From the course: Learning Modular Synthesis
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Some alternate modulation sources
From the course: Learning Modular Synthesis
Some alternate modulation sources
- It is indeed handy to have a lot of modulation sources in your modular synth to create a lot of motion in your sound. But what you might not be aware of is that your envelope generator can also act as an LFO and even your sequencer can act as a very complex LFO. So let's explore those ideas. This time in my patch, I have a square wave coming out of the Roland analog oscillator and a wave table from the braids. (repeated electronic note) I'd like to get some more motion in this sound, and as we saw earlier, I can use something like pulse-width modulation (note with sustain) to add a little bit more chorusing, a little bit more motion. But what I'd really like to do is have something going on with this wavetable here. (wavetable note) Have some motion going through that. Now, one easy way to get motion is to take our keyboard trigger, have it trigger an envelope, and take that envelope and use that to scan through our wavetables. (electronic note) Increase the amount here…
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Patching a typical synthesizer “voice”9m 3s
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Tuning voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs)8m 48s
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The basic analog waveforms6m 23s
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Sine waves and drum sounds8m 36s
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Digital wavetable oscillators10m 19s
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The voltage controlled low-pass filter (VCF)8m 30s
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The difference between filter slopes7m 45s
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Filter resonance (feedback)7m 50s
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Other common filter modes (HP, BP, and Notch)9m 13s
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Envelope types (ADSR, AD, AR, and DADSR)8m 44s
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Linear vs. exponential envelope shapes7m 59s
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Low-frequency oscillator (LFO) waveshapes4m 14s
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Pulse width modulation (PWM)3m 7s
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Vibrato with LFO sync and delay4m 30s
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Tremolo and voltage-controlled amplifiers (VCAs)4m 52s
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Some alternate modulation sources4m 13s
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