Release year: 2015
Manufacturer website: Sonic Academy
Author: Matt Thomas (a.k.a. King Unique)
Duration: 2h. 36min. 46sec.
Handout type: Video tutorial
English language
Sample files: present
Video format: flv
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280×720 30fps [V: h264 main L3.0, yuv420p, 1280×720]
Audio: AAC 44100Hz stereo [A: aac lc, 44100 Hz, stereo]
Description : Join Matt Thomas (King Unique) as he lifts the veil on one of the most powerful yet often misunderstood studio instruments… FM Synthesis. FM is a beast to fight… but Matt lays the groundwork before covering all the most common parameters and features FM gives a little background on the technology, and ends with some examples of sound design. Using the Ableton Live operator, all learning outcomes and core concepts of this course can be easily applied to any modern FM synthesizer such as FM8, FL Sytrus and even basic EFM1 or retro Logic synthesizers. Description: Join Matt Thomas (King Unique) as he demystifies one of the most powerful, yet often misunderstood studio tools… FM Synthesis. FM is a beast to get to grips with… but here Matt lays down the foundations by giving us a bit of background history on the technology before covering all the most common parameters and functions of FM and finishing with some sound design examples. Using Ableton Live’s Operator, all of the learning outcomes and core concepts in this course can be easily applied to any modern FM synth such as FM8, FL’s Sytrus and even Logic’s basic EFM1 or Retro synths.
Content :
Tutorial 01 – Intro and the History of FM (21:13)
Tutorial 02 – Internal Structure of FM (14:07)
Tutorial 03 – Using The Operators (30:42)
Tutorial 04 – Operator Envelopes (20:30)
Tutorial 05 – Global Operators (14:11)
Tutorial 06 – The Algorithms (13:34)
Tutorial 07 – Sound Design on FM (42:29)
