Synth Programming

[Iwhaiwnfi]

How exactly do you make new synths/edit old synths on FL Studio? Or is there a seperate program purely for synth programming?

I've looked at as many FL Studio tutorials I could find, and none of them had any in-depth sections on programming synths/editing sounds.

Also, I'm aware you can edit the sounds with the panels that come up when you select a synth, but I just.. simply can't understand all those knobs, meters, buttons, etc. and their functions. Is there an image, tutorial, anything that explains their functions?

Thanks, I appreciate any help that comes my way.

[lord_carbo]

Re: Synth Programming

A related question: I'm too lazy to look around for tutorials and I have a few synths I want to add to FL Studio (specifically, some synths out of Jeskola Buzz). Exactly how do I make the channel state file for them?

[Pyroshock]

Re: Synth Programming

Depends what synth you're talking about.

Every synth has different features, the more features a synth has the more complex it usually is.

I would say the least complex is 3xOsc. Just mess around with the buttons and knobs in 3xOsc, and try to listen to what changes when you press a new button or turn a knob.

EDIT: Carbo, go into FX, then when you choose an effect there'll be "Buzz Effect Adapter" at the top of the list. I don't know if that works for Buzz synths, though.

[sleeplessdragn]

Re: Synth Programming

That FX plugin is specifically for Buzz machines, so it should be what he is looking for.

What's funny is that I understood the functions of the TS404 before the 3osc. Every synth has a probably functionality that it was intended for, but don't let that fact stop you from making original sounds from not-to-be-expected synths. Hell no one says you can't make your own synths from samples, like vocals something, either.

[Iwhaiwnfi]

Re: Synth Programming

I tried messing around with 3xOsc.. I didn't really get anything drastically different from the original sound, and it really didn't help me understand what it was doing, exactly..

I'll just keep messing with the parameters, see if I can get anything.

Are most synths made this way? Just opening up a random sound and messing with the synth's parameters until you get what you want? Because I listen to a lot of songs made with FL and none of the sounds resemble anything like the default sounds..

[sleeplessdragn]

Re: Synth Programming

Once you understand how synths work at a basic level, it just comes down to getting a feel for how each of the shapes create different sounds. Then when you get to production, and you start creating sounds, you will eventually begin to invent sounds in your mind that will complement what you already have written. And then, because you have a feeling for what shapes to use, you can thus create sounds that synergize into a full piece of music that sounds good. Though it does require a bit of FX tweaking and let's not get into compression, but that is all for another time.