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7 A few elements of sound design
Here is a series of five examples designed to guide you through the creation of a sound and a se-
quence. They are classed in order of difficulty and organized into two parts:
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The first part will give you an introduction to sound synthesis. For this you will start
with the most simple patch (make a VCO oscillator “ring” in a VCA amp going
through the filter) and finish by programming of a richer sound (several sources of
VCO, VCF filter, VCA, envelopes…)
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The second will take you through every aspect of the sequencer
7.1 Simple patch without cabling
To begin, we will look at programming an elementary monophonic sound. It will be composed of
four modules:
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two oscillators (VCO1 and 2)
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a low-pass filter (VCF)
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an amplifier (VCA)
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the ADSR envelope connected to the filter
You will thus obtain a basic patch for subtractive synthesis.
Figure 1 shows the different potentiometer positions:
To begin, choose the preset “Temp/ Blank” in the “Template” / “Temp_Synth” bank. You will no-
tice that no sound is heard when you play a note. Don’t worry, this is normal! Only the volume of
the VCA amplifier mixer (the VCF filter output) and the ADSR envelope input of the VCA are open.
On the filter module, raise the vertical “VCO1” potentiometer. This is the volume of the first
oscillator. When you hold down a note, the sound seems continuous and flat!