2 octaves) and clock sync are set in the arpeggiator menu, not the panel; the 2-pole filter gives a slightly softer pluck than a 24 dB ladder.

40 saved controls · — means no saved value

Demo this preset

Play a short exercise to hear the attack, movement and release. These are original audition patterns, not transcriptions of the reference song.

Korg Prologue 8 · Primary · Single notes · 4/4

Listen to the filter movement and how the effects connect the short notes.

How to play it

Import the MIDI into your DAW, route its track to the synth showing this preset, and loop the selected bars. Tempo and key are exercise settings. C4 means MIDI note 60; some DAWs label octaves differently. The MIDI sends notes on channel 1 and contains no patch change. It does not load the preset or trigger hardware from this page.

Why this preset? Sources, design & revisions

Follow the decisions from reference to recipe. Excerpts below link to the full write-up. A recording link confirms identity, not the original gear or settings.

01
The reference
Design inference · unsourced
This saved write-up has no retrieved source record. Read the original notes below; its claims remain unverified.
02
The sound → the decisions
Design inference · unsourced
A bright, short plucky analog voice running a tempo-synced sixteenth-note arpeggio over minor chords — the rolling intro and breakdown figure of Nightcall — one note at a time, delayed and wide.
03
On this synth & chain
inferred · rendition design
Arp type (up / up-down), range (1–2 octaves) and clock sync are set in the arpeggiator menu, not the panel; the 2-pole filter gives a slightly softer pluck than a 24 dB ladder.
04
Listen → improve → revise
Awaiting listening review
These settings have not been marked auditioned. Use Demo this preset, compare the attack, low end and movement, then use Improve to record what you hear. A saved revision is not proof of a listening test.

Research & revision history · 3 saved events

Updates

The saved research and rendition history.

Re-researched
18 Sept 2026 · 05:55 UTC
No write-up sections changed.
Research: unsourced (recall) → unsourced (recall)
Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.
Rendition added · Korg Prologue 8
18 Sept 2026 · 05:53 UTC
Revision 1 · source version: primary
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Research: unsourced (recall)
Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.
Researched
18 Sept 2026 · 05:46 UTC
First research write-up · sound-research@v1.
Research: unsourced (recall)
Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.

Full saved write-up

Research confidence: 0/100 · unsourced (recall). This legacy write-up has not been re-researched.

Kavinsky Nightcall Arp

A bright, short plucky analog voice running a tempo-synced sixteenth-note arpeggio over minor chords — the rolling intro and breakdown figure of Nightcall — one note at a time, delayed and wide.

Class: mono — one note at a time
Category: Pluck
Sound id: signature-kavinsky-arp
Requested as: "Kavinsky signature arp"

Identity

What it is. The rolling figure that opens Nightcall and returns in its breakdowns: a bright, short pluck cycling up and down a minor chord in sixteenth-notes, sitting in the C4–C5 register above the bass and inside the pad. It gives the track its motion while the chords sit still.

Voice topology: classified mono — the arpeggiator sounds one note at a time, so a single voice with fast retrigger carries it; polyphony only adds ringing release overlap, which is a bonus rather than a requirement. Synths without an onboard arpeggiator need an external MIDI arp or sequencer, which each rendition's compromise note states.

Documented traits: the sixteenth-note rolling pattern, plucky fast-decay envelope, bright tone, delay and stereo spread. Inferred (labelled): the waveform, filter and envelope values in The Sound are reconstruction, not a claim about any original patch. Palette note: cover colours are recalled approximations.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

The Sound

Reconstruction of the idiom. Items marked documented are audible on the records; everything else is inferred and labelled as such.

