In these new set of Tech Tips, Bluffmunkey takes an in-depth look into synthesis to understand the different characteristics of what we hear so we know what to look for when designing our own presets.
From classic analog oscillators and how different filters sound through to different ways of using modulation envelopes, this course can really help you find the right sound.
Although pre-made presets are great, today’s synths have so much sound design potential, and if you’re starting to make your own sounds then these sets of videos are a must.
No way I was just looking for tutorials like this on YouTube yesterday and nobody really made great tutorials about it ! You’re killing it guys, love your courses more and more !!
A reason for using external effects, ignoring quality, is one of workflow and learning. If you have, say, 4 good external reverbs and 3 good external delays, then that is 7 plugins you can learn inside-out – that is doable. If you have 20 synths (or more), and each has a different delay and reverb, or many of them, then you have to learn 20+ delays, 20+ reverbs, know what each sounds like, what they’re good for, and so on. That is unmanageable, so you’ll have only a very generic and cursory grasp of the FX built into synths by comparison to your goto FX.
And the fact that, generally, you can’t use ANA2’s FX with Serum, and so on, means that what you learn experimenting with the ANA2 reverb isn’t usable with Spire, say, and what you learn about Spire’s reverb isn’t usable in ANA2, and so on. (Software engineers have a concept of coupling – the way ANA2’s reverbs are tied to ANA2 and thus can’t be used elsewhere, and likewise Spire’s reverbs are tied to Spire and can’t be used elsewhere, is inefficient.)
Obviously ANA2 and Spire are just two random examples. A few plugins let you have the FX section as a separate plugin you can use elsewhere, but that is the exception.
So even if the quality is the same (and in general good quality external effects are generally better) it still makes sense to thoroughly learn plugins that you can use everywhere, rather than FX that can only be used in one place.
Would love a more detailed walk through on using sample oscillators in ANA2. This segment was more of a commercial for ANA2 (which I have) than an explanation and walkthrough, like the other segments were.
I was just looking for tutorials like this on YouTube yesterday and nobody really made great tutorials about it ! You’re killing it guys, love your courses more and more !!
