Intro to Synthesis Part 1 - The Building Blocks of Sound & Synthesis
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- Опубликовано: 3 янв 2012
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An introduction to synthesis by Dean Friedman back in the day. When he's not twiddling LFO knobs and envelope sliders, Dean's an indie recording artist with a slew of international chart hits and critically acclaimed albums to his credit. You can see what he's currently up to on his website www.deanfriedman.com and his RUclips channel / deanfriedman
Part 2 with additional info on the series here: www.matrixsynth.com/2012/01/i...
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Solid gold. Probably the best introduction to synthesis on the web. And it's from the 80s, which means it's legitimate™.
yo this nigga put the trademark on it lol
There's nothing I can contribute here that's as funny as the shit you two just pulled
Yeah I was wondering what year.. look at that monitor 😂.. the DX7 prob was just released
@@norakat but in episode 2 he used the Korg M1 which wasn't released until 88.
bro u like 100 years old xDDDDDD
05:12 Basic Terminology
08:00 3 Elements of Sound
08:20 Pitch
10:01 Timbre
10:45 Harmonics
14:57 *
16:40 Filter Cutoff/Timbre
18:08 Volume
21:53 5 most common Waveforms
22:11 Square Wave
23:21 Sawtooth Wave
23:56 Triangle Wave
24:59 Pulse Wave
27:21 Sine Wave
28:48 *Waveforms as Modulators
30:47 *7 Components of Synth*
32:11 Amplifier
32:43 Oscillator
34:18 Filter
18:53 36:37 Volume Envelope
39:06 Filter Envelope
39:56 Pitch envelope
40:42 **Corresponding Components**
41:54 LFO
44:41 DEMO
52:05 Review
blessing
You da real MVP
you are amazing! thanks a lot!
dude!
Nice one, cheers!
I'm not sure if it was an actual course or if they just distributed the VHS cassettes. The person that actually sent me the videos was in Switzerland of all places so somehow he got a hold of a copy. I asked Dean if I could upload the videos and post them on my site MATRIXSYNTH. He gave me the thumbs up and later sent me a VHS video manual they did for the DX7-II. It's still shrink wrapped and it has the New York School of Synthesis dude/art on it.
Thanks for doing that, because You did that I can learn faster and easier haha and less scarry :) :)
I love those awkward pauses where he just stares at the camera, like they missed an edit point. Combined with his sidelong glances and that painted on beard, and this is just golden.
***** You're just attracted to his spray-on beard. :)
I think the pauses are a lecturer technique to allow the previous information to sink in a little bit, something the people watching the video on high speed will be missing out on.
Escobar Manchulo Maybe, but they just look like missed edits to me. Editing VHS back in the day was not as simple as editing digitally today. Unless you had good equipment, it was hard to get the points exact. The stuff we had downtown would always be off by about a second.
should i learn from this video, I always want to learn how to play synthesizer
While he wasn't an expert at hosting educational videos back then , I think the knowledge he represents and shares is what makes it golden. Thank you, Dean
The pacing in this video is actually really good, makes it easier to absorb the info.
agreed
Han Juri My waifu likes synthesizers!?
Yeah, i watch today's tutorials and thats no time to absorve the information unless i repeat the part that I lost continually to infinity
Now THIS is a frickin tutorial. Well done and thank you!
Its 2024... And This is Gold to me. Thank you,
35 years and still the best tutorial on the subject!
I think this is from '89
IT'S THE GEORGE LUCAS OF SYNTHESIS! I love this man.
This is surprisingly good. Today most tutorials are 10 minutes long, fast-paced information avalanches, so it's really nice to see a lession where time is taken to really explain everything, let it sink in, and then repeat it later on for safe measure. Yes, its ~1h long, but you don't have to pause every 5 seconds to rewind because you missed something so I'd still call it a time saver. Thanks for uploading these!
