50 Tips & Tricks For Vital VST - Noob To Pro - Happy Birthday Vital!

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Legendary!!! Watched the whole thing. For me, these ranged from I totally knew that, I totally forgot about that, and mind-blowing I never knew you could do that! You have once again redefined the Vital education genre. Thank you for everything my friend. You have been extremely generous with your knowledge and I truly appreciate you!

[@KrisAkaVenno]

Oh S1gns here :D

[@PspkCz]

Exactly.. I'm feeling like. If I try everything from this.. And learn.. I will be like pro xD

[@neonblack211]

Best comment, totally agreed

[@Sosukz]

🎉r🎉🎉4🎉

[@Sosukz]

🎉t🎉🎉r🎉

[@goatsub8115]

Dash, what you have put together here is an absolutely stonking goldmine! I think this has to be the new go-to bible for Vital. After only a few minutes I knew I would be re-visiting quite a number of these tips, so I put together a handy reference guide: 01) 0m48: Osc octave shift 02) 1m26: folders 03) 2m22: semitone/Herz 04) 3m48: copy/paste 05) 4m51: pitch quantise/transpose snap 06) 6m59: Env view maximise 07) 7m57: Osc phase retrig 08) 8m46: stereo Modulation 09) 12m54: LFO Env riser 10) 14m22: LFO modes 11) 17m46: freeze LFOs 12) 18m54: Unison modes, chords 13) 21m11: LFO delay and smooth, (modulating Smooth to get ramp) 14) 21m44: audio-rate/keytracked LFOs 15) 24m36: Mod remap 16) 27m37: pitch/note Key-tracking (kicks) 17) 29m07: shift-drag curves 18) 29m54: Mod matrix: bipolar/unipolar 19) 20) 31m48: Vital routing and filter combinations 21) 37m08: Wavetable editor 22) 38m13: Wavetable editor: custom filter 40m40: Wavetable editor: warping 23) 42m13: Wavetable editor: wave-folder 24) 43m08: Wavetable editor: slew limiter 25) 43m48: LFO phase (incl mod remap) 26) 46m48: LFO as Macro 27) 48m53: Filter types 28) 50m08: Filter drive 29) 53m28: Resample to Wavetable 30) 54m57: audio in Wavetable editor 31) 58m00: stacking waveforms in Wavetable editor 32) 59m30: import microtonal files 33) 1h00m47: Keytracked EQ 34) 1h03m37: Keytracking SCW in Smp Osc 35) 1h05m35: loop playback in Smp 36) 1h07m38: remove fundamental 37) 1h10m36: .vitalbank = .zip 38) 1h11m42: switches using Macro and Mod Remap 39) 1h16m08: random gate sequences 40) 1h18m43: random switching between random sequences 41) 1h25m52: Env hold bugfix - use LFO 42) 1h28m37: freeze Phaser filter 43) 1h29m39: MPE, polyphonic midi 44) 1h33m21: note-on Random freeze 45) 1h34m33: reverb from Chorus 46) 1h36m18: modulating short Delay times 47) 1h38m42: extend range of parameters 48) 1h40m13: resonator from tuned Flanger 49) 1h42m46: resonator from tuned Comb Filter 50) 1h44m29: and now put it all together!

[@davidmcgirr]

Outstanding video, and thanks so much goatsub for the timestamps

[@genuinefreewilly5706]

hey tnx for cateloguing that

[@HAHb-zc2dp]

Lol stonking, another Chris server fan I see!

[@cobraofearth]

This is crazy, I watched this months ago. And watching it again to brush up, and it's like I'm watching it for the first time. It's all blowing my mind.

[@JanMichalSzulew]

I've first heard about Vital a couple of weeks ago and yesterday and today I was looking for some Vital walkthroughs. And out of the sudden this video drops. Perfect timing. Seems to be a very exciting synth and very well crafted. LFO/envelope animations are superb. Can't believe it's free.

[@MaxHertz-MHz]

I think it wouldn't be in case Serum didn't exist. So, that is just some smart marketing move.

[@yeet_za]

This is the Number 1 Vital Video everyone should watch. Hands down.