Oscillators — documented: bright, analog, plucky. Inferred: osc 1 sawtooth; osc 2 pulse (≈30 % width) or square in unison, detuned about +5 cents for shimmer; no sub-oscillator.
Filter — documented: the pluck is a filter envelope, not just the amp. Inferred: 24 dB low-pass, cutoff ≈ 800 Hz at rest, resonance 20–30 %, keyboard tracking ≈ 60 %, filter-envelope amount +60 %.
Filter envelope — inferred: attack 0 ms, decay 150–250 ms, sustain 0–10 %, release 150 ms.
Amplifier envelope — inferred: attack 0–1 ms, decay 300 ms, sustain 0–20 %, release 200 ms.
Arpeggiator — documented: sixteenth-notes, rolling. Inferred: mode up or up/down, range 1–2 octaves, gate ≈ 50 %, tempo-synced; hold/latch on so the chord can be left ringing.
LFO — optional slow triangle (0.1–0.3 Hz) on cutoff for movement across bars; no vibrato.
Velocity — small amount to cutoff for accent patterns.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

History & Provenance

The sequenced arpeggio belongs to the late-70s and 80s synth lineage — Moroder and Bellotte's sequenced Moog lines, Tangerine Dream's sequencers, the onboard arpeggiators of the Roland Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 and the SH-101 sequencer. Kavinsky's Nightcall (2010, co-produced with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixed by SebastiAn) put the figure at the centre of the track, and Drive (2011) made it a synthwave signature; OutRun (2013) reuses arps on several cuts.

Gear note (inferred, unverified): an analog poly with an onboard arpeggiator, or a software emulation, is the assumed source; no confirmed patch sheet exists and this pack does not claim one.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Heard In · Adapted By

Kavinsky — Nightcall (2010): intro and breakdowns.
Kavinsky — ProtoVision, Odd Look, Deadcruiser — OutRun (2013).
Kavinsky — Zenith — Reborn (2022).
Sibling-era arps: College & Electric Youth — A Real Hero (2010); M83 — Midnight City (2011).
Lineage: Giorgio Moroder — Chase (1978); Tangerine Dream — Love on a Real Train (1984).

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Performance & Technique

control	gesture	effect
chord hold / latch	hold or latch a minor triad, change on the bar	the arp re-voices to the new chord
arp mode / range	up or up-down, 1–2 octaves	the rolling contour
gate	≈50 %	separation between plucks
velocity	accent the downbeat of each beat	brighter pluck on accents (inferred)
filter cutoff automation	close for the intro, open into the chorus	the figure emerges from the mix
modwheel	raise slowly	cutoff lift (inferred)
tempo sync	sixteenths at song tempo	locks with the bass pulse

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

FX & Chain

Ping-pong or stereo delay, dotted-eighth, 25–30 % feedback, repeats filtered.
Medium plate reverb, 1.5–2 s, mixed low so the plucks stay clear.
Light chorus or stereo widener.
High-pass at ≈200 Hz; gentle sidechain to the kick.
A little saturation for presence.

research: 0/100 · unsourced (recall)

Renditions

Auto-generated from the create-preset fan-out mapping outcomes; regenerated each run.

Behringer DeepMind 12 — "Nightcall Arp (DeepMind)" — confidence high — 31 control(s) — Panel spec exposes one ADSR slider set: the values here are the VCF envelope (ENVELOPES.vcf ON); set the VCA envelope by hand to A 1 ms, D 300 ms, S 10 %, R 200 ms. Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are chosen in the arp menu.
Arturia MatrixBrute — "Nightcall Arp (MatrixBrute)" — confidence high — 51 control(s) — Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are set in the arp menu, not the panel; hold the chord with HOLD.
Korg MS-20 Mini — "Nightcall Arp (MS-20, external arp)" — confidence medium — 20 control(s) — No onboard arpeggiator: drive it from a DAW or MIDI arpeggiator at 1/16 (or the studio sequencer); the shared EG2 gives the same pluck to filter and amp, which suits this sound; stereo delay comes from the studio FX.
Behringer Neutron — "Nightcall Arp (Neutron, external arp)" — confidence medium — 32 control(s) — No onboard arpeggiator: sequence it from a DAW or MIDI arp at 1/16; the BBD delay is mono and darker than the researched stereo delay.
Korg Prologue 8 — "Nightcall Arp (Prologue)" — confidence high — 40 control(s) — Arp type (up / up-down), range (1–2 octaves) and clock sync are set in the arpeggiator menu, not the panel; the 2-pole filter gives a slightly softer pluck than a 24 dB ladder.
Behringer UB-Xa — "Nightcall Arp (UB-Xa)" — confidence high — 37 control(s) — Arp rate (1/16), direction and clock sync live in the arp settings menu; the stereo delay comes from the studio FX (no onboard delay).

