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Title: Secrets of synths
Post by: tiny_tove on July 07, 2015, 11:30:54 AM
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

Title: Re: Secrets of synths
Post by: martialgodmask on July 07, 2015, 01:50:01 PM
Great, thanks for sharing. I've got some time in my hands so will dive in!
Title: Re: Secrets of synths
Post by: Acne on July 12, 2015, 07:54:16 PM
very awesome!

Thank you!
Title: Re: Secrets of synths
Post by: Dr Alex on October 03, 2015, 05:06:38 PM
Little stupid question
How to get throbbing pe tone with midi synth and Korg processor for synth?
Title: Re: Secrets of synths
Post by: cosmonaut on October 04, 2015, 12:51:16 PM
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.
Title: Re: Secrets of synths
Post by: Dr Alex on October 05, 2015, 11:05:27 AM
Thank you, Piero!