Where my synth heads at? My ableton crowd? I know there is some of you browsing this uncharted territory of block-chain social networking, and I want to hear what you can do!
I have an extensive patch bank I have made myself with most of the popular digital synths including Serum, FM8, Massive, Strobe, etc. I would love to share my patches or synthesis techniques! Get in touch with me and we can share our beloved synth patches or techniques!
Or just comment here! If people show interest, I will certainly give out presets for free here. I am not selfish with these things, if someone else can make use of what I have made then that is a wonderful thing to me!
For me, I personally love detuning 2 of my oscillators down .03-.07 semitones in the opposite direction - especially for low sub tones or pads for chord layering. The detuning creates an amazing sense of movement. Try it if you haven't and please show me some of your techniques!
I also use Ableton Live, and have gone deep into designing racks to make production easier. My favorite tip I could give to someone is to bank up their samples into what we call a 128 rack - that is a rack that has a macro set to switch a sound on each midi note! This way you can have a very modular rack depending on the song you are creating and find just exactly the perfect snare, hat, kick, what have you. If you are not sure how to do this, you really should learn if you are an Ableton Live user. Here is a great tutorial explaining how:
So with all that said, I really hope there is a synthesis/DAW(Digital Audio Workstation) crowd browsing this site! I know there are some of you here. Speak up! Lets get a geeky synth discussion going :). If you are a music maker and have not jumped on the DAW bandwagon yet, I strongly suggest you do. It will empower you as a musician and drive you to a whole new creative level if you take the time to learn it - trust me - it is very worth it.