Intro to Synthesis Part 1 - The Building Blocks of Sound & Synthesis

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aasasd · 2021-09 · Strong recommendation

My problem with informational videos on YouTube is that the majority of what I see in search results is ten minutes or less, often like two-three minutes. So if I want somewhat more information than ‘I wonder what is that thing anyway’, I pretty much can't get that on YouTube. Like, I'd expect thirty minutes to an hour to be a reasonable length for explaining a topic superficially but in more depth than a dictionary entry. Compare that to the three-part introduction to sound synthesis from the 80s where the dude twiddles knobs for three hours and explains what each of them is doing. Just dialing in one sound takes him ten minutes. It's the best educational video I've seen on YT: [VIDEO]

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aasasd · 2020-12 · Strong recommendation

That's exactly why this three-hour ‘Intro to synthesis’ series is one of my favorite explanations on musicmaking: [VIDEO] Instead of running through all the parameters in ten minutes and one second, the dude keeps twiddling the knobs and lets you hear what they do. He spends ten minutes on dialing just one sound. As a bonus, since the vid is from the early eighties, you can occupy yourself by guessing exactly how high the man is.

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superzadeh · 2019-04 · Strong recommendation

This has been my favourite course to learn about Audio Synthesis; it's old school but has all you need to know, in a digestible format: [VIDEO]

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