Master Audio Synthesis and Synthesizers

Overview

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Move beyond the preset sounds on your synthesizer—or just learn the basics of synthesis—with this collection of courses. In this learning path, you can explore the creative and technical aspects of synthesis and sound creation for modern keyboards and synthesizers.

Learn the basics of synth programming.
Explore the options of synthesis and how to use them to create custom sounds.
Apply your skills to modern software and hardware synthesizers and virtual instruments.

Syllabus

Course 1: Demystifying Audio Synthesis: The Basics

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.

Course 2: Demystifying Audio Synthesis: Beyond The Basics

Move beyond the basics of synth programming, and learn techniques for creating big moving basslines, evocative percussion patterns, and rich synth pads.

Course 3: Logic Pro X: Virtual Instruments

Improve music and audio production using the virtual instruments in Logic Pro X. Learn how to apply effects and take a tour of synthesizers, samplers, drum kits, and sound design.

Course 4: Pro Tools: Virtual Instruments

Explore how to work with the virtual instruments in Pro Tools. Learn about the Boom drum machine, vintage keyboards, XPand!2, and more.

Course 5: Learning Sylenth

Learn about some of the basic and advanced features of Sylenth—a powerful virtual synthesizer plugin—and dive into some synthesis concepts along the way.

Course 6: Learning Ableton Analog

Explore Ableton Live's virtual synthesizer, Analog. Learn how to create sounds using oscillators, sculpt the sounds with filters, and add motion to the sounds using modulation.

Course 7: Learning REAKTOR

Learn how to use REAKTOR as a synth, a drum machine, a sampler, a sound generator, and a multi-effects processor.

Course 8: Learning MASSIVE

Discover the power of MASSIVE, Native Instrument's popular and flexible soft synth for creating colossal-sounding basslines, leads, pads, and more.

Course 9: Learning Modular Synthesis: Eurorack Expansion

Discover the important modules you need to expand a core system such as a Moog Mother-32, and explore a selection of modules available in the Eurorack modular synthesizer format.

Course 10: Learning Modular Synthesis: Arturia Modular V

Use Arturia Modular V—a realistic emulation of the original Moog modular synths of the 1960s and 1970s—to "patch" a modular synth to create your own sounds.