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2005-07-02 by eduartem
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!! :(
2005-07-06 by justmullaya
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. --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "eduartem" <eduartem@y...> wrote: > 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!! :(
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. > > > --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "eduartem" <eduartem@y...> wrote: > >> 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!! :( >> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- "Whenever a new musical technology appears, new forms of music follow it." - Brian Eno
2005-07-06 by Tony Scharf
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
2005-07-06 by Brooks Mosher
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 > > ________________________________ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > Visit your group "DSI_Evolver" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSI_Evolver-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSI_Evolver-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > ________________________________ >
2005-07-06 by Scott Kellogg
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 >> >> ________________________________ >> YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS >> >> Visit your group "DSI_Evolver" on the web. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >> DSI_Evolver-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com >> >> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >> DSI_Evolver-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com >> >> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. >> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. >> ________________________________ >> >> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- "Whenever a new musical technology appears, new forms of music follow it." - Brian Eno
2005-07-06 by Edgar David Duarte
You are right... it would be difficult to find a worse UI, but for $300 (that is what I paid) I cant ask for more. --- Tony Scharf <tony@...> escribi\ufffd: > 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 > __________________________________________________ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam \ufffdgratis! Reg\ufffdstrate ya - http://correo.espanol.yahoo.com/