[@rayderrich]

What a fanastic gift to the community, thank you very much. Also to Matt of course.

[@ViktorNova]

I'm on #17 and my brain is already full - I consider myself quite technical and competent with synthesis/sound design and have somehow missed all but 2 of these capabilities so far, despite having already fallen in love with Vital and spending many many hours going down what I previously considered "the rabbithole" 🤯 So now I am pressing pause and mastering these 15 new techniques before continuing on with the rest of your video. This is like going to Vital college, for real Thank you SO MUCH for this deep deep deep dive, I can't wait to see what else this beautiful instrument has in store!

[@freakmean16]

My dude...as a total beginner you have taught me a looooot....THANK YOU !!!

[@DashGlitch]

Glad to hear it!

[@SynthoidSounds]

You had me with the "weird effects" reference . . . I've been immersed in the Vital universe for the past several months, but this is by far the best and most complete instructional Vital video produced by anyone, very well done. Many thanks for posting this.

[@oobesan]

God this thing is so powerful and sounds so GOOD. God bless Vital for providing it to the masses for free. Really makes me wonder why I even have other synths that I paid for...

[@electropunkzero]

I feel quite comfortable in Vital but even a few tips in have shown how much further I can go. I realized I watched this a year ago too. Still helped.

[@wesleyvanderveen5890]

I'm only 25 mins in right now but this is quite informative so far. Perfect if you generally understand synthesis and you've taken a little to familiarize yourself with the basics of Vital - this is basically a huge info dump of all the stuff you'd probably never figure out without RTFM-ing.

[@thelanavishnuorchestra]

I spent pretty much the whole day watching this video, pausing, playing with your techniques and making patches, rinse repeat. Fantastic stuff.

[@dreadmare_music]

Thanks Dash, awesome video! Thanks again for letting me know the existence of Vital one year ago!

[@tranceemerson8325]

lately Vital has been the only synth I need. the filters sound tip top, up there with the moog diode ladder filters.

[@bricelory9534]

You are blowing my mind with how powerful Vital is with all of these tips. I will have to watch through this later and slower as I play with Vital to get a feel of everything you're sharing. I knew Vital was deep, but this is deeper by an order of magnitude than I had realized! Thank you so much for all this!

[@UltraD52]

I'm saving this one for sure because I know I'll come back to it many times. Thanks!

[@learningforever957]

Tip #29 is literally mindblowing-jawdropper. Thank you so much for this video. Came here thinking Vital was absolutely amazing, and after seeing your tips... To be honest, I can't recall on a better synth. Thank you so much for the video, super instructive!

[@daimondpearl2710]

Happy Birthday Vital ❤ awesome video as always :)

[@xnooknooknook]

I wish I could upvote this 50 times. This is the best Vital tutorial I've watched on youtube.

[@ReolSPro]

waaaaaaaaad, i´m still at minute 38 after the third weekend, most of your inputs here inspire deep sessions of tone exploring and after 30min i remember that i´m watching your video

[@amado7760]

A great deep dive into Vital. Thank you Dash, I appreciate it. Nicely done.

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Happy Birthday, Vital! Such a masterpiece of a synth. absolutely fabulous for music as well as sound design. Thanks a bunch for your tips, and the effort you took to put 50 timestamps. Not that I used them because I watch all the way through, but still... kudos! Subscribed. Have a glorious weekend.

[@moonliteX]

just today started to notice vital. it seems just perfect for atonal psytrance lead sounds!! can´t wait to use it in a song!!

[@joman66]

Tip 15 really blows my mind.. Having different items have their own envelopes and then have their envelopes played out with the actual LFOs. COOL!

[@Windiguana]

After looking for some guides on Vital and finding lots of them that just went over basic synthesis this video is a breath of fresh air! Thank you for actually diving into some of the unique aspects of Vital instead of just showing us how to make a basic stab or bass!

[@flowleopard893]

this was FUN man, made a point of patching along and some really good times were had

[@laserfloyd]

I love Vital. I have other synths but I turn to it in nearly every track. Considering that it's free, yeah, it's pretty amazing. Good stuff here. :)

[@isaimexico]

The randomize on pitch sounds so analog feel, it is amazing

[@philjamprimate]

amazing. thankyou! this isn't just vital tips, it's synth theory 101! so valuable.