Agreed!
mega props for uploading this, the fact that it was so hilariously dated kept me 40 times more engaged than i would have been if it were new. also much more relevant for my synth, since it's from '86
Charlotte Sarah That's exactly the reason I chose to watch it lol, I wanted an in depth refresher of the basics of synth, the 80'sness of it kept me dialed in! Having a basic understanding of synth this video certainly helped solidify my grip, having such a busy and jumbled mind...
This is so aggressively '80s I almost can't believe it. The text graphics, the shirt and poster, the demonstration of "painting," tracking slips, adjustability of roller skates... just, wow.
Alright, I have to ask - what 1986 synth!
It can't be from 1986, because he mentions the Korg M1 (which came out in 1988) and the Roland D50 (which came out in 1987).
Awesome video. Crystal clear explanation, weird pauses and cheesy jokes included ;) Perhaps one of the best lessons on synthesis available on YT. Glad to be brought almost 30 years back and see again those great machines! Thanks +matrixsynth!
The joke with the bellbutton made me think if he can really see me into the screen...lol..Amazing lesson!
+sugaris He sees into the future, too!!! Dean Friedman, ladies and gentlemen... Dean Friedman! :)))))
i did a 4-year course in sound production and went on for years not even knowing the fundamentals of sound and synthesis, but i just learned it all here! it's incredibly liberating: i feel like i may finally understand what im actually doing now. thank you so much for this! ❤
Where?
How is this possible?? Wow!
@@gaiabeleza The course focused so much more on production methods and exercises and foley than on teaching us the fundamentals. I guess they wanted to skip that whole step!
I play guitar and have been trying to learn synths by going around as many synth sites as i can stand. Invariably, people on these sites are NOT trying to teach anything, but rather, are showing off their knowledge. Sort of like a teacher of basic math talking calculous to students who can barely speak English. Makes the teacher feel smart, but the students end up letting the air out of the tires of teachers car as a metaphor for taking the air out of his or her ego. So, as a rebel against calculous, I deeply appreciate this very basic video that explains things so i can understand. There, i hope I pumped your tires up.
Whether you like this video or not is irrelevant. The fact is if it wasn't for guys like this back in the 80's and earlier; a lot of our favourite music today would not exist and none of us would have the capabilities to produce music at home (or anywhere for that matter)
I grew up listening to his great song "Ariel" on one of my father's 8-track compilations. I never would have thought he'd be teaching me the ins and outs of synthesis.
at 3:35 I thought he was gonna say "even if your watching this 30 years in the future"
Hey, it's 80s SeamlessR!
I've learned more from this 80s videolesson than from any modern tutorial about specific software or hardware
F*ck! Why in the hell in my 30s I'm starting to understand the value of new knowledge?
I've watched few synth tutorial videos and with every new knowledge I was getting my old world view was dramatically changing.
Kids! Don't shit away you time and do study - it's an amazing world we are living in!!!
Amen! Same boat here. You have 5 years on me, though!
Still relevant today.
I'm new to synths and this is exactly what I needed for a basic rundown. The dated nature of this video makes it even better!
The computer graphics in this are the bomb!
Amiga FTW! (That's an Amiga 500 in the background.)
I sooooo want the T shirt!
and im gonna tuck it into my pants
something that finally distilled all of those myths for me. Being blind I was really glad with the provided descriptions along with the sound examples and the way things were presented. It was dumbed-down enough for me to understand. I love it! thanks thanks thanks a whole bunch for posting.
Love the intro tune with the animated keyboard player... super 80s retro, yet catchy.
In all seriousness, this video series is awesome for learning the basics... props to Dean for putting this together back in the day!
He is so delightfully douchy in parts. Really good stuff.
Hey Folks, You can now order your very own New York School of Synthesis T-Shirt in the ORDER section of www.DeanFriedman.com Syntherely, Dean Friedman NYSS dean@deanfriedman.com
HA! the man himself. Thanks for this dude, Much love.
Who is this nerd?
Dude, you are SO COOL!!!! Great video!!!
Hello Dean! This is the best synthesis video I have seen so far. Really appriciate what you did!
PS :: Please give us the intro's credit ASAP!
