Hello Sound Designer and Musicians and Friends :-)
I´d like to introduce a series of Workshops about frequency/phase modulation and the sound of the 1980s.
In this series of workshops about frequency modulation and phase modulation (as it was/is used in Yamaha´s famous DX7 synthesizer) I explain the technique of FM/PM in an easy way, reducing the maths behind it to simple plus and minus operations, to enable you to "compose" a spectrum/sound one using a pencil and a piece of paper. To make your composition audible you may use any FM VST or FM synthesizer. In the workshop I use the freeware VST DEXED (which can also serve as a file-/bank manager not only for Yamaha´s DX7, but also for i.e. Korg´s Volca FM etc.). A third chapter in each of my workshops is called patch analysis, where I analyse famous DX7 patches used in well known songs/pieces from the 1980s. Analysing, understanding, using and modifying these patches is the name of the game.
Enjoy it!
Rolf
P.S.: It´s a pity, that there is this 1 GB limit on DTube. My tutorials and workshops are really in-depth and kind of longer (some even about 3 hours). I´ll have to stay at Youtube - unfortunately!
Timeline of Workshop 1:
00:00 Introduction
00:51 Column 1
00:53 The VST DEXED
01:20 Download and Installation
02:00 Overview
03:35 The Operator
04:10 The Algorithms
04:28 Managing Files and Cartridges
09:00 Handling the Hidden AppData Folder
09:40 HOMEWORK 1
10:00 Managing Single Presets
13:00 Data Transfer VST --- Hardware
13:46 HOMEWORK 2
14:12 The Envelopes
19:19 Special Behaviour (of the Envelopes)
21:52 HOMEWORK 3
24:18 Column 2
24:20 Some Basic Terms
26:13 First Modulations
27:55 FM or PM????
30:07 Carrier and Modulator
30:45 Ratio and Amplitude
31:35 Creating a Saw Wave
32:50 Creating a Square Wave
33:28 Rule 1
33:45 Modulation Amplitude
34:54 Rule 2
35:17 Filter Simulation
35:51 HOMEWORK 4
37:40 Column 3
37:42 A Plucked String
40:55 Ratio 1:3
50:55 HOMEWORK 5
51:40 HOMEWORK 6
52:05 Some Notes and the End