Music Production Tips - 5 Creative Ways To Use Patches

March 17, 2009

By Greg Hoffman

Using Other Synthesiser Techniques You could actually modulate the wave form of an oscillator by setting the LFO which is utilising the primary concepts of wave tables. If you were to change your oscillators over to sin waves, then the next thing you could do, is to set the octaves so they're apart from each other. This is an essential factor for organ sound emulation but it in truth is a basic form of additive synthesis.

What're the choices for SFX Patches? Numerous ways are available for creations of sound effects. Just like the proper use of envelopes and effects guides you to what you're looking for. Then you will want to consider FM waveforms or other noise sources. One of the most outstanding features of the effect patches is the use of non tonal oscillator wave forms. Do not forget that you SFX patches offer various alternatives .

How You can Utilize Multiple Filters If you want something useful to warm up the digital sounds then consider the fact that outer sound filter units can produce a couple of very interesting effects on the end of a signal chain. Most of the up-to-date synthesizers will even have a multimode, but at the very least would have two independent filters as part of their features. You could make use of these in 2 ways. You can utilize them by arranging them in sequences or they could be used in parallel. Say you play around with band pass and notch filter, which actually are special filter modes, you will get several unique effects. you could likewise try sending a different oscillator to a different filter.

For Big Sound Complexity try lateral thinking Say you want to add several extra pizzazz to shorter sounds as well as create a few long slow ones, then try layering them. Big complex sounds take several lateral thinking. If you layer multiple patches as the attack grows then disappears after each other, and then you'll get modulating sweeping pad sounds.

Specialized LFOs Effects Let's assume you don't have the right oscillator waveforms to create that FM style type sound that you require. There's some thing you could do to compensate for not having it. Setting the rate as fast as you possibly can, and then set the LFO to modulate the stereo-panning. This means you'll have to utilise a square wave. Other function you have available to you is the sample and hold function. Various people tend to overlook this, so make sure you make use of it.

In addition to all of the above take sometime to go through your onboard presets. Theyre sure to inspire you into the exact direction. These were prepared by experts in the field of synth, so they know what they are doing. When you come across one that really appeals to you check it thoroughly. Check how the sound was made and capture the techniques on your own creations (patches)

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