realizing how impossible it is to narrow this down to a single video, you have done a tremendous job of simplifying it as much as possible, yet still covering all the basics....great job!!
I wanted to learn how to play synth, I've been playing guitar for around 4 years and wanted to improve my music theory and just get a better understanding of music also get something thats new and different, My mom just got me the Roland system 8 I can't wait to learn how to play synth, it's such an awsome instrument, there's just a lot to learn about it.
I really appreciate this video. I am just getting into beat/instrumental production. 29, never played an instrument in my life and got an MPC Touch and a Komplete Kontrol M32 Keyboard. I just ordered the Deepmind 6 yesterday and was looking for some beginner/how to videos and this was perfect. I really appreciate the time you took to walk us through everything. You just taught me about the different wave types and I always wanted an explanation of that.
Literally the best synth overview i've seen on youtube. The envelope Generator/Cutoff/intensity section explained something so clearly that has been baffling for months. Thanks so much, Dave!
14:29 literally sounded like the beginning of Paprika by Japanese Breakfast. Meaning they turned the “attack” up a bit. And now I understand how that works and holy cow I want a synth now. Shoot dang it. That was sweet
@@DaveStutts Thank You 🙏🏻 And where have you been all our lives?! What do you mean that you’re new to synths?!?!??!!! Haha that’s hilarious 😂🤣 . Bravo 👏! Thank You for sharing your knowledge with all of us. You have imparted information into people, like a most excellent patch that sounds like an instant vision of a complex process!!! Thank You ☺️ You are going to do amazing things on this planet 🌏 🌍 🌎 Dave Stutts! You are very important to music and fellow musicians and Thank You ☺️ Brilliant, Man! Very impressive! Very!
imagine the ancient mathemathic musicians having acces to a tool that can shape sound like clay, making the beauty of music, the creativity and abstraction of Math collide in the infinity and dissolve beyond.
Amp EG: manipulates the amplitude envelope of the played note/s at four segments of time (attack, decay, sustain, decay) EG: Low pass frequency filtering for each attack, decay, sustain, and decay segments of a played note/s. The cut off frequency, above which all frequencies are attenuated, is adjusted for each time segment. The min and max cut off frequency allowed for all segments is set by that big nob and EG INT nob respectively.
Before the prologue, there was the Korg Radias. I have not heard much about it on line, but it can do everything I am seeing here, plus you can stack up to four layers of sound including a number of features I am not seeing here. Most of the same left to right building which is useful to understand. This is still enlightening to understand though, appreciate the video.
You can't make "bad" sounds from the Wavestate. It is forgiving to beginners yet powerful for those who are more advanced. That was the feedback from a channel that reviewed and demonstrated the Korg Wavestate which will be my first synth,arriving tomorrow, and it was very helpful to learn the basics and de-mystify the terminology so that i feel ready to switch on and make some sounds ! I am going to combine a bit of study of music theory,watching tutorials and hands on playing and i can't wait to get started.Thanks Sam.
Noise wouldn't be noticeable because noise doesn't have a pitch. Also, key tracking has to do with how far the filter opens further up on the keybed, not how resonance behaves. ijs. Other than that, good guide for new users.
Does noise not have a pitch because it's made up of so many... "random bits"? I hope that makes sense. I didn't know this and I'm trying to wrap my head around it.
Kayleigh Saum noise is all pitches, basically. You can use different filters to get slightly different types of noise (pink, blue, brown, etc), but whatever key you press, it will be the same, generally.
this is a great intro video. Keep up the great work. I just started using some synths for some audio drama production. It's a steep learning curve. Eager to go and try some of these tips.
In these kind of demo video, how is audio maintained ? - Is synth connected to external speaker ? - Is sound connected through computer/audio-video recorder/midi ? - Is synth sound directly coming from inbuild speakers ? I have never own synth and donot know how clean and rich sound is recorded for these kind of youtube videos.
