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If you're just getting into Synthesizers, do yourself a favour and install Syntorial! It blows my mind how only after a few sessions you'll be able to reverse
by alfiedotwtf 5y ago
If you're just getting into Synthesizers, do yourself a favour and install Syntorial!
It blows my mind how only after a few sessions you'll be able to reverse engineer patches by ear.
Syntorial is the #1 resource to learn how synthesis works.
- squigg 5y agoAbleton's online tutorial is also wonderful! https://learningsynths.ableton.com/ https://learningsynths.ableton.com/
- xbar 5y agoThanks for this. It is really quite good, especially for a pure beginner. I'm a Syntorial fan/user, but I think this Ableton link is what I will give to my daughter for her introduction.
- squigg 5y agoExactly! Great for the kids - my 9 year old son loves it. Even though he's got all the hardware here as well, he much prefers giggling away sitting in front of the computer, so much easier entry point!
- te_chris 5y ago100%. Doing a bunch of work in Syntorial is a huge shortcut to "getting it". And once you've done that, a synth is a synth is a synth. Like driving a car, becomes more, "oh yeah, this oscillator is a bit weird/interesting", rather than "wtf does this shit do"
- alfiedotwtf 5y agoYes! > a synth is a synth is a synth ICYMI this is easily displayed with the recent Radiohead "Everything In Its Right Place" patch matching on r/synthesizers/
- discardedrefuse 5y agoWendy Carlos explains synths in under 4m (1970) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBDH5uhs4Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBDH5uhs4Q
- Slow_Hand 5y agoThe article under discussion was written by the creator of Syntorial.