Learn how to put together a modular synthesis system and program a wide variety of sounds with commonly available modules.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- How we got here
- Fundamental concept: Harmonics & sound
- Fundamental concept: Voltage control (CV + gate)
- The standard formats
- The core building blocks
- Playing your modular synth
- Getting sound in and out
- Case and power supply issues
- Patching a typical synthesizer “voice”
- Tuning voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs)
- The basic analog waveforms
- Sine waves and drum sounds
- Digital wavetable oscillators
- The voltage controlled low-pass filter (VCF)
- The difference between filter slopes
- Filter resonance (feedback)
- Other common filter modes (HP, BP, and Notch)
- Envelope types (ADSR, AD, AR, and DADSR)
- Linear vs. exponential envelope shapes
- Low-frequency oscillator (LFO) waveshapes
- Pulse width modulation (PWM)
- Vibrato with LFO sync and delay
- Tremolo and voltage-controlled amplifiers (VCAs)
- Some alternate modulation sources
- Oscillator sync
- Exponential frequency modulation (FM)
- Linear through-zero FM
- Ring modulation (AM)
- Waveshaping
- Low-pass gates (LPG)
- Sample & hold (S/H)
- Phase shifting
- Analog and digital delays
- Effects loops
- Processing external sounds
- Other synthesis techniques
- Onward
Taught by
Chris Meyer
