REQ: Sounfly Advanced Synths and Patch Design for Producers
Learn how to move beyond presets and create a wide array of scintillating synth sounds for your productions.
Are you tired of using presets? Looking to use more complex and interesting-sounding patches in your productions? Or do you want to be able to better replicate the sounds you hear on other artists' tracks? We created this course to help you make better synth sounds, whether you're a producer looking to up your sound design chops or just want to have some fun diving down a synth-fueled rabbit hole.
In this course, we'll look at popular synths, sounds, and post-processing techniques to give you strategies for creating better sounds of your own from the ground up. From epic house leads, to snarling dubstep basses, and vintage '80s keyboard sounds, we'll show you how to create patches step by step. Along the way, we'll explain concepts related to subtractive synthesis, wavetable synthesis, FM synthesis, and sampling. In the end, you'll have a better idea of what type of synth to reach for in a particular situation, understand the ins and outs of creating patches, how to program better parts with it, and make better sounds than you ever thought you could.
We'll also hear from four well-known electronic producers, from film composer Ian Hultquist (formerly of the band Passion Pit) to Grammy Winner Enrico de Trizio, and check out their favorite tools and strategies for making their unique sounds that support their tracks.
LEVEL-UP YOUR SYNTH SKILLS
Learn to recreate sounds from popular records and understand how to use subtractive, FM, wavetable, and sampling in your own projects.
Recreate Inspiring Patches
Write better parts and patches by relating them to sounds you're already familiar with.
Unpack The Function
Learn when to reach for each kind of synth and the strengths and weaknesses of different methods of sound generation.
Know Where To Turn
Develop strategies for identifying the sound you need and the function it serves in your composition.
Learn From The Pros
Check out how the pros approach designing sounds for their productions.