Intro to Synthesizers | A Beginner's Guide
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- We understand that synthesizers can be intimidating at first, so we asked Dave Stutts to give us an introduction. We want you to be bold and take synthesizers head on! So, check out this nice intro lesson as we try to demystify the world of synth.
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Pretty cool.
Pretty cool.
Pretty neat.
Pretty dope
Pretty Epic.
Pretty chingón 🎉
Bro, imagine if Mozart was around today how much he would love this thing.
Wendy Carlos is the closest thing we got
Mozart IS around.
Did you just assume Mozart's pronoun?
@@danielk9197 Mozart is his music and that is around. That really all that matters about Mozart and all he ever came here to do.
He'd call it witchcraft
YOOO.
IT TOOK ME UNTIL 2:17 TO REALIZE THIS DUDE HAD AN OPEN SHIRT AND NOT JUST A FUNKY TIE!!!!
Omg, I didn’t even notice until I read this!
JenzAr same
yeah a roland secret message
you watching on 144p bro?
wtf
realizing how impossible it is to narrow this down to a single video, you have done a tremendous job of simplifying it as much as possible, yet still covering all the basics....great job!!
13:41 "Hardcore synthesizer sh-stuff" nice save haha
i was just about to say the same thing lmao
Monophonic save
ha ha
I like your video because you are using simple and understandable languages. No idioms, no insider's phrases. Thank you!
I am a guitarist but now i think i should have a synth. Every musician should own one actualy
Bring back the unity of synth & guitar in one band. Just like it was in the 80’s.
@@speedtribejp pond, tame impala
kannonball Gorillaz homie
im here for the atmospheric bm
I'm no musician but I need one.
13:42 nice save bud
Hahaha, thks for the laugh!
LOL
First dude on CZcams I've seen who explains a synth in a comprehensive way.
This guy is gold. Thanks a lot!
If i had a penny everytime he says "Pretty cool" it'd be pretty cool
this has helped me understand synths so much . THANK YOU GOD BLESS YOU ALL !!!!!!! IM SO STOKEDDDD
4reely ikr
0:50 Monophonic vs Polyphonic
02:20 Analog vs Digital Synths
2:45 Programs/Presets/patches
4:10 Initialize Preset (New Sound)
4:20 Synthesizer Layout (Processing Chain)
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5:30 Oscillators (He doesnt go over Sine wave I think so just know thats an option too)
5:38 Saw Wave
6:00 Triangle wave
6:26 Square Wave
7:02 Building a Sound (Based around a saw wave)
7:20 Shape Knob
7:40 Octave Switches
8:00 Trangle Bass Wave (Bottom Octave)
8:20 Mixer Levels
9:00 Noise Oscillator
10:35 Portamento (Note pitch glide)
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11:20 Cuttof Section
11:45 Cutoff Knob (Cutting off certain frequency bands)
12:30 Keytracking (Higher notes = More pitch resonance)
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13:20 Amp Section
13:30 ADSR Envelope
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17:55 Filter Section
18:00 Filter Envelope
21:25 LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) Note: Adds Rhythmic Texture
23:50 LFO Applied to the Cuttoff Knob
25:20 LFO Applied to pitch
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26:00 Your Analogs Potential "Effects Rack"
26:50 Sequencers (Pressing a note plays a recorded sequence)
27:15 Arpeggiator
28:30 Detuning
Thank you
💜🙌🏽
Can someone find me a link or something to buy this synthesizer?
That's pretty cool.
Your a legend thank u
20:31
about sums up this whole video
I thought this video was 9:46
🤣🤣😂
😂😂😂
😂😂
I think 9:03
Drinking game : Everytime you hear 'Pretty cool'
Side note, good entry for beginners ;)
Yep, i'm in North Wales UK but i feel like jumping on a plane and coming over to slap him for everytime he said it.
Only joking of course but jeez!
drinking game: everytime he plays those same four chords take a shot lol
I died of alcohol poisoning
Literally the best synth overview i've seen on youtube. The envelope Generator/Cutoff/intensity section explained something so clearly that has been baffling for months. Thanks so much, Dave!
