By the end of the program youll be able to take the sounds you hear and re-create them, completely by ear.Ĭhallenges: Learn by doing! Complete challenges by programming patches with Syntorials built-in synth. It's All About The Ear: One step at a time, Syntorial trains your ear to recognize how each control shapes and manipulates sound. This is information that you can immediately apply to real-life situations.
You arent just learning how to design sound, you are becoming a sound designer.įor Musicians, Not Physicists: Instead of talking about the science and physics behind synthesizers, Syntorial will show you how each control effects sound, as well as when, why and how you would use them when designing sounds. It engages you in Interactive Challenges in which you program patches on a built-in synth. Interactive Learning: Syntorial doesnt just show you how synth programming works. * Electronic Musician Editor's Choice 2014 * A unique and fun way to train your ears in re-creating synth sounds.
The best training in synth sound-design weve come across. "The most comprehensive and fun tool for learning synthesizer programming, hands down." - Keyboard Magazine "Syntorial is the most direct route between hearing a sound in your head and knowing how to bring it to life." - Electronic Musician Magazine By combining video demonstrations with interactive challenges, youll get hands on experience programming patches on a built-in soft synth, and learn everything you need to know to start making your own sounds with ease. Korg announce the Opsix Altered FM synth.Syntorial is a synthesizer training app, that will teach you how to program synth patches by ear. WIDI Master is wireless MIDI over Bluetooth. Sound-On-Sound present the Korg Prologue analog synth.
Hexeract is a softsynth available as a VST/AU/AAX plugin, as well as a standalone application for Windows or Mac.
Interview with keyboard legend Brian Auger One Man Band arranger software now available for IOS.īandlab have aquired Cakewalk Sonar and are currently offering it for free download. Stagelight audio MIDI sequencer for Windows, MacOS and Android. Prince's Keyboard Tech tell stories through synths. Lee Ritenour again holds his annual competition for Keyboards, Guitar, Bass and Drums through May 31. See the Moog 7th Annual Circuitbending Challenge. Syntorial more than just a synth tutorial. Synthanatomy is a Blog and Video Channel about Software and IOS Synthesizers. Rob o Reilly presents state of the art MIDI guitars.
SonicState review the Behringer DeepMind 12 synthesizer inspired by the Juno 106. Sonicstate has developed a large database of user reviews as well as reviewing recent gear releases.See if there is a Group for the keyboard you are interested in on the Yahoo Groups.MaxSynths make their VST instruments freeware including Vintage Drawbars.īeat Buddy is a footswitch drum machine with a sobriety setting. Harmony Central also has a collection of user reviews and latest press releases. See the Synth Zone BBS for synth related discussion. Music Machine is a very good place to start for any platform, and the
Software Archive Sites page has plenty of links you canĬheck out. K-v-R supports open standard audio pluginsĪnd is a great source of plugin information.