if he said he used 3 alphalead presets then create a stack of 3 vanguards. select alphalead on all of them. give them all separate FX channels. adjust the filter cutoff and detune on 1, 2 or all of them till you get a similar timbre as the lead in the demo. polish off by compressing part or all of the timbres, again using your ear. perhaps a touch of EQ just to finalise it and/or use your own reverb and delays if vanguards doesnt meet your needs. i honestly dont know what else to say. if you still cant get that sound, he either lied (although unlikely if it came from the horses mouth so to speak) or you just stacked 3 unmodified presets together and expected it to sound just like that demo. even if he did use those presets he probably did modify them somewhat or produce it a little bit so that it sits well in the rest of the track. that said, hes got so much top end on that lead that it kills all his hihats - ha! i remember making that mistake a good few months ago in my own tracks. thanks to pho mo, i dont do that anymore...
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