Year of release : 2016
Manufacturer : Lynda.com
Manufacturer website : www.lynda.com/Music-Production-tutorials/Introduction-Modular-Synthesis/443025-2.html
By Chris Meyer
Duration : 03:51:54
Type of handing out material : Video Tutorial
Language : English
Description : One of the most interesting areas of modern musical creativity is modular synthesis, where you can assemble your own flexible and customizable instruments using components from various manufacturers. In this course, music industry veteran and synth designer Chris Meyer will guide you through a modular system assembled together and show you how to connect it to the rest of your studio. He will look at typical module layouts, explain how modules communicate with each other, and cover details such as differences between waveforms, filter modes, types of converters, and more.
This course is based around the widely available standard synthesizer modules Roland SYSTEM-500 Eurorack, supplemented by modules from some other manufacturers.
It is a modular synthesis, where there is a modular synthesis, where it can be modified. In this course, Chris Meyer’s music industry veteran and synth designer guides you through the rest of your studio. It shows how the modules talk to each other, and what covers the differences between waveforms, filter modes, envelope types, and more.
Roland SYSTEM-500 Eurorack-standard synthesizer modules, complemented with several other manufacturers. It’s not your equipment that you use.
Content:
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
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
Sample files : none
Video Format : MP4
Video : AVC, 1280×720, 16: 9, 23.976 frames / s, ~ 1015 kbit / s
Audio : AAC, 48.0 kHz, 160 kbps, 2 channels
