Creating new sounds with hardware or software synths is a lot of fun, and recreating a sound of your favorite album is both useful and satisfying. Here is a big bunch of tuts that show you how to create some great sounds with a broad range of software.
Posts in this Session June 2011
( Session in Progress - Check back for updates! )
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How to Make an Insane ‘Plucky’ Trance Lead -
How to Use the Maize Sampler to Create a Layered Instrument -
How to Design a Background Drone Sound -
Designing a Synthetic Machine with Absynth -
How to Recreate Lil’ Wayne’s Lollipop in Reason 4 -
Creating Sample & Hold Synth Effects in Propellerhead Reason -
Creating a Funky Synthbass Sound in FL Studio -
How to Create a Wide Synth String Patch -
Creating Rich Soundscapes with Organic & Electronic Sounds -
Constructing Simple Vehicle Sounds -
How to Design Reeses and Hoovers -
How to Create an Evolving Pad Sound, Using Multiple Modulations -
Quick Tip: How to Create a Jagged Little Flanger Effect -
How to make a Reverse Glass Effect -
Quick Tip: Creating a Radiohead-like Tremolo Piano -
How to Create a Morphing Multi FX With the Audio Effect Rack in Ableton Live -
How to Create Organic Ambient Instruments in Ableton Live -
A Guide to Spicing Up a Sweep Noise in Propellerhead Reason -
How to Create a 303 Synth Sound in FL Studio -
How to Make the Synth Sound from Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” -
Quick Tip: How to Emulate a Theremin Sound in Ableton Live -
Quick Tip: How to Create a Dubstep Wobble Bass with Subtractor -
How to Create a ‘SuperSaw’ Combinator in Reason -
Quick Tip: Create a Pad From Scratch in Cakewalk z3ta -
Essential Synthesis Part 3: Synth Bass -
Programming Essential Subtractive Synth Patches – Audio Premium -
Synthesize a Mini Pluck with Sylenth1 -
Synthesising Sci-Fi Vehicle SFX – Creating Tones -
Quick Tip: How to Create the Lead Sound from Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok” -
Sound Design: Growling Pad -
Quick Tip: Synthesising Sci-Fi Vehicle SFX – Sound Modulation Control -
Sound Design: Digital Voice -
Quick Tip: Create a Percussive Filter in Reason -
Synthesising Sci-Fi Vehicle SFX – Enhancing the Character -
Sound Design: Falling Forever (The Shepard Tone)