Lore

MASTER

—

TIMBRE

MAIN/SUB BALANCE

—

TYPE

—

PANEL

—

CONTROL

PORTAMENTO

0%

VOICE SPREAD

0%

VOICE MODE DEPTH

—

OCTAVE

OCTAVE −

—

OCTAVE +

—

SUB / PGM FETCH

SUB ON / PGM FETCH

—

VOICE MODE

POLY

ON

MONO

—

UNISON

—

CHORD

—

SELECT

—

ARPEGGIATOR

ON / LATCH

ON

TEMPO

—

RANGE

—

TYPE

—

VCO 1

WAVE

sawtooth

OCTAVE

8'

PITCH

0 cents

SHAPE

0%

PITCH EG

—

INT

—

VCO 2

WAVE

square

OCTAVE

8'

PITCH

+5 cents

SHAPE

30%

SYNC / RING

OFF

CROSS MOD DEPTH

0%

MULTI ENGINE

TYPE SELECT

—

OCTAVE

—

TYPE

—

SHAPE

—

MIXER

VCO 1

85%

VCO 2

60%

MULTI

0%

VCF

CUTOFF

32%

RESONANCE

28%

EG INT

60%

DRIVE

0%

LOW CUT

OFF

KEYTRACK

50%

AMP EG

ATTACK

1 ms

DECAY

300 ms

SUSTAIN

10%

RELEASE

200 ms

EG

ATTACK

0 ms

DECAY

200 ms

SUSTAIN

5%

RELEASE

150 ms

LFO

WAVE

triangle

MODE

SLOW

RATE

0.2 Hz

INT

5%

TARGET

CUTOFF

MOD EFFECT

SELECT

—

ON / OFF

OFF

SPEED

—

DEPTH

—

DELAY / REVERB

MODE

DELAY

TIME

375 ms

DEPTH

28%

L.F. COMP

GAIN

—

ON / OFF

—

PERFORMANCE

PITCH

—

MOD

—

FX & outboard

Chain A: DeepMind 12 — Lush Pads & Strings

Repatch required.

Default route & patching

Committed wiring: Prologue 8 → Mindprint T-Comp → AR22 inputs 13,14

Saved synth profile: Chain B: Korg Prologue 8 — Clean Textures & Atmosphere

Recipe chain: Pedal Chain 3 · The saved passive DI is a ProD2. Black Lion Audio Auteur is a separate mic preamp.

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Nightcall Arp (UB-Xa)

Behringer UB-Xa

Patch sheet ↗Device reference ↗Research 0/100Mapping high · not numerically scored

Arp rate (1/16), direction and clock sync live in the arp settings menu; the stereo delay comes from the studio FX (no onboard delay).

37 saved controls · — means no saved value

Demo this preset

Play a short exercise to hear the attack, movement and release. These are original audition patterns, not transcriptions of the reference song.

Behringer UB-Xa · Primary · Single notes · 4/4

Listen to the filter movement and how the effects connect the short notes.

How to play it

Import the MIDI into your DAW, route its track to the synth showing this preset, and loop the selected bars. Tempo and key are exercise settings. C4 means MIDI note 60; some DAWs label octaves differently. The MIDI sends notes on channel 1 and contains no patch change. It does not load the preset or trigger hardware from this page.

