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Synthesizers! Using Synthesis for Sound Design & Production

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About Synthesizers! Using Synthesis for Sound Design & Production

1 Introduction

2 About the software we will use

3 The types of synthesis we will cover

4 The 4 Elements to a synthesizer

5 The Subtractor in Reason Interface

6 The Oscillator

7 The Filter

8 Envelopes

9 The Amplifier

10 Putting it all together in Reason

11 Using Ableton’s Analog for Subtractive Synthesis

13 The LFO

14 Portamento or glide

15 Trigger Modes

16 Velocity Control

17 Subtractive Synthesizer patch deconstruction No

18 Subtractive Synthesizer patch deconstruction No

19 What is FM Synthesis?

20 Using Ableton’s Operator Interface

21 Making sounds using FM Synthesis

22 Adding the bells and whistels (from before)

23 FM Synthesizer patch deconstruction No

24 FM Synthesizer patch deconstruction No

25 Whats coming up in the Part 2

26 Thanks!

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What You Will Learn?

  • This classes uses the same system I've used for years in my college courses for teaching sound design: Identify and master the 4 main pieces of any synthesizer, and you will be flying when you first approach any other unit in the future..
  • This system keeps the technical jargon to a minimum and gets you making your own sounds quick..
  • J. Anthony Allen is an Ableton Certified Trainer, and a PhD in Music Composition and master of Electronic Sounds. His music has been heard internationally in film, radio, video games, and industrial sound, as well as the concert hall and theater..
  • He currently is a professor at Augsburg University and the CEO of Slam Academy in Minneapolis.is..
  • Praise for other classes by J. Anthony Allen:.