Thanks a lot for this video, i'm currently learning to use a VST called PG 8X, i've never in my life used a synth before, and since i don´t have a manual for it, i found this video. It helped me a lot to understand the analog synth logics and now i can use my VST without problems! Thank so much
You want a fun new drinking game? Take a drink every time a comment here says something like "a good drinking game is taking a drink every time he says pretty cool"
Yesss! Another hybrid synth that I love that is super intuitive and amazing for beginners is the Roland JD XI, I love mine and it's super portable. Both of these would be excellent options for someone learning.
GREAT TUTORIAL SAM. - I HAVE JUST BOUGHT MY FIRST SYNTH AFTER 60 YEARS OF PLAYING NORMAL INSTRUMENTS ! I ALWAYS WANTED TO CAPTURE THAT MAGIC 80's SOUND PLUS ALL THE NUANCES THEY GENERATE BUT HAVE SHIED AWAY "TIL NOW ! I"VE JUST BOUGHT A COBALT X AND IT'S GIVING ME SO MUCH MORE THAN MY WORKSTATION FOR SONGWRITING AND MUSIC STRUCTURE. I WAS TOTALLY IN THE DARK EVEN AFTER STUDYING THE MANUAL UNTIL I FOUND YOUR INTRODUCTION VIDEO.......WOW ! NOW I AM BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCORDE FLIGHT DECK !!!! LOL ! I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF YOUR VIDEOS SO THANKS AGAIN FOR SUCH TREMENDOUS HELP SAM. BEST REGARDS. - EDDIE - UK MUSICIAN.
Informative, welcoming, encouraging, engaging. Did not hear a sales pitch, just the path to make some music. So refreshing. Thank you Sam Ash, thank you Mr. Stutts, we're lucky to have you around.
My god... I mean I love the synth, but any more price-friendly synths? The size and polyphony is great, you guys know of any of similar build for a better price?
This video is really cool. In fact it will be in the Guiness Book of Records for how many times someone can use the word cool. Sometimes 3 times in one sentence.😂
Bro, imagine if Mozart was around today how much he would love this thing.
Wendy Carlos is the closest thing we got
Mozart IS around.
Did you just assume Mozart's pronoun?
@@danielk9197 Mozart is his music and that is around. That really all that matters about Mozart and all he ever came here to do.
He'd call it witchcraft
Pretty cool.
Pretty cool.
Pretty neat.
Pretty dope
Pretty Epic.
Pretty chingón 🎉
YOOO.
IT TOOK ME UNTIL 2:17 TO REALIZE THIS DUDE HAD AN OPEN SHIRT AND NOT JUST A FUNKY TIE!!!!
Omg, I didn’t even notice until I read this!
JenzAr same
yeah a roland secret message
you watching on 144p bro?
wtf
realizing how impossible it is to narrow this down to a single video, you have done a tremendous job of simplifying it as much as possible, yet still covering all the basics....great job!!
I like your video because you are using simple and understandable languages. No idioms, no insider's phrases. Thank you!
13:41 "Hardcore synthesizer sh-stuff" nice save haha
i was just about to say the same thing lmao
Monophonic save
ha ha
this has helped me understand synths so much . THANK YOU GOD BLESS YOU ALL !!!!!!! IM SO STOKEDDDD
4reely ikr
If i had a penny everytime he says "Pretty cool" it'd be pretty cool
I am a guitarist but now i think i should have a synth. Every musician should own one actualy
Bring back the unity of synth & guitar in one band. Just like it was in the 80’s.
@@speedtribejp pond, tame impala
kannonball Gorillaz homie
im here for the atmospheric bm
I'm no musician but I need one.
0:50 Monophonic vs Polyphonic
02:20 Analog vs Digital Synths
2:45 Programs/Presets/patches
4:10 Initialize Preset (New Sound)
4:20 Synthesizer Layout (Processing Chain)
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5:30 Oscillators (He doesnt go over Sine wave I think so just know thats an option too)
5:38 Saw Wave
6:00 Triangle wave
6:26 Square Wave
7:02 Building a Sound (Based around a saw wave)
7:20 Shape Knob
7:40 Octave Switches
8:00 Trangle Bass Wave (Bottom Octave)
8:20 Mixer Levels
9:00 Noise Oscillator
10:35 Portamento (Note pitch glide)
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11:20 Cuttof Section
11:45 Cutoff Knob (Cutting off certain frequency bands)
12:30 Keytracking (Higher notes = More pitch resonance)
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13:20 Amp Section
13:30 ADSR Envelope
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17:55 Filter Section
18:00 Filter Envelope
21:25 LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) Note: Adds Rhythmic Texture
23:50 LFO Applied to the Cuttoff Knob
25:20 LFO Applied to pitch
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26:00 Your Analogs Potential "Effects Rack"
26:50 Sequencers (Pressing a note plays a recorded sequence)
27:15 Arpeggiator
28:30 Detuning
Thank you
💜🙌🏽
Can someone find me a link or something to buy this synthesizer?
