Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

My first synth was a Nord Micro Modular.  That was a crash course in  
synthesis!

On Jul 6, 2005, at 10:04 AM, Brooks Mosher wrote:

> 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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