Why this preset? Sources, design & revisions

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The reference
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The sound → the decisions
Design inference · unsourced
A bright, short plucky analog voice running a tempo-synced sixteenth-note arpeggio over minor chords — the rolling intro and breakdown figure of Nightcall — one note at a time, delayed and wide.
03
On this synth & chain
inferred · rendition design
Arp rate (1/16), direction and clock sync live in the arp settings menu; the stereo delay comes from the studio FX (no onboard delay).
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Listen → improve → revise
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Stated reason: Research Kavinsky's signature arp sounds. Create one arp inspired by the artist; distinguish documented traits from inferred settings. Create useful artist-inspired sounds; clearly label inferred settings and avoid claiming exact original patches.

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Kavinsky Nightcall Arp

A bright, short plucky analog voice running a tempo-synced sixteenth-note arpeggio over minor chords — the rolling intro and breakdown figure of Nightcall — one note at a time, delayed and wide.

Class: mono — one note at a time
Category: Pluck
Sound id: signature-kavinsky-arp
Requested as: "Kavinsky signature arp"

Identity

What it is. The rolling figure that opens Nightcall and returns in its breakdowns: a bright, short pluck cycling up and down a minor chord in sixteenth-notes, sitting in the C4–C5 register above the bass and inside the pad. It gives the track its motion while the chords sit still.

Voice topology: classified mono — the arpeggiator sounds one note at a time, so a single voice with fast retrigger carries it; polyphony only adds ringing release overlap, which is a bonus rather than a requirement. Synths without an onboard arpeggiator need an external MIDI arp or sequencer, which each rendition's compromise note states.

Documented traits: the sixteenth-note rolling pattern, plucky fast-decay envelope, bright tone, delay and stereo spread. Inferred (labelled): the waveform, filter and envelope values in The Sound are reconstruction, not a claim about any original patch. Palette note: cover colours are recalled approximations.

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The Sound

Reconstruction of the idiom. Items marked documented are audible on the records; everything else is inferred and labelled as such.

Oscillators — documented: bright, analog, plucky. Inferred: osc 1 sawtooth; osc 2 pulse (≈30 % width) or square in unison, detuned about +5 cents for shimmer; no sub-oscillator.
Filter — documented: the pluck is a filter envelope, not just the amp. Inferred: 24 dB low-pass, cutoff ≈ 800 Hz at rest, resonance 20–30 %, keyboard tracking ≈ 60 %, filter-envelope amount +60 %.
Filter envelope — inferred: attack 0 ms, decay 150–250 ms, sustain 0–10 %, release 150 ms.
Amplifier envelope — inferred: attack 0–1 ms, decay 300 ms, sustain 0–20 %, release 200 ms.
Arpeggiator — documented: sixteenth-notes, rolling. Inferred: mode up or up/down, range 1–2 octaves, gate ≈ 50 %, tempo-synced; hold/latch on so the chord can be left ringing.
LFO — optional slow triangle (0.1–0.3 Hz) on cutoff for movement across bars; no vibrato.
Velocity — small amount to cutoff for accent patterns.

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History & Provenance

The sequenced arpeggio belongs to the late-70s and 80s synth lineage — Moroder and Bellotte's sequenced Moog lines, Tangerine Dream's sequencers, the onboard arpeggiators of the Roland Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 and the SH-101 sequencer. Kavinsky's Nightcall (2010, co-produced with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixed by SebastiAn) put the figure at the centre of the track, and Drive (2011) made it a synthwave signature; OutRun (2013) reuses arps on several cuts.

Gear note (inferred, unverified): an analog poly with an onboard arpeggiator, or a software emulation, is the assumed source; no confirmed patch sheet exists and this pack does not claim one.

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Heard In · Adapted By

Kavinsky — Nightcall (2010): intro and breakdowns.
Kavinsky — ProtoVision, Odd Look, Deadcruiser — OutRun (2013).
Kavinsky — Zenith — Reborn (2022).
Sibling-era arps: College & Electric Youth — A Real Hero (2010); M83 — Midnight City (2011).
Lineage: Giorgio Moroder — Chase (1978); Tangerine Dream — Love on a Real Train (1984).

