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Demystifying Audio Synthesis: The Basics

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Overview

Learn how synthesis actually works, how to sculpt sound with filters and envelopes, and how to craft your own synth patches, including leads, pads, drums, and bass.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Learning synthesis
1. Tone Generation
  • Synth concepts are a universal language
  • It all starts with the sine wave
  • Building complex tones with additive synthesis
  • Working with oscillators
2. Shaping Your Sound
  • Exploring filters
  • Sculpting sound with envelopes
  • Combining envelopes with filters
  • Enriching with low-frequency oscillators (LFOs)
  • Frequency modulation
3. Making New Sounds
  • Tutorial: Making a synth lead
  • Tutorial: Making a rich pad
  • Tutorial: Making a drum sound
  • Tutorial: Making a synth bass
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Scott Hirsch

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