10 years later and I still send people to this video to learn, you should make an updated version
this dude is the best
Did anyone listening in headphones notice the super quiet talking in the right ear? Can’t tell what they’re saying but it’s not the same as the presenter.
Very informative, very clear and very comprehensive. The fact that it was made 30 years ago is irrelevant: marketing aside, the changes on the basic synthesis structures are close to 0, and the newest syntesis methods were implemented in the late 80s/early 90s...we still largely use subtractive synthesis paradigms. I recommend this series of videos to anyone new to synthesis or with the intention of deepen their knowledge. Is also nice that it's not edited like a Jet Li movie, and Dean Friedman is one of the best teachers you could ever find.
Once set up, this should be the first video any electronic musician should watch
This video is so insanely helpful, well-paced, and clear, and wasn't boring for a second. Thank you do much for uploading this, and thank you to the people who original made the series! :D
This is great! Not sure why anyone would say it was boring or looks funny. It was made in the 80s, people! I've been getting into creating patches from scratch and find this a really informative intro/review so far.
It is boring. Did you not look up other videos on this subject? Do you really think this is the only well done video on youtube on this subject?
Dean is a Legend ! Awesome course …my 9 year old is now learning synthesis from this 40 year old video ! AMAZINGLY COOL!
Dean is an awesome instructor. He has a unique delivery that creates an engaging learning environment on what many consider a very boring topic. Don't let the 1980's production quality fool you; this is a very educational series that is still relevant, today.
It took me about six hours to work through this video. It's really well made and those pauses that some people like to laugh about really help in bringing the idea home (whether or not they are intentional or for cue cards or whatever).
I'm finishing up Part 2 right now (estimation is 4 hours). And I must say that I'm amazed that so many people only stay for Part 1, there's yet so much to learn!
As for outdated or not. I only have to say "L+O+L". If you don't see the point, maybe it's not for you ;) If you do, I'm very happy for you!
Good videos, thanks a lot and respect to Mr. Dean Friedman.
Krafix did you practice while Watching?
i wonder how he looks like now
coincidentally, before he said "lets take a break and eat a bowl a cheerios" I took a break and, well I didn't eat cheerios, but I started messing around with my synthesizer applying everything I learned from before.
The guy knows about the rate of learning! ☝️
The way he looks at the camera everynoe and then for like 2 seconds with a weird stare....classic
So glad analogue has made it’s way back big time!! And funny that the best video to teach the basics is from the 80’s (or early 90’s)
I want that t-shirt!
*I was thinking about that too*
He is still selling them on his website!
@@SupaBubbaMusic Could we get a link please?
@@welcometothecrumplezone7911 www.deanfriedman.com/paypal/order/order-nyss-02.htm here you go
@@bunkrboi2716 Yes I did I got the black one! I received it within a week or so (I live in Europe though)
This video series is totally wonderful and extremely educating to all. Please stop (those guilty) of ruining this comments board with foul language and idiotic remarks.
Someone has taken the time and trouble to convert and upload these very long videos.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Agreed. It is dated (no need to bring it up - we all know) but the concepts are still relevant.
monsterjazzlicks Boo!
howdy partner
Hi, do I know you HP?!
This is America man c'mon
My highschool had this video .. after all these years I just realized .. THAT'S THE ARIEL GUY!!!!!
This has been enlighting ! I am so grateful
Aye this tutorial went hard..
Thanks for this, Dean - the subject was broken down in a way that was very easy to grasp.
One of the best intro videos into anything I have ever watched.
If only I could find this video earlier. Dean makes it sound so simple yet interesting!
Hey Folks, You can now order your very own New York School of Synthesis T-Shirt in the ORDER section of www.DeanFriedman.com Syntherely, Dean Friedman NYSS dean@deanfriedman.com
Thanks, Dean. I've used synthesizers before and I've known what most of the functions do, but I've been looking for someone to it explain to me the way that you just did in this video. The shear clarity of the information given is something extremely nice. Now, I feel that I have a much stronger grasp on what the scary little knobs do and they're not really scary anymore.
I've been struggling with understanding synthesis for a while until I found this. You are a great teacher!
THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST EXCITING VIDEO ON RUclips!!!! no other video beats this one, no other master beats this guy!!!!! he really makes me put total attention, he is not boring, he is not confusing, hes got talent!
This is so amazing and so comprehensive
I would guess this was probably made before I was born or probably while I was crawling but I'm watching this in 2012. Goes to show that knowledge is timeless and even though you may have new "improved" technologies thrown around every other day, the basics are what make you who you are and determine how good you are
So glad to have stumbled upon this treasure
thanks uploader (:
what a great video, I learned sooooo much from a video made probably 30 years ago. sensational!!!
Basic electronics knowledge man..30 years ago they were familliar too!
just goes to show how knowledge like this is still applicable, since the basic concepts never changed. I'm still using the stuff hes teaching me, but just instead of with actual knobs, its in a DAW
I've no idea when this very educational video was made, but, I have to say: what a very clever and articulate presenter this young man is. Well done, and thank you. This has indeed been well worth watching.
Love hearing the tape bleed in the right channel, interesting hearing that artifact of the long time this sat in storage.
I wasn't done with my Cheerios when he started back up... :(
Thank YOU!
once dependent solely on presets i can add or make my own
you just opened doors that were once closed due to ignorance
now i have an idea "how to" make sounds on my Dave Smith Prophet 08' and Prophet 12'
Just a great vid, thnx to the maker and uploader, funny how people start talking about the quality of an old vid, people nowadays " eeeh whats that? tape? deeerp"
God bless you, Dan Friedman!
I was trying to pay attention but I got distracted my my bellybutton lint
6 years later and I still can’t stop playing with my bellybutton lint
At 18;43 thumbs up if you also see a black helicopter about to land in a swimming pool...
opening to AirWolf? I heard a distinct amount of talking in the background audio as well.
lol
Anyone else thinks Dean looks exactly like Wings-era McCartney here? Astounding video, thank you Dean!
Produced in the late 80s or early 90s probably, uploaded in 2012, and here I am watching it at the second last day of this year, and ooo boy! did it help....!!!
It's like a cooking show, "cooking sounds with Dean Friedman "
Or painting with sounds
21:33 that fly.
you're not supposed to review the video more than once ;-)
that was a flying tank actually.
It's an example of a living violin envelope.
This is probably the dopiest VHS cassette tape ever made in history of mankind.
Thanks for sharing man.
Love this stuff!
Thank you very much for this video! Nowadays times are different and I can instantly open dozens of synths right on my iPad, but after hours of (more or less) pointless knob rotations you are starting to understand that you need to go deeper to see what your synths can do. That's what this video all about.
~A little slow, but genuinely useful for someone starting out.
11:37
No, sound is a MECHANICAL wave, while light is an ELECTROMAGNETIC wave
They are not part of the same spectrum, the only thing they have in common is that they’re both waves
Very happy to sit here and watch this sort of stuff.
you are so kind for putting this together.
The "ancient analog" synthesizer he is demonstrating on, is a Sequential Circuits Prophet 600. The little brother of the famous Prophet 5!
Long before he did weekend update on Saturday Night Live, Seth Meyer was teaching people how to use synthesizers. With a beard.
Dean Friedman. What a man! This video can change a lot of lives. Thanks a lot matrixsynth!
I watched this when I was learning how to make electronic music! Helped tremendously.
Didn't think I'd see you in the comments here. I came here hoping to pick up electronic music myself. Huge fan of your music! ^^
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43:43 and thus, dubstep was born
Originally dubstep didn't have wobbles
Many software and midi synths can sync the LFO to the song tempo, if you vary the LFO rate (having set the LFO to control the filter cut off, as matrixsynth said), between for example 16 and 8th notes, you'll get that wobbly sound.
TRUELY AMAZING!
I learned so much & cant wait to move onto pt2!
Thanks!!
You should insert a gate to remove garbage from the right speaker hehe. All in all, it is really great video
33:38 has anyone else noticed there's a quiet voice speaking in the right channel, radio interference perhaps? might be fun to try to isolate and amplify it by extracting the centre channel
I was just thinking of this as I heard it!