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Performance & Technique

control	gesture	effect
chord hold / latch	hold or latch a minor triad, change on the bar	the arp re-voices to the new chord
arp mode / range	up or up-down, 1–2 octaves	the rolling contour
gate	≈50 %	separation between plucks
velocity	accent the downbeat of each beat	brighter pluck on accents (inferred)
filter cutoff automation	close for the intro, open into the chorus	the figure emerges from the mix
modwheel	raise slowly	cutoff lift (inferred)
tempo sync	sixteenths at song tempo	locks with the bass pulse

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FX & Chain

Ping-pong or stereo delay, dotted-eighth, 25–30 % feedback, repeats filtered.
Medium plate reverb, 1.5–2 s, mixed low so the plucks stay clear.
Light chorus or stereo widener.
High-pass at ≈200 Hz; gentle sidechain to the kick.
A little saturation for presence.

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Renditions

Auto-generated from the create-preset fan-out mapping outcomes; regenerated each run.

Behringer DeepMind 12 — "Nightcall Arp (DeepMind)" — confidence high — 31 control(s) — Panel spec exposes one ADSR slider set: the values here are the VCF envelope (ENVELOPES.vcf ON); set the VCA envelope by hand to A 1 ms, D 300 ms, S 10 %, R 200 ms. Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are chosen in the arp menu.
Arturia MatrixBrute — "Nightcall Arp (MatrixBrute)" — confidence high — 51 control(s) — Arp direction (up / up-down) and MIDI-clock sync are set in the arp menu, not the panel; hold the chord with HOLD.
Korg MS-20 Mini — "Nightcall Arp (MS-20, external arp)" — confidence medium — 20 control(s) — No onboard arpeggiator: drive it from a DAW or MIDI arpeggiator at 1/16 (or the studio sequencer); the shared EG2 gives the same pluck to filter and amp, which suits this sound; stereo delay comes from the studio FX.
Behringer Neutron — "Nightcall Arp (Neutron, external arp)" — confidence medium — 32 control(s) — No onboard arpeggiator: sequence it from a DAW or MIDI arp at 1/16; the BBD delay is mono and darker than the researched stereo delay.
Korg Prologue 8 — "Nightcall Arp (Prologue)" — confidence high — 40 control(s) — Arp type (up / up-down), range (1–2 octaves) and clock sync are set in the arpeggiator menu, not the panel; the 2-pole filter gives a slightly softer pluck than a 24 dB ladder.
Behringer UB-Xa — "Nightcall Arp (UB-Xa)" — confidence high — 37 control(s) — Arp rate (1/16), direction and clock sync live in the arp settings menu; the stereo delay comes from the studio FX (no onboard delay).

