Using Filters as Waveshapers

Learning Modular

"Have an extra filter? Consider patching it between your VCO and your normal VCF/wavefolder/etc. t to shape the harmonics of your oscillator, creating sounds you would not normally get from it.

Index:
00:00 introduction
01:07 the basic patch
01:28 phase inversion issue
02:20 low pass filter with sawtooth
05:00 mixing in the unprocessed wave
06:14 low pass filter with pulse wave
07:38 high pass filter examples
08:54 notch filter examples
09:22 bandpass filter examples
10:32 alternate filter (Doepfer Wasp)
11:24 phase inversion revisited
12:18 LFO modulating cutoff
13:02 envelope modulating cutoff
13:55 VCO modulating cutoff
15:15 summary

This video was originally created for the Patreon Learning Modular subscribers (+5v and above): https://www.patreon.com/LearningModular

Please consider joining us on Patreon to get my long-form posts and deep-dive information on modular synthesis techniques."

Novation Supernova 2 & GFI Specular Tempus fantastic HQ Sound

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"In this live video Supernova2 with GFI Specular Tempus Reverb, no other effects was used, just only GFI. Markers only serve to navigate in time. Among the markers there are other sounds for which there are no time markers. Yamaha AN1x was used as Master Keyboard.

00:00 Start
00:12 Sound beginning
00:58 Bass Sylverbox
02:25 For Strings
03:06 Dream Trancepick
04:00 Warm String Pad
05:10 Hollow Man Seq
06:35 Shining
07:50 UK Bassline 5
09:00 German Club Strings
10:19 Vintage 303 Acid
11:50 Cybernet
12:44 Spaceman
13:13 FM Pluckotron
14:00 Overdrive Bass
15:12 UK Trancebass
15:56 Flanging Pad
16:42 AngelsFalls
17:30 Amber glance
18:20 Filter playing
19:09 GAIA"

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Modor NF1-M Digital Synthesizer

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"The NF1 is unabashedly digital and unique sounding. Identical in specification and capabilities to it's larger brother, this compact unit is perfect to get the Modor sound in a tiny footprint. Even though it's got a smaller front panel, patches are still easy to make and edit, and there is a free editor software for Mac and Windows available on Modor's web site."

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Sequential Prophet 10 REV4 | The surface

MIDERA

MIDERA Prophet 10 posts

"Warning: This video contains FX and may not be suitable for synthesizer purists.

Finally got this home. I have a lot to say about it... I was really underwhelmed when I first started playing with it. I'm used to spending a few hundred dollars on gear that sounds great. this time, i paid far more. the build quality is amazing, but the sound isn't something THAT much better than what else i have. I’d say more but I’m way too tired...

Ok - I have had more time to think about it. Here are some of my thoughts from the next day: For me to be blown away by the sound of a synthesizer, I want to hear it 'push air'. Only a few synths have really done that for me, the OB-Xa and the Polaris. I do not hear that from the Prophet 10. That doesn't mean it doesn't do it, or that it's a bad synth if it doesn't, but that's usually the first thing that makes me go 'wow' and I didn't hear that here.

I didn't play ANY presets. I threw it into the front panel mode because I'm more interested in what I can do with a synth than what others have done with a synth. Maybe that was a mistake? I tried desperately to come up with cool sounds, but I feel personally like I failed (whereas, I felt like I immediately connected with the Moog Matriarch). The Matriarch, however, had a sequencer and arpeggiator which made interacting with the unit far more immediate for me - I made 9 videos within 9 days with that, and I could listen to those videos over and over. I liked what I did. I tried to not use FX... but I didn't like anything I came up with (on the Prophet).

The reality is, I think I hit my limitations here. I am not a great sound designer, I rely on FX. I am also not a good pianist. While I am very good at playing some Vince Guaraldi jazz music - I can't do much of anything else. This synth is among the pinnacle of synthesizers, and I am not capable of bringing out the most. This speaks to the reality - I need to improve my skills, both sound designing and music theory. I could have come up with these lame sounds on any synthesizer I have. In fact - when I first played this, I complained to my friends that it sounds no different than my Virus TI, which I think says a lot about the Virus, but also says a lot about me. My capabilities are the limiting factor.


Eventide blackhole VST and Strymon DIG used for FX."

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Update: See this post for a change of opinion. I actually posted the above because I thought it sounded pretty amazing.

Erica Synths DB-01 improv jam with the Octatrack MK2

Patchwerks Seattle

"In this video resident expert Matthew Piecora of Patchwerks (aka EZBOT) performs an improv tune with the Erica Synths DB-01, Strymon Blue Sky, and the Elektron Octatrack MK2.

From Erica Synths:
"From basslines and rave sounds to massive drones and drums - the Erica Synths Bassline DB-01 synthesizer lets you explore new territories of sound and performance techniques and go from a melody to noise and back in no time. The DB-01 packs an analogue Erica Synths signature sound engine with an advanced sequencer on top of it."

Order an Erica Synths Bassline here: https://bit.ly/es_db01_bassline
Order an Elektron Octatrack MK2 here: https://bit.ly/elektron_octatrack

https://patchwerks.com/
Performance by: EZBOT
Video by: Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT)
https://www.ezbot.live"

4U Serge CROCODILE + TKB improvisation

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"The new CROCODILE panel features an NTO with wave multiplier (middle section). No filter needed!"

Pic via RandomSource

Serge ASR and WaveMult

Todd Barton

Todd Barton Serge posts

1975 ARP Instruments Order Form

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the rest and a write-up.

"ARP three-page Literature Order Form from 1975."

Serato Sample LE + Launchkey - Hip Hop // Novation

NovationTV

"Building tracks with Serato Sample LE and Launchkey is fast, creative fun - you can quickly load samples and loops and rearrange them on the fly. In this video, Ehsan shows you how to use Serato LE with Launchkey (in Cubase) to slice, perform and record sample loops and one-shots to make Hip Hop.

Serato Sample LE comes included with Launchkey and is a powerful and intuitive sampler plugin to quickly find, chop, key-shift, and time-stretch samples.

--- Discover more about Launchkey [MK3]: https://bit.ly/LaunchkeyMK3"