I think that a solid tutorial on synth programming / sound design would rock. I think a lot of the want for using simpler and other sample based synths is that the majority of people have no idea of how to program a synth, present company included. So when you hear a sound you like, you sample it not even understanding really how simple it is to make, or complex for that matter. It would do all of us some justice to have a tutorial that explains the different waveforms, how they interact with each other, and what waveforms work together to create certain sounds. I recently purchase Sylenth and it is a mad powerful synth. The presets really rock to the point of not needed to program unless you wanted to. Thats just it, I want to! Sound Design is the only way to actually have a 100% original track. I like opening a preset and then tweaking it to my liking, but I have so many sounds in my head that I just want to get out through speakers, and I have no understanding on how to build them if you catch my drift. I speak for everyone when I say that I would love to know the “formulas” used to create different sounds from sweeps to basses to leads. The music theory and chord/scale structure can be another tut!
Thanks!
Raymond
I’m not sure if there is a ‘formula’ like you say, but a tutorial on understanding the waveforms and creating your own sound synths would be a pretty cool bitesize so i’m going to agree with you here.
I would say formula in the sense that there’s a certain process to create a white noise sound for example. Or even more simply put, how to program the synth to make the white noise sound as well as rise and fall, and all that good stuff. I know a lot is done with LFO’s and modulation , but I know nothing when it comes to programming any of it…
Raymond
Guys,
Take a look at the dance music manual you can buy from Amazon there is a large section on synth programming - it tells you what type of synth you need and how to ge the most popular sounds. Also a few issues ago in Furute Music mag it had the top 40 synth sound ever - there is a full description how to achieve these sounds for example how many semi tones or octives to detune your oscillators and also what waves to use ie saw, pulse etc.
I can reccomend both of these
i would also love to see a tutorial on sound design either it be with sylenth or massive or any other synth.
Excellent source for the sounds my friend. I think what I’m shooting for here though isn’t a copy paste type preset programming. I want to not only know how they are made, but hopefully understand why the parts make it do that. So in the future I can create other worldly sounds with little to no effort. I have several “presets” guides that tell you what knobs to turn to do what and so forth, but just don’t have a damn clue what I’m really doing when I turn that knob. A lot in part that the “guide” just says turn these knobs to make this sound. Not, if you turn this knob it makes the sound do this, and if you tweak that LFO it does this, and a combination of the two do this, etc. etc. I’ve read many things about it, but it’s much easier to learn in my opinion when someone is teaching you and you are following along. Like all these wonderful tutorials! I want to understand what I’m doing with the sounds instead of just following a formula to achieve them.
Raymond
sidebar.
I don’t mean the ASDR stuff. I have a firm understanding of that. I mean how to interact waveforms and LFO’s to achieve different effects and sounds. Even the simple stuff like tweaking the speed of an LFO to get that wobble bass in dubstep. (that would be the simplest example of what I mean for programming). All the way to programming an actual white noise filter sweep from the “init” patch. I know that I’m opening up a can of worms here that is a whole other course in most schools. So this might be asking a bit much! 
HOPE NOT!!!
Thanks SA!
Raymond
hi there i’ve been looking for the same kind of tutorials everywhere. well in my search i found a masterclass on sounddesign that will be soon released on dvd.maybe this could be what where looking for:)!check out www.robpapen.com . well anyway let me know what you think about it.
raymondsar if you find anything that teaches this kinda stuff then please do let me know, i’m really interested to know myself.
I had that copy of Future Music and it was all gravy, but like what raymondsar said, it’s nice to understand ‘what does what’ rather than step by step on how to acheive that sound, after all by re-creating a particular sound then you arn’t really being unique to yourself or creating anything new are you?