Lore

KEYBOARD

SPLIT

—

DOUBLE

—

LOWER

—

UPPER

—

DOWN

—

UP

—

TRANSPOSE

—

CHORD

—

ARP

ON

AUTO

—

SETTINGS

—

HOLD

ON

MANUAL

VOLUME

80%

BALANCE

—

MASTER TUNE

—

OSC 2 ONLY

—

VINTAGE

—

PERF LFO

RATE

—

TEMPO SYNC

—

WAVEFORM

—

DEPTH

—

CONTROL

PORTAMENTO

0%

BEND

—

UNISON

OFF

VOICES

—

OSC 1

FREQUENCY

—

saw

ON

pulse

OFF

tri

OFF

VOICE DETUNE

0 cents

OSC 1 / LFO INVERT

—

OSC 2

FREQUENCY

—

saw

OFF

pulse

ON

tri

OFF

OSC 2 DETUNE

+5 cents

SYNC

OFF

PW / MOD ROUTING

PULSE WIDTH

30%

FREQ

—

F-ENV PW

—

MOD FILTER

—

FILTER

FREQUENCY

32%

RESONANCE

28%

MODULATION

60%

NOISE

0%

OSC 1

ON

HALF

ON

OSC 2

ON

FULL

OFF

4 POLE

4-pole

TRACK

ON

FILTER ENVELOPE

ATTACK

0 ms

DECAY

200 ms

SUSTAIN

5%

RELEASE

150 ms

MOD 1 DELAY

—

MOD 1 ATTACK

—

TRIG POINT

—

LOUDNESS ENVELOPE

ATTACK

1 ms

DECAY

300 ms

SUSTAIN

10%

RELEASE

200 ms

MOD 2 DELAY

—

MOD 2 ATTACK

—

PEDAL RELEASE

—

MODULATION

LFO RATE

0.2 Hz

OSC 1

—

OSC 2

—

FREQ

—

FILTER

5%

MOD DEPTH 1

0%

WAVEFORM

triangle

TEMPO SYNC

—

QUANTIZE

—

INVERT

—

TRACK

—

MOD LFO PHASE

—

VOLUME

—

DEPTH 2

—

PERF LFO PHASE

—

PERFORMANCE LFO

WAVEFORM

—

OSC 1

—

OSC 2

—

VOLUME

—

DEPTH 1 PHASE

—

QUANTIZE

—

INVERT

—

ENV MOD

—

SEQUENCER

SHIFT

—

REST / TIE

—

RECORD

—

STOP

—

PLAY / PAUSE

—

SETTINGS

—

APPEND

—

CUR LAST

—

RESTART

—

PERFORMANCE

PITCH

—

MOD

—

FX & outboard

Chain A: DeepMind 12 — Lush Pads & Strings

Repatch required.

Default route & patching

Committed wiring: UB-Xa → Pedal Chain 4 → AR22 inputs 9,10

Saved synth profile: None assigned.

Recipe chain: Pedal Chain 3 · The saved passive DI is a ProD2. Black Lion Audio Auteur is a separate mic preamp.

Review the route on Patchbay ↗

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Improve this preset

Demo this preset

The reference

The sound → the decisions

On this synth & chain

Listen → improve → revise

Updates

Re-researched

Rendition added · Behringer DeepMind 12

Researched

Kavinsky Nightcall Arp

Identity

The Sound

History & Provenance

Heard In · Adapted By

Performance & Technique

FX & Chain

Renditions

Lore

ARP / SEQ

LFO 1

LFO 2

OSC 1

OSC 2

NOISE

POLY

VCF

VCA

HPF

ENVELOPES

MASTER

PERFORMANCE

TC Electronic JUNE-60 V2 Chorus · Unresolved

Behringer DUAL-PHASE Authentic Dual Phase Shifter · Unresolved

Walrus Audio Meraki Stereo Analog Dual Delay · Unresolved

Eventide H9 Max (instance #1) · Unresolved

Demo this preset

The reference

The sound → the decisions

On this synth & chain

Listen → improve → revise

Updates

Re-researched

Rendition added · Arturia MatrixBrute

Researched

Kavinsky Nightcall Arp

Identity

The Sound

History & Provenance

Heard In · Adapted By

Performance & Technique

FX & Chain

Renditions

Lore

VCO 1

VCO 2

VCO 3

AUDIO MOD

MIXER

NOISE

VCF 1 · STEINER

VCF 2 · LADDER

FILTER MASTER

ENV 1 · FILTER

ENV 2 · AMP

ENV 3 · AUX

LFO 1

LFO 2

MOD MATRIX

MACRO

FX

SEQ / ARP

MASTER

PERFORMANCE

TC Electronic JUNE-60 V2 Chorus · Unresolved

Behringer DUAL-PHASE Authentic Dual Phase Shifter · Unresolved

Walrus Audio Meraki Stereo Analog Dual Delay · Unresolved

Eventide H9 Max (instance #1) · Unresolved

Demo this preset

The reference