Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

i learned on a DX-7 with a broken LCD....

okay, just kidding...

On 7/6/05, Tony Scharf <tony@...> wrote:
> eduartem said  on 7/1/2005 10:30 PM:
> > Where/how did you learn to program synths?
> > 
> > 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 on
> > that. I ended with a mess that could be useful maybe in a 50's sci fi
> > movie!! :(
> > 
> 
> The only way to learn is to do it.  I learned my programming by 
> programming synths for the last 15 years.
> 
> I think the most helpful instruments in this regard were my Juno 106 and 
> later my Korg Prophecy (which I still have). The Juno 106, in 
> particular, had a very simple architecture and a one slider per function 
> interface.
> 
> A good approach is to start with an 'initialized' patch, and then just 
> play with different subsets of parameters to get a feel for what they 
> do.  Once you feel comfortable and get your head around what, say, the 
> filter cutoff and resonance controlls do, you move on to the LFO's and 
> play with PWM a bit.
> 
> Good synthesis takes time - 99% of the sounds a synth is capable of 
> producing will be crap - particularly if you go overboard with 
> modulation (which is how you get those 1950's sci-fi sounds).   Start 
> small, and build from there.   look at existing sounds you like, and try 
> to edit from them.
> 
> that said, I am not suprised your having trouble with the micron.  its 
> UI is about as crap as they get IMHO.  the Ion is MUCH MUCH better in 
> this regard.
> 
> 
> Tony
> 
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