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Intro to Synthesis Part 1 - The Building Blocks of Sound & Synthesis

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Music theory, synthesis & production

What it is

Dean Friedman's near-hour-long introduction to synthesis, covering the building blocks of sound and the controls on a synthesizer. He slowly adjusts knobs so viewers hear what each parameter does.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Repeatedly called the best beginner course on audio synthesis, since the concepts have not changed since it was made.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 4 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly encourage you to watch this and P2 on synthesis. The concepts haven't changed since then.”

    Timeless synthesis fundamentals shared by all synths.

    kowdermeister, 2018-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Open source modular synth software lets you create 70s & 80s electronic music”

  2. “This has been my favourite course to learn about Audio Synthesis”

    Old-school but complete, digestible course on audio synthesis.

    superzadeh, 2019-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Subtractive synths explained (2011)”

  3. “this three-hour ‘Intro to synthesis’ series is one of my favorite explanations on musicmaking”

    Slowly twiddles knobs so you hear what each parameter does.

    aasasd, 2020-12 · Strong recommendation · in “1937 film explains how a car differential works”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: synthesizers, subtractive synthesis, audio, music production, oscillators, filters

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