[@polmorgan3533]

Watching you work Dash is like watching someone playing chess, I just downloaded vital and I'm really enjoying it. Thank you for introducing me to Vital, it really is.

[@madzoo4399]

Dash Glich, your videos are always so good and informative! recently I tried to update the great Vital 1.5.x and it has a strange GUI behavior, like a serious error! To fix this, it's very simple, just exchange the custom Skin for another created for Vital Community and that's it! Your Vital back to life!🎉

[@spiraldive]

Absolute best tutorial for Vital! Thanks for going very in depth. Very grateful for this, man. Never stop.

[@vvbazilvv362]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️. I have been wanting to write music most of my life. I have recently bought my first daw, and have been studying your videos to understand synthesis better. I had no clue what i was doing two days ago in synthesis. Now im starting to understand how things, thanks to you. Your way of explaining things is clear and precise. Again, thank you ☮️❤️

[@macronencer]

Wow, thank you so much, Dash. This is an amazing collection of tips and I learned a hell of a lot about what Vital can do. Will definitely be coming back here for refreshers on various things, I'm sure. Really appreciate the time you put into this!

[@charliobrown3960]

totally amazing! I can recall 1% of all the info, but it's amazing how much you know about vital!

[@Phantom_Communique]

Been watching this and coming back repeatedly as I’m getting more used to Vital - great reference, thank you so much 🙏🏻

[@DjangoZa]

This is legendary! Been two weeks and I'm still coming back to this to implement more techniques. The other day I froze a sequenced LFO and used another LFO to trigger 8th note sections of the sequence via the phase control, resulting in some interesting swung rhythms. You rock!

[@nj1255]

Superb video! A lot of this stuff I had no idea about even though I've had Vital for almost 2 years now. It's such a deep synth!

[@drfunkystone9175]

Amazing what this synth can do, all these modulation possibilities! And the sound it generates in the end is also very good. I was especially impressed by the last patch you made where you configured different sounds and triggered them as if there were different synths ... but within a single patch! Thank you very much for the time spent sharing that to us. Your video is great and I really appreciate that all your tips always come with very comprehensive explanations . Again, thank you very much for your work!

[@kinn.03]

Wow! The amount of things I can do with just ONE Init wavtable is insane! I can only imagine what can I do with more wavetables and more oscillators. I will totally experiment a lot. Thank you for these!

[@psydewise3813]

Holy mother of moses , this is incredible .... by far the most informative vid i have seen yet on Vital .This piece of software is by far my new favorite toy , thanks for the next level tips and tricks .

[@TRTSMTT]

I will watch this video several times :D just wow. I'm using Vital for quite a while now and only watched 24 minutes of this video, but I really learned a lot about this absolute BEAST of a synth.

[@scatterplunked1039]

I’ve been waiting for a video like this! I’m stoked, Thank you!!

[@orkestrumlive]

Definitly the most complete vital video on youtube, you are the best

[@mylogify]

I am not home and able to watch this one but, had been in the premiere, very cool energy! Keep this camera and frame for the vids! Will watch later… Happy Birthday to Vital, a lot has happened in one year!

[@michaelsorhaindo5167]

Thanks Dash! I feel like I've super levelled up big time in my Vital skills after watching this through definitely going to create some of these super patches. Will definitely be reaching for Vital a lot more now. Amazing video!

[@wineblue2]

So glad that this was the very first of your videos I watched! Mind Blown! So many streamers fail to do what you just did in that they do not go DEEP ENOUGH! You knocked it out of the park! Seriously keep it up! For those of us just getting into synths it is so incredibly critical for artists like yourself to get right into even the most complex of patches so that from your sharing we can learn and increase our own knowledge base from which to expand our own musical art and talent! Thanks so much!

[@zookeeper2103]

Amazing. So much content. I will have to watch a dozen time and do the steps alongside to fully absorb all the tips. Happy birthday Vital!

