2 ms·

Oh man that is a rabbit hole you don't want to go down. Modern software synths are extremely complex, but also extremely powerful. I mean, look at the interfac

Oh man that is a rabbit hole you don't want to go down. Modern software synths are extremely complex, but also extremely powerful. I mean, look at the interface for Serum, probably the best synth on the market right now: https://d84g6yundlaof.cloudfront.net/assets/serum/serumall-b4e3f2c19f47e68cff7b1767eb7af20d629844ba1dfae517ed57ee796bc0b8d9.gif https://d84g6yundlaof.cloudfront.net/assets/serum/serumall-b... It looks like an airplane's cockpit. Sound design is a whole another part of music. Most amateur musicians don't even bother with it because it is way to technical to master. They just use presets. I personally hate it, but if you have a technical bent, you might enjoy it

teilo 10y ago
Serum is the easiest synth I have ever used. There are a lot of controls, but they all make sense. And if one is just starting out, they can ignore most of the controls and focus on just the basics: Waveform, envelop, filter. Then move to modulation starting with LFOs. (Modulation is where Serum really shines. It is literally drag-and-drop. Compared to the modulation matrices that many synths use, it's a cake walk.) If you think Serum look complex, take a look at Zebra 2.