That's pretty cool.
Your a legend thank u
First dude on TH-cam I've seen who explains a synth in a comprehensive way.
This guy is gold. Thanks a lot!
20:31
about sums up this whole video
I thought this video was 9:46
🤣🤣😂
😂😂😂
😂😂
I think 9:03
13:42 nice save bud
Hahaha, thks for the laugh!
LOL
Drinking game : Everytime you hear 'Pretty cool'
Side note, good entry for beginners ;)
Yep, i'm in North Wales UK but i feel like jumping on a plane and coming over to slap him for everytime he said it.
Only joking of course but jeez!
drinking game: everytime he plays those same four chords take a shot lol
I died of alcohol poisoning
I wanted to learn how to play synth, I've been playing guitar for around 4 years and wanted to improve my music theory and just get a better understanding of music also get something thats new and different, My mom just got me the Roland system 8 I can't wait to learn how to play synth, it's such an awsome instrument, there's just a lot to learn about it.
I really appreciate this video. I am just getting into beat/instrumental production. 29, never played an instrument in my life and got an MPC Touch and a Komplete Kontrol M32 Keyboard.
I just ordered the Deepmind 6 yesterday and was looking for some beginner/how to videos and this was perfect. I really appreciate the time you took to walk us through everything. You just taught me about the different wave types and I always wanted an explanation of that.
That's crazy. We are just about in the same boat lol
@@sarahmoravian2093 You just started making music or everything in General? Also its nice to see a another colorful face around these parts lol ;)
@Hectic Von kaos The 6 is PERFECT for a person with a small space.
Literally the best synth overview i've seen on youtube. The envelope Generator/Cutoff/intensity section explained something so clearly that has been baffling for months. Thanks so much, Dave!
14:29 literally sounded like the beginning of Paprika by Japanese Breakfast. Meaning they turned the “attack” up a bit. And now I understand how that works and holy cow I want a synth now. Shoot dang it. That was sweet
"So now I'm gonna take the shape and I'm gonna shape it" - great tutorial man seriously
My first proper lesson and it suddenly seems less complicated than I imagined (feared!), thanks for this intro dude
7:18 I love how he is trying to create vibrato by moving his finger, makes me miss my Seaboard :(
Old habits die hard
Haha 🤣 😂! I know!!! And it worked too!
@@DaveStutts Thank You 🙏🏻
And where have you been all our lives?!
What do you mean that you’re new to synths?!?!??!!! Haha that’s hilarious 😂🤣 .
Bravo 👏! Thank You for sharing your knowledge with all of us. You have imparted information into people, like a most excellent patch that sounds like an instant vision of a complex process!!! Thank You ☺️ You are going to do amazing things on this planet 🌏 🌍 🌎 Dave Stutts! You are very important to music and fellow musicians and Thank You ☺️ Brilliant, Man! Very impressive! Very!
@@alisonderrick1067 you're high
Thank you, I now have enough understanding to get started.
imagine the ancient mathemathic musicians having acces to a tool that can shape sound like clay, making the beauty of music, the creativity and abstraction of Math collide in the infinity and dissolve beyond.
Tangerine Dream
Amp EG: manipulates the amplitude envelope of the played note/s at four segments of time (attack, decay, sustain, decay)
EG: Low pass frequency filtering for each attack, decay, sustain, and decay segments of a played note/s. The cut off frequency, above which all frequencies are attenuated, is adjusted for each time segment. The min and max cut off frequency allowed for all segments is set by that big nob and EG INT nob respectively.
It would be unfair for me to say anything else apart from Pretty Cool. Thanks for this. I really appreciate the work.
