Analog Synth Programming

Hey anyone got any advice? Im gettin into tryin to program my own patches with a MS2000r. I want any good sites or help.

http://www.soundonsound.com/search?url= ... mary=Yes&s

http://www.patcharena.com/modules.php?n ... w_topic=14

thanx

Look for the ARP2600 manual online, it breaks it down from the basics to pretty advanced techniques.

thank you. i had problems finding one.

Search the sound on sound archive: http://www.soundonsound.com/, they have some good advice, but not all articles are free for all.

If there's some knob that causes problems, just PM me and we might be able to straighten it out.

What synth are you using?

MS2000r. I just wanted a better understanding of synthesis. I want to make bass's, pads, and leads from a blank program.

Alright, then I guess almost any decent guide to subtractive synthesis will do.

I'm using a microkorg, which is exactly the same as the ms2000r, except with cheap plasticky keys & a limited interface.

I think the trick with synthesis (leads, basses pads whatever) is to have movement in the sound. First, make a tone you like but make it sound 'static'. Try different wavefroms. Experiment with your filter types. Then muck around with modulating parameters, with leads and basses you'll probably patch to the filter or amp envelope with maybe just a touch of lfo, with pads the more you modulate the better! Depends how crazy you want it to sound. Leave effects, especially phasing/flanging to the very end, you can use the virtual patchbay to alter the tone the same way but more elegantly.

Oh yeah, leave 'unison' alone and select mono or poly. Unison gives the sound an artificial type fatness, beacause you're sounding all four voices at once. It will dominate your mix if your not careful.

I have a tutorial on programming analogue synths on my harddisk, pm me and I'll send you a copy. It's not brand or model specyfic but it gives a good general insight on analogue synths and how a sounds are modelled.

Oh yeah, leave 'unison' alone and select mono or poly. Unison gives the sound an artificial type fatness, beacause you're sounding all four voices at once. It will dominate your mix if your not careful.[/quote]

BBEEYYTCHES! use that one! it gives you hte weirdest sounds! i created sounds on my module with unison doubled, trippled, ... set up to ten! ... and if you run out of polyphony sample ...!