2016
Lynda.com
Chris Meyer
03:51:54
English
One of the most exciting areas of modern music creation is modular synthesis, where you get to assemble your own flexible and customizable instruments using components (aka modules) from a variety of manufacturers. In this course, music industry veteran and synth designer Chris Meyer guides you through putting together a modular system and interconnecting it with the rest of your studio. He reviews typical module arrangements, explains how the modules talk to each other, and covers details such as the differences between waveforms, filter modes, envelope types, and more.
This course will be based around the widely available Roland SYSTEM-500 Eurorack-standard synthesizer modules, complemented with modules from several other manufacturers. As most modules, synthesizer keyboards, and plugins are designed around the same principles, this course lets you dig deeper into synthesis and programming your sounds regardless of the equipment you own.
Introduction 16m 52s
Welcome 2m 29s
How we got here 2m 16s
Fundamental concept: Harmonics & sound 4m 22s
Fundamental concept: Voltage control (CV + gate) 7m 45s
1. Putting a System Together 21m 52s
The standard formats 4m 2s
The core building blocks 3m 59s
Playing your modular synth 2m 42s
Getting sound in and out 2m 41s
Case and power supply issues 8m 28s
2. Learning Subtractive Synthesis 1h 54m
Patching a typical synthesizer “voice” 9m 3s
Tuning voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) 8m 48s
The basic analog waveforms 6m 23s
Sine waves and drum sounds 8m 36s
Digital wavetable oscillators 10m 19s
The voltage controlled low-pass filter (VCF) 8m 30s
The difference between filter slopes 7m 45s
Filter resonance (feedback) 7m 50s
Other common filter modes (HP, BP, and Notch) 9m 13s
Envelope types (ADSR, AD, AR, and DADSR) 8m 44s
Linear vs. exponential envelope shapes 7m 59s
Low-frequency oscillator (LFO) waveshapes 4m 14s
Pulse width modulation (PWM) 3m 7s
Vibrato with LFO sync and delay 4m 30s
Tremolo and voltage-controlled amplifiers (VCAs) 4m 52s
Some alternate modulation sources 4m 13s
3. Exploring Alternate Techniques 1h 17m
Oscillator sync 5m 57s
Exponential frequency modulation (FM) 5m 27s
Linear through-zero FM 5m 1s
Ring modulation (AM) 5m 35s
Waveshaping 8m 10s
Low-pass gates (LPG) 7m 28s
Sample & hold (S/H) 9m 31s
Phase shifting 7m 20s
Analog and digital delays 6m 31s
Effects loops 3m 47s
Processing external sounds 6m 27s
Other synthesis techniques 6m 27s
Conclusion 1m 9s
Onward 1m 9s
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