An electronic tone generator that is capable of producing and combining various sounds by altering their frequency, modulation, ADSR envelope, amplitude, etc.
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Making space in a synth-heavy mix for electric guitar?
I've got a Duran Duran tribute and the band is, obviously, big synth sound heavy. Trying to fit the guitar in to the live mix has been a constant struggle. I've put notch filters on the synth channels ...
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What's the difference between a synthesizer and a sequencer?
In an attempt to determine the difference between the two, Wikipedia left me confused. Can you help?
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Ableton Live synths: Analog vs. Operator
I've been researching Ableton Live 8, and I'm wondering, what is the main difference in sound and limitations between the Analog and Operator instruments? I'm looking for an industrial rock type synth ...
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Soft synth vs. hard synth
I did a lot of project work about 15 years ago. Due to a limited budget, I arranged most of the drums, bass and keyboard tracks on a MIDI rack synth. I became increasingly annoyed with the process ...
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How can I manually emulate the sonic abilities of the NES?
I am interested in recreating chiptunes in a NES (8 bit) style
A google search has shown that the original NES had 2 pulsewave, a triangle, noise, some sort of sampling channel and that emulations of ...
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How to remove cigarette smoke smell from synthesizer?
I bought an Alesis Ion over the internet and forgot to ask if it was in a smoke-free studio. It wasn't, and this thing smells absolutely terrible. What's a good way to deodorize it? I'm very close to ...
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How do I synthesize this sound?
I’ve been wondering for a while how to synthesize a sound similar to the bassline in Megalomaniac by KMFDM. The sound I’m referring to is the one that sound-feels a bit like someone gently but firmly ...
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How can I lock my keyboard?
I have a roland d-20. Is there anyway I can lock it so you need a password or combination of keys to unlock it?
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What is the most effective way to reverse engineer SysEx format for my old Yamaha CS1x
I have recently put my old Yamaha CS1x back into service and realised that the world has moved on when it comes to the software support for this blue beast.
So I was thinking of writing a software ...
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Where can I find a multioscillator synth?
I need synth where I could use some oscillators (unlimited amount the best) and make them influence each other. For example I could choose for first to be multiplied by second to make the result and ...
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How can I create dubstep-style wobble bass lines in Audacity?
What is the most effective way to produce wobbling bass lines, such as that you might hear in the "dubstep" (a.k.a. techno-bass) genre?
My current idea is to generate a linear sine wave that goes ...
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Not enough patches in my stage piano
I'm playing Synths for a production of Beauty and the Beast.
The Yamaha P155 Stage piano I have is great to play, but is missing many of the required patches.
I have a midi cable, mac running ...
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How do I achieve a cleaner sound?
All producers want that world standard sound.
Since production has gone digital, this is possible from a home studio with the right knowledge.
I attempted to achieve the fullness of sound created by ...
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Synthesizer patch - how to do something like this
I need a really glassy sound, pitching down.
A bit like stars in the sky, but it's supposed to be atmos in a strayed love song arrangement.
I know I'm being vague as hell but I've been looking ...
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low sawtooth and speech type oscillator synth notes cause sound and tone change
In my current song I created a bass I really like in NI Massive. The only problem is that in my melody, there are a few notes that are REALLY low, c1, c0 range. It also has a decent amount of ...
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Is FM8 a good synth for a beginner?
I am an absolute beginner and trying to learn by using Ableton Live. I would like to produce downtempo and chill-out but at this point I am open to any kind of information that can teach me. I want to ...
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What instruments are these?
Can anyone tell what instruments are used in the "Killing the Fairy" song? Specifically at 0:15 and 0:47?
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How to make a pad-synth feel like it occupies a large space without the use of a reverb effect?
After listening to a number of NI (Native Instruments) synth patches on their official website, it got me curious as to how they sculpt their sounds to feel so distant, but yet present and full (if ...
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Where can I get a Memory Card M-256D or M-256E
These things are really old and no longer generally available, but I'd like to get one of them to get more Patches/Sounds for my keyboard. Is there still a way to acquire them?
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Are there any non-weighted key MIDI controllers out there with 76 - 88 keys?
I've recently purchased Kontakt 5, and I'm exited to start using it, but I'm thinking that my current MIDI controller (an 88 weighted key digital piano) will probably be difficult to play on for ...
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How can I store MIDI SysEx from hardware synthesizers on my computer?
I have a couple of hardware synthesizers and I understand that one of their features is to transmit their current settings (and all of their preset settings) by sending them out as MIDI SysEx data. I ...
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Can I play pure Piano tunes with a Quasimidi Raven?