I love that you get a visual for the sound waves!
Nice and clear tutorial. I loved the spacy "end result" and the cord progressions together. Thank you!
I have to say... This was pretty cool!
Love this guys passion! Makes the video so easy to watch.
Before the prologue, there was the Korg Radias. I have not heard much about it on line, but it can do everything I am seeing here, plus you can stack up to four layers of sound including a number of features I am not seeing here. Most of the same left to right building which is useful to understand. This is still enlightening to understand though, appreciate the video.
amazing job! you explained everything in an easy to understand way for newcomers
Never learned how to play any instrument before yet here I am. Honestly out of all the instruments this seems the most fun.
Man you killed it in this video. 10/10 for breaking down the basics. Goin to check any other videos you may have. Absolutely phenomenal job.
Haven't touched my synthesizer in a long time, might thinking to go back
Great video Dave! It is one those times when you get EXACTLY what you searched for. Absolutely fantastic video and teaching.
You can't make "bad" sounds from the Wavestate. It is forgiving to beginners yet powerful for those who are more advanced.
That was the feedback from a channel that reviewed and demonstrated the Korg Wavestate which will be my first synth,arriving tomorrow, and it was very helpful to learn the basics and de-mystify the terminology so that i feel ready to switch on and make some sounds ! I am going to combine a bit of study of music theory,watching tutorials and hands on playing and i can't wait to get started.Thanks Sam.
Summary: Everything about synth is pretty cool.
Super helpful video! Thank you!!
Great demonstration. You explained it in such a way that even a guitarist could understand. And I appreciate that ;)
Stellar overview. You covered all the bases in an easy to understand and hands on manner
I wish I could like this video twice !
Cheers man , very helpful .
That sound is so nostalgic. It reminds me of playing Super Nintendo in the '90s.
I really enjoyed watching him have fun on it. Made me laugh 😂 god knows i need a good laugh nowadays
portmanteau slowly rising makes a great basis for showing the addition of other effects upon that first, particularly predictable sound type
Brilliant video, perfect for a beginner like me, very informative, thanks.
Great job!!! I am truly a beginner and you made me finally understand where and how to start. Thank you
Noise wouldn't be noticeable because noise doesn't have a pitch. Also, key tracking has to do with how far the filter opens further up on the keybed, not how resonance behaves. ijs. Other than that, good guide for new users.
Does noise not have a pitch because it's made up of so many... "random bits"? I hope that makes sense. I didn't know this and I'm trying to wrap my head around it.
Kayleigh Saum noise is all pitches, basically. You can use different filters to get slightly different types of noise (pink, blue, brown, etc), but whatever key you press, it will be the same, generally.
Love this guy. He's pretty cool
I want to see more tutorials from this guy. I love everything about this video. Pretty cool right? 😎
You explain this so very good - thank you!
please do more synthesizers demos and tutorials!! this was great
Love this guys passion makes the video so easy to watch
I'd love to count how many times he said "cool" haha joking aside, great info!
Hi Sam, This is a great intro to synths and what they are all about. Big thank you for posting this.
I just really want a synthesizer, man!
Your great man. I've learnt more from you in one video then on my one in 2 days
Really helpful, thank you.
this is a great intro video. Keep up the great work. I just started using some synths for some audio drama production. It's a steep learning curve. Eager to go and try some of these tips.
In these kind of demo video, how is audio maintained ?
- Is synth connected to external speaker ?
- Is sound connected through computer/audio-video recorder/midi ?
- Is synth sound directly coming from inbuild speakers ?
I have never own synth and donot know how clean and rich sound is recorded for these kind of youtube videos.
Can't believe I watched it whole . I'm a noob guitar llayer
Thank you Dave for sharing that information. I don’t believe I have seen anyone else explain synthesizers for beginners before.
Amazing content! Never seen anything about Synthesizers and this was perfectly explained. Thanks, dude!
Such a great and informative video. Greatly appreciate this for my redial learning curves!
