Synthesizer 101 Tutorial Videos

Splash1964 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - What a sound!!

Jonnyblakey Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - wow technology has moved on to think i have packed all of that into my guitar pedal haha!

panickingjuggler Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - what's a cheap simple synthesizer to start with? no point in me buying an expensive one if a blow it up right?

rtermini Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Well the old school analog stuff is never too cheap but if you want a modern digital machine or an analog digital hybrid you could look online 'ebay' whatever for anything by Korg or Roland or Yamaha. You should be able to find one of those cheap and used. The US or UK made stuff tends to hold higher value used. Look around. You will find something fun to work with.

panickingjuggler Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - thanks for the reply. what kind of prices are you talking about? i have no idea about music or electronics. what do you think's a sensible price for a beginner to pay? or any particular model? apologies for asking more of you but being a 1st timer is a *****! thanks

Rabbelrauser Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - I'm sorry... you lost me after patching it through the filters. I think I'm going to stick with digital for now. I'm way too ADD for analogue, but damn I love those warm sounds.

snufflerstormpig Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Thanks Richard. I appreciate the demo. Love to see a part two.Also, if you do another, one suggestion would be to zoom in on the modules so that the viewer can see the labels, inputs and outputs more clearly.cheers,snuf

SurvivalOfTheHippest Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - For a digital solution for not being able to affort an analoge synth I would recommentTimewarp 2600 it's marvelous. Vaz Modular is great too.

Boogyster Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Wow, that must be some instrument.

ktownwreck Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Id like to get the 960-62-63 and stick that in one of these portable units with some basics, ie 2 osc's 1 envelope gen, a filter, a mixer, amp, midi interfce and power.. but dont know if I could get away with it.. the 960 clone is like 8 spaces, Id probably be missing the multiplier and something else essential to do it.. what do you think?

ktownwreck Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - are slew limiters and oscillator aids absolutely necessary to have in a basic system?

Dannysince1985 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - I have a question about the effect of technology on musical activities- is music going back into a more 2-dimensional 'thing' with the ever increasing use of technology, and is this technology taking away musicianship?

rtermini Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Nope

aberotter Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - u have written excactly the same to another video. No it isn t, u still have to know music in order for people to make sense of your composition, and u can explore sounds that cannot be produced by conventional means. A tool is as good as the one that uses it. Either a violin, a moog, a knife or whatever

AppA Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - @ Dannysince1985:To some, it does.To others... it only grants more possibilities :)

DarkShroom Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Yeah for me anyway electronic music provides relief from the boringness of most instruments which have existed so many centuries that pretty much everything has been done with them.

MAFlOTU Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - nice !

buccoi123 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - are theese hard to play?

rickysfamily Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - EXCELLENT! Well done! (But more should have been mentioned about the envelope generators).

wogboy555 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Music is music. Made up of bars. Electronica is just another genrea of music made of 16-32 beat loops. thats the most basic answer lol

schizoflux Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - thats awesome only if I could figure out my alesis fusion!

PeterCatLovesYou Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Nope - although a slew limiter IS pretty useful for portamento (note slide)... amongst other things ...

BSODslayer Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Not at all - if your good at the piano or keyboard, this should be easy. In fact easier (for some at least), because you can only play one note at a time, since it's a monophonic syntesizer.Patching up the synth isn't that hard once you grasp the basics, and remember that there just about isn't anything you can do wrong. Only real problem is that they're hella expensive.The system in the video costs $2550 without keyboard.

BSODslayer Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - It CAN be done, but it'd be almost too cramped.With the 960 and the proper control modules for it, you would be down to 11 modules for the synth itself. 4 for two oscillators, 2 for a filter, 1 for an amp, 1 for an EG, 1 for a mult, 1 for a midi and 1 for power - that's it, no space for the mixer, for instance. Would be unusable, IMO.

leokimvideo Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - good tutorial