https://patreon.com/starskycarr ...for loads more detailed tutorials Follow this on any synthesizer. Whether you're got VSTs, hardware, vintage or modern, synths covered in knobs or menu based programming.. this will show you how to tweak your tones or start from scratch. Over 99% of synthesisers use the same fundamental building blocks and the secret to programming synths is that they're all pretty much the same. Learn the basics and everything else falls into place.
In this I demo the classic synth architecture, called subtractive synthesis, which has just 4 essential modules. Oscillators, Filters, Envelopes and LFOs - you can produce loads of tones without even and LFO... but I kept it in as you see them on pretty much everything.
I use a Juno 60 to start as its got everything clearly laid out in a knob per function so you cant go wrong. I also show bits of increasing complexity on a Moog Minimoog, a Roland Jupiter 4, an UDO Super6 and some menu diving on a Roland Juno DS.
If you watch this from start to finish you'll have all the basics you need to pick up any synths and get programming.
0:00 Really? Any Synth? 5:21 1. Oscillators 9:24 2. Filters 11:29 3. Envelopes 13:48 Make an Acid Sound 14:31 Program a Funky Bass 15:21 Create a Sequence Bass 15:45 A 'real' electric bass (not a synth bass... well it is...) 16:21 Pianos and Keys 18:59 Rich Pads and Strings 21:44 Tricks with Resonance 23:01 4. Pumping Filters with the LFO 24:38 Juno DS Menu Diving - It's all there 27:44 Performance Controls 28:22 what to do with 2 envelopes 30:19 You Got This.. More complex tones with 2 oscillators 39:40 Arpeggiators - Quick Look with Stranger Things 41:54 Was that OK? 43:24 Intro Track.. now you can do it :)
