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Kraftwerk Sound?
Wolf_T
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I am a Kraftwerk fan but not yet able to build appropriate sounds with the deluge. If someone has equivalent synths I would be happy if he could share it.
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I would think kraftwerk sounds are pretty basic. You should be able to make them on your own following tutorials like this one
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Boards of Deluge #2 has a preset named "It's More Fun to Deluge": https://synth-patches.com/deluge/boards-of-deluge-2/ The name is 100% a hint to a kraftwerky pluck.
I myself would love to get presets, settings, details, etc. that'd lead to some good Kraftwerkish minimalist sounds, but I'd imagine a lot of it is trying to figure out sound design stuff to get close. I'm honestly surprised there's no "here's how to achieve Kraftwerk sounds with a generic subtractive synth" out there yet.
The devices behind the sounds you hear on the Computer World and Man Machine albums comprise of monophonic synthesizers of the day and a set of gated effects such as a reverb I believe. Especially in Computer World's track It's More Fun To Compute. Very crafty sounds there. They probably used one of the early CV/Gate sequencers of Roland I suspect. I doubt they used a Buchla synth. Kraftwerk also made melodic tracks with less adventurous sounddesign.
The reason there's no how-to on Kraftwerk's sounds has probably to do with the combination of effects and multiple synthesizers with nifty patching involved with the creation of their sounds. It's too complicated.
There are a few Kraftwerk synths in my Famous Sounds pack:
https://meatbeats.gumroad.com/l/famous-sounds-deluge
I'm hoping to add more soon.