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How good are you at using synths?
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:57 pm
by futures_untold
How much do you feel you know about creating your own sounds using synths, samplers and effects?
Do you struggle to make the types of sounds you hear in your favourite tunes? Can you produce the filthiest basslines on demand?
This poll is to see how many of us are blaggers, and how many of us are maestros!
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If you want help deconstructing a certain sound, check this thread here --->
http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1213319#1213319
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:58 pm
by r
i dont know about the poll.
Making something you want to make doesnt makes you a good sound designer immidiatly.
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:10 pm
by DZA
Number 2
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:11 pm
by futures_untold
The_Dza88 wrote:Number 2
It was you who posted that link to 2girls1cup.com if I recall correctly...
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:12 pm
by DZA
Wasnt me
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:20 pm
by futures_untold
The_Dza88 wrote: Wasnt me
In this thread here --->
http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t ... c&start=80
Say it wasn't so my friend!
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:24 pm
by DZA
maybe i did then
Lovely
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:26 pm
by futures_untold
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:29 pm
by test_recordings
I'm sick at using modular stuff, I hate constricted digital
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:31 pm
by futures_untold
TEST RECORDINGS wrote:I'm sick at using modular stuff, I hate constricted digital
Which modular system do you use?
I know how you feel. when a synth only has so many controls and fixed routing, it can feel stiffling...
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:33 pm
by ehcsztein
somehwere between the first and second option. I can create any sound that I coould want/need but could not walk someone else through re-creating etc.
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:41 pm
by DZA
futures_untold wrote:
What?
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:53 pm
by futures_untold
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:54 pm
by futures_untold
Well... It is captivating....
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:56 pm
by DZA
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:25 pm
by futures_untold
The_Dza88 wrote:
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:03 pm
by daft cunt
futures_untold + The_Dza88 = sabotage
Anyway... Somewhere between option 2 & 3... Making good use of mah synths is my main focus atm. I don't even try and make tunes anymore.
I want to have a large palette of sounds and be able to create the sounds I want and I'm not quite there.
Just bought the Dance Music Manual & wait for
Rob Papen's sound design DVD.
In the meantime : experiment, experiment, experiment!
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:20 pm
by legend4ry
I make sounds when I can be arsed, I mainly use samples anyways..
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:23 pm
by futures_untold
Legendary wrote:I make sounds when I can be arsed, I mainly use samples anyways..
Haha, I'm almost the complete opposite. I use samples when I can be arsed, otherwise I make sounds from scratch!
Regarding making complex sounds, as Daft tnuc has pointed out, spending time exploring the capabilities of your synths & effects allows you to build up an understanding of how things work.
There isn't actually much to it. Oscillators make noise, filters change the noise, and FX effect the noise. Using modulation sources such as ADSRs, LFOs and step sequencers creates movement in your sound when they have been routed to modulate certain parameters on your synth.
an example of using modulation is to route n LFO to every filter control + the pitch controls + any other control possible. It will sound messy, but it will be complex!!!! If you work backwards, then one can begin to understand where to route the modulation sources when aiming to achieve certain sounds...
