Secrets of synths

Started by tiny_tove, July 07, 2015, 11:30:54 AM

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tiny_tove

After a few years of working with lof fi gear I got back into extensive use of synths in what I do.
This is an impressive collection of texts on the subject.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/allsynthsecrets.htm

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martialgodmask

Great, thanks for sharing. I've got some time in my hands so will dive in!



cosmonaut

Do you have an example? What midi synth and what processor are you using? In any case, if I understand what you have in mind, what you need is a bunch (or at least two) oscillators (not sines, you'll need stuff with a lot of harmonics, e.g. one triangle and one square wave, not perfectly tuned with each other), low pass filter (with resonance not cranked up all the way to self-oscillation) and LFO modulating filter cutoff. The shape of the LFO gives you the type of throb. Saw gets you a more rhythmic/percussive throb, while triangle and sine gives you a more pulsating throb, and ramp( upwards-sloping saw) gets you a "reverse" throb. Feeding the output of the filter into the filter itself can help you get a partially overdriven tone.

HTH. If any of this is unclear, I am willing to explain it better.