Plugin Boutique is offering the Producertech Beginner’s Guide to Synthesis for free with every purchase from its online store for a limited time.
With the huge range of synthesisers available today, comprising both DAW factory instruments and 3rd party synth plugins, a knowledge of how to use them is an essential part of modern production. This course aims to give you all of the fundamental skills and confidence to tackle sound design with any synthesiser with ease, to enable easier patch editing and creation of your own presets from scratch.
The tutorials work through all of the main sections of a synth, including oscillators, filters, envelopes, LFOs, arpeggiators and more, explaining the function and control set of each one. To make the course as universal as possible, a wide range of synths are featured in the tutorials, with many of the most popular synth plugins and DAW built-in instruments shown.
The course features 14 easy modules across 36 videos.
With its bite-size approach to teaching the art and science of synthesis, this course will guide you through every step at your own pace, helping you understand every concept before moving onto the next.
Some of the topics in this course:
- Get your head around basic Oscillator Waveforms found in most synthesizers.
- Discover Waveform Tuning, Blending, Syncing and Unison techniques.
- Learn Serial and Parallel Routing to improve your sound.
- Shape your sound using Amplitude and Filter Envelope settings.
- Use LFO Modulation to animate your sounds and keep them interesting.
- Play your patches and spark creativity with Arpeggiators and Sequencers.
- Engage your synth’s Effects Section to get professional, impressive results.
- Understand complex synth controls like Aftertouch, Keytracking and Portamento.
The course also illuminates common, specific bread-and-butter sounds and how to make them. These include Plucks, Old-School Mwarp Bass, Pad Sounds, Kick Drums and Sub Bass Drops.
Regularly £19.99 GBP, the Beginner’s Guide to Synthesis is FREE with a purchase from Plugin Boutique until March 3rd, 2019.
Simply add any product to your cart and the course will automatically be added to your cart. Make sure to check the deals page with discounts up to 90% off regular.
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