Being a total noob in this topic...I have a Quasimidi Raven synth) on my desk and would like to play just plain vanilla Piano sounds on, or with, it. Is it possible? Or do I have to hook it up to my ...
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How can I mimic the audio synthesis layers from Kraftwerk's “Tour de France Etape 3”?
I'm currently trying to achieve a similar sound from "Tour de France Etape 3". Specially the intro of the song. The same sound can be heard across the whole Tour de France Sountracks album.
From ...
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I'm out of LFOs, how can I put vibrato on my synth line in Ableton Live?
I'm adding a synthesizer line to a recording I'm working with. I've gotten a nice sound using Ableton's Operator FM synthesizer, and I'd like to add some vibrato to it. Generally, this is done by ...
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Does resetting a Roland D-5 or D-20 erase all the sounds on it?
I just picked up a Roland D-5 and a D-20 synthesizer but I want to reset them to their factory preset sounds. I understand from the answer to this question that I can reset the device, but I'm not ...
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How do I set a maximum duration for notes in command line TiMidity synthesis?
I'm using the following command to synthesize MIDIs:
timidity -A120 -a in.mid Ow2 -o out.wav
However, some of the notes drag on for longer than I'd like and leave a metallic sound. I'd like to add ...
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Piano hammer, i.e. how to get proper release sounds in Linux and the most compliant SF2 engine
I have Yamaha Clavinova Grand (198-Clavinova.sf2, sfArk) soundfont. It has hammer noise samples used as key release sounds. You can check it running Viena SoundFont Editor, in Windows or Linux via ...
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Are there free records of separate piano notes in .wav files for instance?
I'm trying to find some piano sound bank -for my childish experiments with sound - the most desired form is of course a number of .wav files, each one corresponding to a piano key - being a record of ...
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Can CSound or SuperCollider be used to make softsynths?
Can I use these two or something else to generate waveform of sound and then use it as soft synth or generate soundfont?
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I want to add line out jacks to a digital piano with built-in speakers
I have a Casio Privia PX575r Stereo Piano.
Both the left & right channels have their own onboard [LF]woofer AND [HF]tweeter. On each L & R stereo channel I intend to install an onboard 'line ...
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DIY electronics repair, how to find what part I need
I bought a Korg EMX-1 on Ebay and it arrived with a slider snapped off.
I'd like to fix this as cheaply as possible, and that starts with finding the replacement part, and maybe some guides to doing ...
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Tips on how to create sound from this song
Can anyone give me some advice on how to recreate the synth from this song? (starting at 1:38)
Specifically, I want to recreate it on a Yamaha Motif ES6 and I've tried different things but I just ...
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Which popular synthesizer voices are available for software?
Since the 1970s, there have been tens of thousands of synthesizer sounds, hundreds of which have become so popular that they are instantly recognizable, as well as dozens of synthesizer "models" (not ...
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Synthesizer resources [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I want to learn how to make electronic music. Where do I start?
I'm interested in starting making electronic music. My problem is I have no clue where to start.
I know ...
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How to reduce 'click' when using ES2 synth
I'm using ES2 in Logic to make basic bass/wobble tracks. Though, whenever I use it, I normally get a slight 'click' or 'pop' before each and every note that is played. Does anyone know how to reduce ...
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samples, sampling; the use of these terms in different contexts
I am getting confused with different peoples' uses of the term 'sample' or 'sampling'. Some people using drum beat programs like fruity loops, generate a drum beat sequence and then take a subset ...
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How do I reset a Roland D-20?
I wanted to know if there was any way I could reset a Roland D-20 back to all its original settings.
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Software playing real sounds not midi when writing scores
Is there any software able to synthesize music based on real sounds, not midi when writing scores? I mean something really offering all known instrument sounds and sound dynamics, no matter what it ...
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Guitar Sounding Synth
I am trying to make a synthesised sound thats kindof sounds like a guitar/vocoded synth that is currently present in this track by Fedde Le Grand from 1 minute 32. It kinda sounds like something Daft ...
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Sustain Pedal problem
I am using a Roland XP80 keyboard and find that at times, the pedal makes no difference. At other times the notes sustain continually. I have an FS-300 pedal that was recommended for use on the Roland ...
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How can I make the Roland D-20 sound like an ordinary piano?
I just got this piano from a familymember, and I can't get it to sound like an ordinary piano? The sounds it makes are really wierd, like electronic and I just want to use for playing classical music. ...
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Synthesising pure tones
In synthesising a musical note consisting of multiple pure tones combined, what is the perceptual effect of giving all tones in the note the same vibrato and/or tremolo?
