You can learn a lot by taking apart programs as well and seeing what oscillators were used to create the sounds. Does it start with a sharp attack or fade in? Does the filter simply decay or is there a slight effect of it opening up first like you hear on an analog brass sound? Is the sound exactly the same no matter how long it's held? Getting into the oscillators you can play around for hours, especially digging into the OSC2 functionality that adds a lot of flexibility to modifying the sound. Not to mention an amazing interactive experience that takes all of that content. Between the Essential Lessons and the additional Lesson Packs (included with your purchase) you get 352 videos, 129 challenges, and 706 patches. Among the basics of a sound, I listen for what the sound is doing. With Syntorial you’re not simply buying an app, you’re also buying a ton of content. There are perhaps some basics that could be taught, but I agree with the comments here that for the most part it's your own experimentation that will get you where you want to be. Matje wrote.The problem is more to recognize the sound you want to create.What is the basic of the sound? What sample or oscillator you use? In summary what helps me is to separate Effects (reverb, flange etc.) from the sound I'm after, trying to figure out the sounds basic ingredients and try finding something that comes close enough. mixing 2nd harmonic wave (A) with 3rd, or 4th and so on (B) is interesting. Results became better, and I see some things I probably can't do with the NS3 alone (harmonizer etc.).Īlso experimenting with sounds will help. In short, it's more working backwards (from Amp to Effects) and providing a matching sample as input. A few days ago I looked up how E-Guitarists create their sound. And tweak a lot to see what affection each parameter has to your sound. Once you have understood the basics (waveforms, filters, envelopes) start watching videos about different kinds of synths, read about your favorite artists gear to learn what synths they use and try recreating something simple at first.
Alex78 wrote:Nobody can teach you this, it's all a matter of training your ears.