7:18 I love how he is trying to create vibrato by moving his finger, makes me miss my Seaboard :(
Old habits die hard
Haha 🤣 😂! I know!!! And it worked too!
@@DaveStutts Thank You 🙏🏻
And where have you been all our lives?!
What do you mean that you’re new to synths?!?!??!!! Haha that’s hilarious 😂🤣 .
Bravo 👏! Thank You for sharing your knowledge with all of us. You have imparted information into people, like a most excellent patch that sounds like an instant vision of a complex process!!! Thank You ☺️ You are going to do amazing things on this planet 🌏 🌍 🌎 Dave Stutts! You are very important to music and fellow musicians and Thank You ☺️ Brilliant, Man! Very impressive! Very!
@@alisonderrick1067 you're high
My first proper lesson and it suddenly seems less complicated than I imagined (feared!), thanks for this intro dude
I really appreciate this video. I am just getting into beat/instrumental production. 29, never played an instrument in my life and got an MPC Touch and a Komplete Kontrol M32 Keyboard.
I just ordered the Deepmind 6 yesterday and was looking for some beginner/how to videos and this was perfect. I really appreciate the time you took to walk us through everything. You just taught me about the different wave types and I always wanted an explanation of that.
That's crazy. We are just about in the same boat lol
@@sarahmoravian2093 You just started making music or everything in General? Also its nice to see a another colorful face around these parts lol ;)
@Hectic Von kaos The 6 is PERFECT for a person with a small space.
It would be unfair for me to say anything else apart from Pretty Cool. Thanks for this. I really appreciate the work.
Summary: Everything about synth is pretty cool.
Love this guys passion! Makes the video so easy to watch.
"So now I'm gonna take the shape and I'm gonna shape it" - great tutorial man seriously
I have to say... This was pretty cool!
Nice and clear tutorial. I loved the spacy "end result" and the cord progressions together. Thank you!
Great video Dave! It is one those times when you get EXACTLY what you searched for. Absolutely fantastic video and teaching.
I love that you get a visual for the sound waves!
Man you killed it in this video. 10/10 for breaking down the basics. Goin to check any other videos you may have. Absolutely phenomenal job.
Hardcore synthesizer shhh-stuff
That sound is so nostalgic. It reminds me of playing Super Nintendo in the '90s.
Can't believe I watched it whole . I'm a noob guitar llayer
Love this guys passion makes the video so easy to watch
You explain this so very good - thank you!
Stellar overview. You covered all the bases in an easy to understand and hands on manner
Great job!!! I am truly a beginner and you made me finally understand where and how to start. Thank you
Before the prologue, there was the Korg Radias. I have not heard much about it on line, but it can do everything I am seeing here, plus you can stack up to four layers of sound including a number of features I am not seeing here. Most of the same left to right building which is useful to understand. This is still enlightening to understand though, appreciate the video.
I wish I could like this video twice !
Cheers man , very helpful .
Hi Sam, This is a great intro to synths and what they are all about. Big thank you for posting this.
"Pretty cool"
I want to see more tutorials from this guy. I love everything about this video. Pretty cool right? 😎
Brilliant video, perfect for a beginner like me, very informative, thanks.
Haven't touched my synthesizer in a long time, might thinking to go back
Amazing content! Never seen anything about Synthesizers and this was perfectly explained. Thanks, dude!
Great demonstration. You explained it in such a way that even a guitarist could understand. And I appreciate that ;)
explanations and video is way better than you can imagine, Thank you sir ❤️
amazing job! you explained everything in an easy to understand way for newcomers
Thank you so much for this video. I learned a lot today.
Thank you so much for this great free lecture! That was very kind of you!😊💯💫
Love this guy. He's pretty cool
Honestly a great video. Thanks for the help.
Thank you for this, truly valuable🙏🏼
Exactly what I was looking for!
I just really want a synthesizer, man!
Such a great and informative video. Greatly appreciate this for my redial learning curves!
