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Re: [Evolver] Re: Where/how did you learn to program synths?

2005-07-06 by Scott Kellogg

Hmm, pads, nice.  Would you care to give some tips (or maybe an  
example) on how to program them?  I'm still at the 'bleepy sequence'  
stage of Evolver badassitude.

/Scott

On Jul 6, 2005, at 8:17 AM, justmullaya wrote:

> I started on a Roland Juno-60. This was great because it only had 1
> oscillator (not including the sub), 2 filters and 1 envelope (if I
> remember rightly). The simplicity of it meant it was really easy to
> hear what each thing did to the sound. But it still took a while to
> grasp what was fully going on. I'd recommend reading something on the
> basics of synthesis (subtractive mainly). You'll find this sort of
> information in a lot of synth manuals or online. The evolver is
> definitely not a "my first synth" and would send anyone new to it
> running. Took me a few days to get my head around it!
> Nice pads aren't the easiest things to program either.
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> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "eduartem" <eduartem@y...> wrote:
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>> Where/how did you learn to program synths?
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>> Because I the more i try the more i want to quit. I found the default
>> patch in my micron and start trying to make some pad... I suck even
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>> that. I ended with a mess that could be useful maybe in a 50's sci fi
>> movie!! :(
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