Sunday, August 25, 2024
Synthesizer Tutorial for Beginners // Synth Programming 101
video upload by Starsky Carr
"Follow this on any synthesizer. Whether you're got VSTs, hardware, vintage or modern, synths covered in knobs or menu based programming.. this will show you how to tweak your tones or start from scratch. Over 99% of synthesisers use the same fundamental building blocks and the secret to programming synths is that they're all pretty much the same. Learn the basics and everything else falls into place.
In this I demo the classic synth architecture, called subtractive synthesis, which has just 4 essential modules. Oscillators, Filters, Envelopes and LFOs - you can produce loads of tones without even and LFO... but I kept it in as you see them on pretty much everything.
I use a Juno 60 to start as its got everything clearly laid out in a knob per function so you cant go wrong. I also show bits of increasing complexity on a Moog Minimoog, a Roland Jupiter 4, an UDO Super6 and some menu diving on a Roland Juno DS.
If you watch this from start to finish you'll have all the basics you need to pick up any synths and get programming."
0:00 Really? Any Synth?
5:21 1. Oscillators
9:24 2. Filters
11:29 3. Envelopes
13:48 Make an Acid Sound
14:31 Program a Funky Bass
15:21 Create a Sequence Bass
15:45 A 'real' electric bass (not a synth bass... well it is...)
16:21 Pianos and Keys
18:59 Rich Pads and Strings
21:44 Tricks with Resonance
23:01 4. Pumping Filters with the LFO
24:38 Juno DS Menu Diving - It's all there
27:44 Performance Controls
28:22 what to do with 2 envelopes
30:19 You Got This.. More complex tones with 2 oscillators
39:40 Arpeggiators - Quick Look with Stranger Things
41:54 Was that OK?
43:24 Intro Track.. now you can do it :)
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Two introductory tutorials in one day? Is this a conspiracy? Or a strange attractor at work? Could it have something to do with Carr dissing Kraft's beloved alpha Juno 2? Only time will tell.
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