What is Hoover sound?

The hoover is a growling, sweeping synth sound — originally from the Roland Alpha Juno's "WhatThe?" patch — famous from early rave and hardcore, and revived heavily in modern hard techno leads and basses.

The characteristic "vacuum cleaner" texture comes from detuned sawtooth-like oscillators with a strong pitch envelope, PWM-style movement and chorus. To recreate it, stack detuned saws, add a fast downward pitch sweep at note start, apply chorus and distortion, and play it in minor-key riffs. Hoovers work both as lead riffs and, pitched down, as aggressive bass textures.

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