Synth School enters its final and most advanced device starting this week. Strap in and get ready because we’re about to tackle the Thor Polysonic Synthesizer. Thor is called “polysonic” because it offers a smorgasbord of various oscillator types, filter types, and signal routing options.
This week we’ll be focusing on the first major oscillator types in Thor. Each oscillator has a specific synth technology behind it and each one has a particular sound that will be suitable for different uses. If you’ve found yourself relying on presets for Thor or if you tend to go straight to the analog oscillator because it’s familiar to you, you’ll definitely want to get to know these other oscillators. They’ll expand your sonic palette and ramp up your sound design chops.
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You understand the basics of synthesis and have mastered the Subtractor, you’ve learned about the Malström’s unique “graintable sythesis” technique, and now all you need to know to master the Malström is to understand its special filters, shaper, and mods.
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Seasoned music producer and Norah Jones collaborator, Peter Malick, packed up his studio and moved it home to his living room and garage. For its maiden session he brought in indie artists Amber Rubarth, Courtney Jones, and a veritable A-List of players from the LA singer-songwriter scene. On Peter’s first day in the new space and first day on Record 1.5 we rolled cameras to capture the new ’studio’ in action.
In the second installment of my “Synth School” series I’ll be staying on the Subtractor synth but looking at the Filter sections, Amp Envelope, Filter Envelope, and Mod Envelope sections. The masters of synth production are masters of these tools. Something as simple as a Low Pass filter when paired with the right chord progression can lift the entire club crowd into a frenzy. The proper Amp Envelope can bring out the vibe in your song. These are powerful tools to conveying and even evoking strong emotion from what sometimes are rather sterile starting melodies or chords.
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This week I’m going to show you one of the most tried and true methods we have to add stereo width and depth to our mixes: The Haas Affect.
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A few basic mixes on VDJ. I’ve just added a laptop to my 1210 setup, and wouldn’t advise using this software as an alternative to real decks. Its just a good simple way to get started as its the easiest software for beginners. I’ve used a few cheats like sync button in order to demonstrate, plus I only had one soundcard at time. I now have time coded vinyl which in some ways is better than using the CDJ’s. If you have 3 or more technics making one of them time coded allows you to easily get most songs and still play them in a similar way to vinyl. I would advise using this software along side decks when playing live but it can be unreliable so don’t rely solely on it.
Here is a overview of how the Ohm64 works with Cell DNA VJ software. The buttons appear to flicker here but that is because of my camera settings, and doesn’t appear that way in reality.