adding harmonics

65L · Post by **65L** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:53 pm

what are some good vsts to add harmonics to a synth?

Kes-Es · Post by **Kes-Es** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:22 pm

I don't know of any but I usually do that with waveform choice and maybe reverb, saturation and distortion work as well,

komanderkin · Post by **komanderkin** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:00 pm

saturation and exciters.

lyons238 · Post by **lyons238** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:19 pm

Kes-Es wrote:I don't know of any but I usually do that with waveform choice and maybe reverb, saturation and distortion work as well,

kes-es is your name supposed to mean kisses? i always think of it like that. now give me some kes-es plz

edit: ya wow random post i know...

brack3n · Post by **brack3n** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:30 pm

lyons238 wrote:
Kes-Es wrote:I don't
know of any but I usually do that with waveform choice and maybe reverb, saturation and distortion work as well,
kes-es is your name supposed to mean kisses? i always think of it like that. now give me some kes-es plz

edit: ya wow random post i know...

Random aint the most worrying thing about that post lol

lyons238 · Post by **lyons238** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:32 pm

brack3n wrote:
lyons238 wrote:
Kes-Es wrote:I don't
know of any but I usually do that with waveform choice and maybe reverb, saturation and distortion work as well,
kes-es is your name supposed to mean kisses? i always think of it like that. now give me some kes-es plz

edit: ya wow random post i know...
Random aint the most worrying thing about that post lol

Manic Harmonic · Post by **Manic Harmonic** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:31 am

the Mequalizer has a cool harmonic function on it too. I don't really understand it, but I was reading an article in some magazine (forget which one) called "mix rescue" or something that they do every month, and the guy used that equalizer to take out some harmonics from the guitarist playing the wrong chord. I just stick with the exciter in logic though. if you can find a tape/ tube saturation plugin that works good too. TAL has a decent one, might not be what you're after though.

amphibian · Post by **amphibian** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:32 am

FM synthesis. Greatest control over harmonics you could ask for.

hasezwei · Post by **hasezwei** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:59 am

amphibian wrote:FM synthesis. Greatest control over harmonics you could ask for.

fm is the new massive

Kes-Es · Post by **Kes-Es** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:09 am

lyons238 wrote:
Kes-Es wrote:I don't know of any but I usually do that with waveform choice and maybe reverb, saturation and distortion work as well,
kes-es is your name supposed to mean kisses? i always think of it like that. now give me some kes-es plz

edit: ya wow random post i know...

Just saw this, it's actually from a video game, it's a part you can buy for a mech, my name used to be KES-ES/M1RR0R because that's what it is in the game.
in short, nah, but

Electric_Head · Post by **Electric_Head** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:16 am

Try Zebralette for free FM synthesis.
Very easy to add harmonics with it.

Also the De La Mancha - FMMF

cmgoodman1226 · Post by **cmgoodman1226** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 2:51 pm

Try camel space. Not only does it have a really nice saturator and exciter, but it's also got a nice gate sequencer, delay, reverb, and some other nice effects. It's a plugin I use on just about every sound I make.

lyons238 · Post by **lyons238** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:18 pm

Kes-Es wrote:
lyons238 wrote:
Kes-Es wrote:I don't know of any but I usually do that with waveform choice and maybe reverb, saturation and distortion work as well,
kes-es is your name supposed to mean kisses? i always think of it like that. now give me some kes-es plz

edit: ya wow random post i know...
Just saw this, it's actually from a video game, it's a part you can buy for a mech, my name used to be KES-ES/M1RR0R because that's what it is in the game.
in short, nah, but

well at least one can still dream

Turnipish_Thoughts · Post by **Turnipish_Thoughts** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:28 pm

Absynth 5. Its waveform editor has a 'spectrum' tab that allows you to add/remove harmonics.

each vertical line represents a harmonic, the first being the fundamental. The bottom set of vertical lines are the phase of each harmonic, changing stuff in this tab will alter the wave in the wave tab, in the standalone version you can split one of the tabs off as a window and change one screen to see how it alters the other in real time, even in playback, so you have visual and auditory feedback.

amazing tool.

drake89 · Post by **drake89** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:52 pm

well starting out with a piano sample will give you overtones which are harmonics, as long as you don't filter them out. But doesn't the RES knob on (just about any) synth add various harmonic freqs?

Teknicyde · Post by **Teknicyde** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:09 pm

drake89 wrote:well starting out with a piano sample will give you overtones which are harmonics, as long as you don't filter them out. But doesn't the RES knob on (just about any) synth add various harmonic freqs?

No it changes the filter resonance, emphasizing certain frequencies, not adding anything.

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