Last year, Travis Scott released his third album, Astroworld, a continuation of his hip-hop sound pursued on earlier releases, but with a heavy trap and psychedelic influence. The album was hugely successful and cemented Travis Scott as one of the top hip-hop artists of the current era. Astroworld was recorded in Hawaii with a diverse set of collaborators, including Mike Dean, whose analog synth sounds feature prominently, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, who produced Skeletons, John Mayer, who played guitar on the album, James Blake, and even Stevie Wonder, who added his signature harmonica to Stop Trying to Be God.

In this article, I’ll concentrate on the synthesizer sounds on the tracks R.I.P. Screw, Astrothunder and Sicko Mode, deconstruct the synth patches, and put them back together using software synths. Many of the sounds can be created in any suitable softsynth, and I’ll create all the sounds in this article using just u-he Repro and TAL U-NO-LX, as well as some sampled sounds that I’ll share as a free pack at the end of the article.