Yes, just noticed it listening with my earbuds. Did you extract it?
Hands down the best guide I've seen. Thanks!
This series is amazing and informative to this day!
Is anyone else wondering what the lecture next door is about?
Obviously funk dancing for self-defence
I like the t-shirt, someone should start selling it!
Funny you should ask. Dean just announced they are for sale again along with coffee mugs. See the link in the description.
matrixsynth
Wow! The font and fit of the shirt on his site seem slightly different from the original, but I'll buy it anyway.
This video is so crazy good to watch. If there was a top 10 all time synth tutorial list this would top them all. "Pulse wave is sort of like adjustable roller skates", hahah, classic
This is by far the best introduction tutorial on synthesizers I've seen so far.
Tunnel vision setting in on this nice beard.
THE BEARD IS SO FUCKIN NICE
You put into words precisely what I was thinking/feeling. Bravo!
I mean, this is arguably the best synthesis course I've seen to date. What a great man sharing all his knowledge in such a clear and approachable way. It's such an inslut that the guy had been labeled as "one-hit wonder" for some cheesy song in 1977. Our society hasn't change much since then, celebrating crap, and not appreciating cool things, like the things presented in this video. Of course, as much as I like this video series, I have to point out some missing things. For instance, it would've been very helpful if Mr. Friedman explained the harmonic content of the square, sawthoogh, and triangle waves. Also, he should've pointed out white noise as one of basic weveforms as well. And, I would like to disagree about the 7 main components of synthesis. 5 components is what I believe would be more concise: oscillator, filter, amplifier, EG, and LFO. Not sure why pitch, filter, and amp EG's are being treated as separate synthesis components. EG, same as LFO, can be applied to anything, filter, pulse width, pitch, and amplifier. It's still the same EG, not sure why it's being listed as separate synthesis components.
***** Am I fucking speaking Japense? I mean that EG is the same, whether it modulates amplifier, filter, pitch, pulse width, panning, etc, an do so is LFO. Does does not mean that panning is a basic element of sound? No. And as far as I am concerned, vibrato and tremolo are extensively used on guitar, and these are nothing else than low frequency oscillations for pitch and volume, respectively, and that's without any effects attached, just with pure playing techniques. Although, I still would argue that pulse width could be significant for sound theory in terms of harmonics, because you get different waveform characteristics by making the waveform more rectangle than square; nonetheless, I disagree with your comment completely. We are talking here about sound theory, and creating sounds unavailable otherwise in nature. Piano and guitar sounds are so complex and changing waveform content so much during time, that a synthesizer won't really give you much understanding how acoustic instruments really work. Telling people that pitch-LFO and filter-LFO are two different LFO's is simply misleading, because they might be using the same exact LFO. And that's the point of this video. To bring the sound to its fundamentals, not to finished instrument like piano or guitar.
Andrew Piatek What's Japense?
mikiex Justin Bieber
you need to take it easy Piatek.
Andy Parle I don't have to. I am persistent in what I believe in.
This course is worth its weight in GOLD. Thank you so much for uploading these videos.
thank you so much for uploading this! been playing music for about 20 years but just started getting into synths this year, so i'm pretty much starting all over again
Lfo makes things...wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle....
I think back then the building I was in WAS vibrating. It must have been an "A."
This video is terrific. I've spent years plowing through frustrating books and videos, trying to learn this stuff. Here, it's laid out in a very easily-digestable manner.
Hands up for Mr Dean.wonderful explanation!
lmfao at the awkward pauses like at 20:37
+OxygenBeats The awkward pauses everywhere...
+David Limanni i know! haha
+August Imperium they could still have edited back then right? It just would have been harder, yeah?
+Random Guy From Texas lol?
ufo spotted 21:34
It's just great! I don't know whether there are different videos about sound synthesis of the same sort, but this one is so good that I do not want to look any further.
Professor Dean taking us to school. Thanks for the valuable information!