Troye Sivan Mellet is a South African-Australian singer-songwriter, actor, model and fashion designer. He started to become popular on YouTube and on TV. On August 15, 2014, he released his first EP titled TRXYE, which debuted at No. 1 on iTunes in over 55 countries, and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200.

Sivan released his third studio album Something to Give Each Other, on July 13, 2023, being a showcase of dazzling pop-R&B eclecticism, and with clear inspiration in K-Pop.

In this remake I am going to deconstruct the song Got Me Started, the second single from this third album. Listen to it below, and read the entire music production process below.

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Got Me Started - Synth Production

The song is completely electronic and only has synthesizers, without bass or electric guitar.

We will start with the lead synth that opens the song, which was sampled from the song Shooting Stars by Bag Raiders, being the first time they gave permission to use the melody of your song.

This sound was originally achieved with a stylophone.

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‍To recreate it digitally, I have used the TAL-U-NO with the following parameters. Remember that you can download all these presets by supporting me on my patreon.

‍Lead Synth - Shooting Stars/Got Me Started Sound

In addition to this melody, there are a couple more layers that generate a chorus of voices, and also an ambient sound sample, listen to the result below.

‍Intro Synths

After this initial melody, the harmony appears with an electric piano, which I have recreated with the characteristic sound of the DX7. This harmony is made up of three layers, two are electric pianos with the DX7, very similar, and another with a brass from the TAL-U-NO to give solidity to the notes. Listen to it all together below.

‍Electric Piano Sound

‍Electric Piano Layered‍

Below there is a synth bass playing the tone of the song, which I recreated with the Arturia Mini V. Listen to it here.

‍Bass Synth‍

In addition to this sound, in some parts a more percussive “pluck” sound appears, which I have recreated with the Arturia CZ V. Listen to it alone, and in conjunction with the bass synth, do you appreciate it on the left?

Pluck Sound

In the chorus, where he sings “you just got me started…” there is an additional layer with Arturia CZ V with the following pad sound.

Pad Chorus

Towards the second half of the song, a new brass begins to appear making the chords but with a touch of arpeggio, which I have recreated in the following way with the CZ V.

Brass Sound

Finally, in the bridge before the final outro a new synthesizer appears, with a key sound with an auto-pan, which I have recreated with the TAL-U-NO, listen to it here.

Keys Sound

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Drums Production

The drums have an R&B or house sound. I have recreated the drum kit with 7 samples, which you can download on my Patreon. You can also download the MIDI with the entire beat sequence. Listen to the result below.

Drums Sound

In the choruses I have also added a couple of percussion samples, listen to it here.

‍Drums and Percs‍

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Troye Sivan Vocals Production

I recorded the main vocal with a single vocal track, and added some chorus with harmonies in some parts of the song.

For the production of the vocals, I used the same base effects chain that I explain in other articles on this website. To them I have also added some delay automation at the ends of some phrases or reverb at the end of the song. Listen to these examples below.

‍Troye Sivan Vocals Production‍

In the pre-chorus, I have recorded a second voice an octave higher, listen to it.

Vocals with octave

There are also small parts where voices appear doing harmonies, listen to some examples here.

Vocals with harmonies

In the choruses where he sings “You just got me started…” I have recreated it by applying autotune with the modified throat formant, making the voice have a higher pitched sound. In addition, I have added the waves auto-pumper so that it has that ascending-descending volume “pumping” effect typical of electronic music.

Vocals pitched

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And that's all! I take this opportunity to say that I may do a cover of this song with my band soon, so stay tuned!

I hope you enjoyed it, and remember that you can support me to continue making all this free content on my Patreon page. Write me your feedback on YouTube!