Synth and sampler tutorials
Play a MIDI phrase, then change the instrument. Hear what makes a bass sit forward, a pad leave space or a struck sound ring.
Oscillators and synthesis
Build a clear synth bass with cutoff and envelope
Learn Synth through an interactive MIDI bass phrase. Shape the attack, understand its shared amplitude and filter envelope, and add a second oscillator deliberately.
Analog synth routing: blend a direct chord with a softer layer
Explore Analog’s oscillator-to-filter balance, independent amplifier envelopes and panning. Build a layered chord without confusing routing with stereo position.
Drift envelopes: a bright attack without a short note
Use Drift’s separate amplitude and filter envelopes to shape a MIDI melody. Compare pulse shape, key tracking and voice modes without losing the original patch.
Meld sound design: give the attack and body different layers
Build a plucked sound from a pitched layer and a short noise transient in Meld. Learn model-dependent macros, separate envelopes and practical layering limits.
Operator: Shape FM Tone with Two Envelopes
Build a bass sound from two analytic sine operators, separate loudness from brightness, and understand ratios, routing and feedback.
Wavetable: Animate Tone Without Moving the Notes
Explore original modeled tables, static position, envelope scanning and oscillator balance with a note-driven chord experiment.
Struck and resonant sounds
Collision: Design the Strike and the Ring Separately
Build pitched percussion with modal resonance, then distinguish stiffness, brightness, material damping and note-off gating.
Tension: Control a String’s Excitation and Damping
Compare plucked and continuously excited string models, separating excitation color, loop damping, pickup position and release behavior.
Electric: Balance Bell Attack, Sustain and Pickup Drive
Build an electric-piano-like sound from a modeled tine and tone bar, then hear how release and nonlinear pickup settings affect articulation.
Sampling and drums
Sampler: turn MIDI notes into a shaped sample performance
Explore Sampler velocity response, attack, release and transposition with original synthesized teaching samples and visible MIDI phrases.
Simpler: choose the sample region before shaping the envelope
Learn Simpler Start, End, Root, Loop and One-Shot on an original synthesized sample. Separate sample length, MIDI duration and release.
Drum Rack: make sample hits respond to a MIDI groove
Explore Drum Rack note mapping, velocity and global tuning with original synthesized drum samples. Understand one-shot playback and shared controls.
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