12/12/2023 0 Comments Syntorial table of contents![]() Syntorial includes a total of 199 lessons and 129 interactive challenges, where the user programs sounds using a built-in synth called Primer. The latest version of Syntorial is 2.0, which was released in July, 2023. Syntorial garnered critical acclaim with reviewers praising it a fun way to learn synthesis, earning an Editors’ Choice Award from Electronic Musician in 2014. The synth that is built into the software is called Primer, which was released as a VST and AU in November 2013. Kickstarter-funded in 2012, the program was officially released for Microsoft Windows and OS X on August 27, 2013, and for the iPad on June 25, 2015. He was inspired to make the program by his frustration of learning synthesis in his early career, and wanted to create something that would train the user to design a patch by ear. It's one of those things that needs to be tackled on a per-use basis.Syntorial is a synthesizer- teaching software created by Audible Genius, a company owned by website programmer, musician and teacher Joe Hanley. The silly things are so damned versatile that there is no single "best way" (so to speak) of advanced use. My point is that there is no source of material general enough to address all of the little tricks and secrets (sic) that are used in various uses of modular synths. By the time you access enough of them (various video producers, etc.) you have pretty much covered the content of this forum in one manner or another. The replies you'll receive in this thread will end up only covering certain corners and edges of modular synth use. The subject is just entirely too subjective and expansive that some collection of universal tricks that's condensed into cliff notes (so to speak) isn't available. This forum is about as small and "akin to a book or multi-page article" as your gonna get. The uses of that language are so expansive that an attempt to provide some publication of pro use tips is impractical. It would be like producing something akin to "pro tips for the use of English as a communication tool". There is no more one single source or compact source of pro tips for modular synth use anymore than there is such a thing for music itself. very simply due to the fact that the subject is entirely too broad to be covered by a book, PDF, or other tangible source. My reply is meant to point out that there is no ~book~ or other small PDF or whatever. This forum is a fantastic resource, more broadly stated. I'm sorry, by "resources," I generally meant sizable-somewhat-systematic-resources, akin to a book or multi-page article (which is what I thought the poster was requesting). You're already neck deep into the land of pro tips.ĮDIT: I think I messed this up. an entire forum dedicated to modular synth use just to house it all. ![]() "users" meaning everything from hobby/bedroom experts to actual pros that make their livings either using, modifying, or manufacturing this stuff.īesides, there's so many "pro tips" for using modular synths (because there are so many uses for modular synths) that collecting it all into one source would require. There are so many very experienced modular synthesizer users here. ![]() If the search function comes up dry for you, ask questions! This entire membership IS "the manual" for modular synthesis. MylarMelodies is much better, though recently has been focusing more on module selection and combination than universal techniques. There's a guy (Omi? Omri?) who does VCV Rack videos that I have a hard time sitting through, because the guy's not much of an artist and thus not someone I'd want to emulate, but it occasionally showcases good techniques- the many uses of a sample and hold is one decent vid I remember. There's a series of 3 module patch challenges on YouTube, I forgot the title exactly, which is theoretically helpful because of the clever solutions it presents, but difficult to understand if you don't own/haven't thoroughly studied the manuals of the modules presented. Elsea's book, which is probably good for beginners, but didn't teach me anything I didn't know until a complicated last patch of the book. Patch and Tweak is primarily a coffee-table eye candy book to help you shop for specific modules, but scattered throughout are a few good patch ideas either diagrammed or mentioned (sometimes cryptically) by artists. The Sound on Sound Synth Secrets is great for creating (traditional) oscillator sounds, but is not broadly about what one can do with a modular system. Given how long modular synthesis has existed, and how much forum writing has occurred since, there are remarkably few good resources for learning beyond the beginner stage.
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