Hardcore synthesizer shhh-stuff
Elektron Analog Keys made me fall in love with synths and sound design. May be limiting to some but it gets the most beautiful odd sounds
at 29:21 you mentioned the word patch for the first time. Please explain. we are all beginners . thanks
"isn't that cool? were doing cool stuff here, were creating sound.. its awesome!" Love it
This guy is great. Thank you!
Yeah he's pretty cool.
Nice intro, and the dude in the video is easy to understand!
Good job, I wanted to learn more about vco, dco why some dco claim to be fully analog, which I am to understand is in reference to the circuitry.
Thanks a lot for this video, i'm currently learning to use a VST called PG 8X, i've never in my life used a synth before, and since i don´t have a manual for it, i found this video. It helped me a lot to understand the analog synth logics and now i can use my VST without problems! Thank so much
You want a fun new drinking game? Take a drink every time a comment here says something like "a good drinking game is taking a drink every time he says pretty cool"
This was fantastic intro information. thank you so much
The Prologue has 2 analog VCOs and a digital multi engine, so it's a hybrid synth that can do both analog and digital sounds 🎹👌
Yesss! Another hybrid synth that I love that is super intuitive and amazing for beginners is the Roland JD XI, I love mine and it's super portable. Both of these would be excellent options for someone learning.
Thank you so much for this video. I learned a lot today.
13:41 "but this is some hardcore synthesizer sh-tufff" hahaha
so where to begin.. like as newbie. which sythesiserz be good, mic, and cables to make sounds?? I just wanna play for myself at home .
GREAT TUTORIAL SAM. - I HAVE JUST BOUGHT MY FIRST SYNTH AFTER 60 YEARS OF PLAYING NORMAL INSTRUMENTS !
I ALWAYS WANTED TO CAPTURE THAT MAGIC 80's SOUND PLUS ALL THE NUANCES THEY GENERATE BUT HAVE SHIED AWAY "TIL NOW !
I"VE JUST BOUGHT A COBALT X AND IT'S GIVING ME SO MUCH MORE THAN MY WORKSTATION FOR SONGWRITING AND MUSIC STRUCTURE. I WAS TOTALLY IN THE DARK EVEN AFTER STUDYING THE MANUAL UNTIL I FOUND YOUR INTRODUCTION VIDEO.......WOW !
NOW I AM BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCORDE FLIGHT DECK !!!! LOL ! I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF YOUR VIDEOS SO THANKS AGAIN FOR SUCH TREMENDOUS HELP SAM. BEST REGARDS. - EDDIE - UK MUSICIAN.
damn when I move and get a place I gotta get another one of these
Thank you so much! I never thought to stack up oscillators like that, and I never understood the point of detuning. This was really eye-opening! :)
explanations and video is way better than you can imagine, Thank you sir ❤️
Informative, welcoming, encouraging, engaging. Did not hear a sales pitch, just the path to make some music.
So refreshing. Thank you Sam Ash, thank you Mr. Stutts, we're lucky to have you around.
Awesome explanation, thanks man! ⭐️
Super helpful. thank you
Amazing Video!!! Really cool dude great and fun speaker!
Kept waiting for him to resolve his first three chords to complete the Map of the Problematique progression
hahah same here
This was really helpful, thanks! Gotta make a stop at Sam Ash to try one bc I’m way too poor to buy one atm
Rlly cool vid and well explained, but is their a difference between “patches” and “presets”?
Teacher: "Go to the principal's office!"
Everyone else in the classroom: 11:04
learning the synthesizer because wonpil looks cool with it
By the way, is this a Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch? Looks great!
3:34 Is that a specific song? I recognize it as if I've heard it many times before
Nvm i figured it out. I'ts "Dawn" by Turbo Knight.
My god... I mean I love the synth, but any more price-friendly synths? The size and polyphony is great, you guys know of any of similar build for a better price?
This video is really cool. In fact it will be in the Guiness Book of Records for how many times someone can use the word cool. Sometimes 3 times in one sentence.😂
Cheers, I learnt loads :)
this is nice
i like this video
very educationally entertaining
How do I make noise? It's silent. What equipment do I need to make noise?
What an amazing attitude, thanks for the content, Dave
What are the other looking synths then without the piano look
Thank you for this, truly valuable🙏🏼
Exactly what I was looking for!