Dialing in a good synth tone is something I really struggle with, so maybe some of the masters here could help and provide a tutorial on how to get a nice, organic synth sound.
Some examples of synths I wish I could dial in:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU5Dn-WaElI&feature=player_embedded[/ame]
at 4:26
Joey posted this vid.. at first the synth sounds really dull and MIDI but then he alters a bunch of settings + automation and it suddenly sounds organic and alive.
(at 1;00 in, kinda hard to hear)
These two are very stacatto-like, rhythmic synths.. they really add a lot to the chorus, and the patterns are very simple, but when I try and add them into my mixes they come out very bland, either just a 'tic' of attack, or way too melodic. Wut du i du?
And finally
Love or hate the song, its a KILLER mix with a really organic synth sound. Hearing covers/parodies, the lead synth never comes out right, because there's a lot of very slight pitch modulation that makes it exciting, and without that its like 4 notes in a pretty terrible melody. I don't even know how to automate pitch bends with synths yet ><
I can (and have been) mess around with presets and fiddling with knobs for ages, but a lot of the aspects that make the synths come alive have to do with automation (either from the MIDI or DAW, don't think it makes a difference if you're programming melodies by hand instead of recording MIDI), and I have no idea what to do. So, this is my request - teach me/us!
Some examples of synths I wish I could dial in:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU5Dn-WaElI&feature=player_embedded[/ame]
at 4:26
Joey posted this vid.. at first the synth sounds really dull and MIDI but then he alters a bunch of settings + automation and it suddenly sounds organic and alive.
(at 1;00 in, kinda hard to hear)
These two are very stacatto-like, rhythmic synths.. they really add a lot to the chorus, and the patterns are very simple, but when I try and add them into my mixes they come out very bland, either just a 'tic' of attack, or way too melodic. Wut du i du?
And finally
Love or hate the song, its a KILLER mix with a really organic synth sound. Hearing covers/parodies, the lead synth never comes out right, because there's a lot of very slight pitch modulation that makes it exciting, and without that its like 4 notes in a pretty terrible melody. I don't even know how to automate pitch bends with synths yet ><
I can (and have been) mess around with presets and fiddling with knobs for ages, but a lot of the aspects that make the synths come alive have to do with automation (either from the MIDI or DAW, don't think it makes a difference if you're programming melodies by hand instead of recording MIDI), and I have no idea what to do. So, this is my request - teach me/us!
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