Loved this. Thank you!
Really helpful, thank you.
Absolutely love it!
Thanks a lot for this video, i'm currently learning to use a VST called PG 8X, i've never in my life used a synth before, and since i don´t have a manual for it, i found this video. It helped me a lot to understand the analog synth logics and now i can use my VST without problems! Thank so much
Your great man. I've learnt more from you in one video then on my one in 2 days
Super helpful video! Thank you!!
This was fantastic intro information. thank you so much
Thanks for simplifying!
Never learned how to play any instrument before yet here I am. Honestly out of all the instruments this seems the most fun.
Super helpful. thank you
Awesome explanation, thanks man! ⭐️
please do more synthesizers demos and tutorials!! this was great
this is a great intro video. Keep up the great work. I just started using some synths for some audio drama production. It's a steep learning curve. Eager to go and try some of these tips.
Amazing Video!!! Really cool dude great and fun speaker!
Fantastic material!
This guy is great. Thank you!
Yeah he's pretty cool.
Thank you so much! I never thought to stack up oscillators like that, and I never understood the point of detuning. This was really eye-opening! :)
You can't make "bad" sounds from the Wavestate. It is forgiving to beginners yet powerful for those who are more advanced.
That was the feedback from a channel that reviewed and demonstrated the Korg Wavestate which will be my first synth,arriving tomorrow, and it was very helpful to learn the basics and de-mystify the terminology so that i feel ready to switch on and make some sounds ! I am going to combine a bit of study of music theory,watching tutorials and hands on playing and i can't wait to get started.Thanks Sam.
Cheers, I learnt loads :)
Pretty cool explanation, thx
Great video
Love this, thanks👍
Nice intro, and the dude in the video is easy to understand!
fantastic video!
Thank you so much❤
Damn.. these sounds make me so happy
very cool beginner's Guide 👍
Amazing video
Noise wouldn't be noticeable because noise doesn't have a pitch. Also, key tracking has to do with how far the filter opens further up on the keybed, not how resonance behaves. ijs. Other than that, good guide for new users.
Does noise not have a pitch because it's made up of so many... "random bits"? I hope that makes sense. I didn't know this and I'm trying to wrap my head around it.
Kayleigh Saum noise is all pitches, basically. You can use different filters to get slightly different types of noise (pink, blue, brown, etc), but whatever key you press, it will be the same, generally.
awesome video.
Nice content bro, thanks
Great explanation! Very accessible! :D
Good job!
I wanted to learn how to play synth, I've been playing guitar for around 4 years and wanted to improve my music theory and just get a better understanding of music also get something thats new and different, My mom just got me the Roland system 8 I can't wait to learn how to play synth, it's such an awsome instrument, there's just a lot to learn about it.
Very cool
14:29 literally sounded like the beginning of Paprika by Japanese Breakfast. Meaning they turned the “attack” up a bit. And now I understand how that works and holy cow I want a synth now. Shoot dang it. That was sweet
Amp EG: manipulates the amplitude envelope of the played note/s at four segments of time (attack, decay, sustain, decay)
EG: Low pass frequency filtering for each attack, decay, sustain, and decay segments of a played note/s. The cut off frequency, above which all frequencies are attenuated, is adjusted for each time segment. The min and max cut off frequency allowed for all segments is set by that big nob and EG INT nob respectively.
Thank you Dave for sharing that information. I don’t believe I have seen anyone else explain synthesizers for beginners before.
PRETTY COOL
Elektron Analog Keys made me fall in love with synths and sound design. May be limiting to some but it gets the most beautiful odd sounds
this is nice
i like this video
very educationally entertaining
You want a fun new drinking game? Take a drink every time a comment here says something like "a good drinking game is taking a drink every time he says pretty cool"
thanks so much
pretty cool
Gracias 🎉🎹
Thanks for sharing .. 😊
What an amazing attitude, thanks for the content, Dave
"isn't that cool? were doing cool stuff here, were creating sound.. its awesome!" Love it
Pretty Cool.