# Instrument VII, Lead Synth Lead synths can take many forms, but generally speaking they should play a memorable melody consisting of some number of steps and leaps, with some number of short and long notes. There should be some notion of expressibility which hits some sort of crescendo as the piece progresses. > [!cite] Lore > ![[7-matterpunk.png]] > The Matterpunk (art by Dead Carcosa) ## Mysterious Lead Synth From [[Signal Music V, Melody]]. This lead synth plays a repeating melody, but the rhythms of each note are determined on the fly. A note can be between 1-4x the length of a quarter note. The synth itself is a detuned-saw synth through a low-pass filter. > [!example] > ![[image-57.png]] > A detuned-saw lead synth.