So let's take a look at the oscillator section. The first thing I'm going to want to do is actually change the setting here to a preset that is more neutral. When you open up ES M, or any of the other Logic instruments, the default preset sometimes has a lot going on. In this case, there's some filter modulation and so on. So what we're going to do is go to the Preset menu that's up top and select ES_M Start. If you didn't see ES_M Start in the Preset menu, make sure to refer back to the "Using the Exercise Files" video. I show you how to put preset files in the correct folders so they show up in the menu.
So taking a look at the oscillator, essentially what we can do is adjust the balance between a sawtooth waveform and a 50% rectangular waveform that's an octave lower. So what I'll do right now is I'll play a note and I'll adjust the balance between the sawtooth and square. (music playing) So you can see, as I move the knob, the waveform is changing, and you can hear that there's an octave lower that's coming in. And then halfway, I've got this 50% balance between the two. I go further right and you can see it's becoming a square wave an octave lower.
So you can hear the different harmonic components, and they sound different. And so it's a really important aspect of any sound you're going to make is, what is a waveform, and it's also something that you might want to have it change over time, or modulate is another term for that. So that's always what I'm thinking in the back of my mind is, what aspects are going to make this sound interesting? And so a big part of that is the waveform. The next thing in the oscillator section here that's important is choosing the octave. So you'll see on the left 8, 16, and 32.
What that refers to is 8 feet, 16 feet, and 32 feet. And that terminology comes from pipe organs. So the longer the pipe for the organ, the lower the pitch. So 8 is going to be the highest octave, so I can play that, 16 is an octave lower, and 32 is an octave below that. So once you've got your octave set, the other thing that you want to consider is the Glide parameter, which is down here. And what Glide does is it transitions between two different pitches.
So right now if I have a Glide time of 0--that's where it's set; I am going to have this all the way to the left here-- when I play two different notes-- I'll play A and then A an octave higher--that's instantaneous; that pitch change is immediate. If I want that to interpolate, or sort of glide between those two notes, I can set the amount of time in this control here. So if I set this in the middle, you'll hear that when I play-- I'll play the lower note-- (music playing) you can hear it glides into that higher octave. And the more time that I give it, the longer that transition takes.
So this will take some time, so I'll play the lower one. And now it's gliding up to the higher octave. (music playing) And that's what the Glide parameter does. And so once we've got our oscillator all set, it's going to send it to the low- pass filter, and that's where we'll shape the sound, so let's check that out in the next video.
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- Setting up Logic Pro for using virtual instruments
- Configuring MIDI controllers
- Composing with virtual instruments envelopes
- Tweaking the overdrive and chorus
- Creating movement with LFOs (Low Frequency Oscillators)
- Understanding FM synthesis basics
- Changing the timbre and shifting the formants of the vocoder
- Constructing custom sampler kits
- Exploring the tonewheel organ, electric piano, and Ultrabeat drum synthesizer
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome2m 17s
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1. The ES M Monophonic Synthesizer
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Using the oscillator3m 4s
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Composing with the ES M5m 49s
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2. The ES E Ensemble Synthesizer
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Selecting a waveform2m 9s
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Using the Vibrato/PWM dial2m 15s
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Composing with the ES E6m 43s
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3. The ES P Polyphonic Synthesizer
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Composing with the ES P8m 23s
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4. The ES1 Software Synthesizer
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Tweaking the filter6m 36s
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Creating movement with the LFO14m 18s
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Composing with the ES19m 20s
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5. The EFM1 FM Synthesizer
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Getting started with EFM11m 51s
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Setting the carrier pitch2m 56s
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Adding movement with the LFO2m 59s
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Composing with the EFM110m 17s
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6. The EVOC 20 PolySynth
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Composing with the EVOC 2012m 45s
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7. ES2
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Getting Started with ES23m 33s
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Series or Parallel?6m 34s
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Composing with the ES210m 26s
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8. EXS24 Sampler
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Getting Started with EXS243m 29s
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Composing with the EXS249m 5s
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9. EVB3 Tonewheel Organ
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Using the EVB3 effects5m 43s
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Composing with the EVB311m 27s
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10. EVP88 Electric Piano
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Getting Started with EVP882m 46s
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Selecting a piano model1m 17s
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Musical example6m 37s
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11. EVD6 Electric Clav
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Getting Started with EVD62m 29s
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Using the EVD6 Effects5m 24s
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Composing with the EVD69m 27s
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12. The Sculpture Modeling Synthesizer
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Sculpting with the filter7m 37s
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Understanding the Body EQ6m 34s
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Employing the Morph Envelope9m 48s
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Composing with Sculpture10m 52s
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13. Ultrabeat Drum Synth and Step Sequencer
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Shaping with the envelopes7m 21s
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Building a kick drum8m 18s
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Synthesizing a snare drum8m 31s
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Creating a hi-hat4m 34s
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Utilizing the side chain9m 2s
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Composing with Ultrabeat14m 13s
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14. Klopfgeist
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Conclusion
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What's next?1m 12s
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