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Learn / Course 05 · 5 lessons · 5 written

Instru-
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Five ways a synthesizer makes a sound: start from a bright wave and filter it, bend one oscillator with another, step through a table of waves, scatter a recording into grains, or build the whole instrument from modules and cables.

For
Anyone with a synth, a plugin or a free soft synth
Time
About 7 minutes a lesson
You need
Any synthesizer, hardware or software
  1. 01Subtractive synthesisRead now
  2. 02FM synthesisRead now
  3. 03Wavetable synthesisRead now
  4. 04Granular synthesisRead now
  5. 05Modular: cables and voltsRead now

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