Tokøta from Mastering.com walks through Logic Pro's ES M, a stripped-down monophonic synth built for fast, no-fuss sound design. With only a handful of controls, it still packs real character.
The core sound comes from blending sawtooth and square oscillators, with octave switching and glide for smooth note-to-note slides.
Filter shaping is driven by cutoff, resonance, and an intensity knob that scales how much velocity and decay affect the filter, plus overdrive for extra grit.
Since ES M only offers decay in its envelope, short settings create plucked leads or basses, while longer ones give sustained tones. Velocity sensitivity can be dialed from flat and consistent to highly expressive.