[@timschannel247]

Hey Bro! You impress me. I really have not seen high quality contribution like yours. You know what you are doing. You know what you are talking. Your tutorial is incredibly useful and goes really deep! From my side you get the 5 Stars for best KZbin contributor of the month! Thumbs up!!

[@AustinZoph]

Vital has become my go-to for synth sounds. Thanks for the unknown tips/tricks.

[@wilderstreeeet]

I really appreciate the time and the effort you've put in to provide such an in-depth and secret filled video! 2hrs of gold! thanks alot

[@rokko_fable]

jeezy pete's! I'm going to have to watch this a few times over and really spend some time with Vital. I've had it sitting around for a while but just kept using other synths I was more comfortable with.

[@gyur6]

This is a masterpiece of education my man. I'm very excited I found your channel! Cheers from Hungary

[@fumarolas]

Such a valuable video. You explain complex stuff to explain with words in a very clear and enthusiastic way

[@oystercatcher943]

Watched 30 mins and learnt so much. This was perfect. I could do stuff with Vital but you answered all my what does this do questions and much much more. Thank you!

[@basstradamus1]

Dude, this is such a great source of high value information. Thank you!

[@dayzrustream]

Thanks for all the tips! Found some extremely helpful ones. Wish you having a good rest besides streaming and making videos, we need you healthy and energized

[@cheezeofelune]

This was absolutely amazing. Thanks so much for all the time and effort you put into this.

[@artistcarl5970]

Great video! Perfect mix of explanation with demonstrating the sounds (so many channels get this wrong) - I’ve had vital for a while but just delving into it now that I have more time, and this video is perfect. Not too simple, but conveys advanced concepts great for a beginner with Vital. Thank you, I will surely be back to the channel for more.

[@nicolasrouiller3885]

Brilliant as usual! Thanks

[@henriquematias1986]

amazing material Dash! thanks a lot for that. great as usual

[@cursortoxyz]

Crazy informative video, this is like a Vital masterclass. Thank you!

[@pearseaf1944]

absolutely amazing. top shelf vital knowledge here and jam packed. thanks Dash!

[@Keroser1983]

OH MY GOD!!!!! This is amazing and changed all my perception for Vital. Thank you man

[@federz666]

Just came across this video in my recommended.. 20 mins in and loving it! some familiar stuff but a lot of new stuff. Amazing video!!

[@dr.p3ng612]

Just love your channel! 💯❤

[@ernestomercado9181]

Thank you so much for this! This is a video I keep coming back to. It’s helped my understanding of Vital and has helped the quality of my sounds and workflow. Mega props to you. ❤️

[@garyhillman4993]

It’s like going back all those years ago listening to Jean Michelle jar and Vangellis sneaking through here n there 😁

[@Aleamanic]

I like your no-nonsense way of explaining stuff!

[@gabenght9316]

Best GUI outhere. Great videos, I learned so much thank you!

[@iamdavehawkins]

This is so good (just like all your other videos) thanks for all the great information on this synth, I love it

[@Nicolasin-yn9mu]

Just starting out and eh thank you so much for taking the time to do all this, made my life a whole lot easier, well for now! Have a great Solstice/Christmas Glitch dude!!! 😎👍

[@Prajwal____]

I am using dexed, it has 6 osscilators, do you think 3 osscilators in vital are inuf?

[@JezzaDJ8]

Thx for the video on Vital man, presented very well. I can tell you have lots of passion, enthusiasm & knowledge for music production at a young age - I was exactly the same at your age about 30 years ago and found out that was due to ADHD! (Which I thought was a curse originally, but now I know it is a gift - which needs to be managed.) All the best from Australia. =]

[@AndyPost]

Thanks a lot for sharing Dash!

[@andrewsears3030]

Thank you for putting this together, time stamps and all!!

[@hikersanonymous5340]

Holy crap! I watched to whole thing and am so inspired! Keep up the great content (and I like the long form content)

[@SaucemanSauceman]

This helps me immensely. Now i will be using vital more . Thx!

[@strange_delight]

Amazing video with a lot of useful and insightful tips and tricks for Vital. Thanks for putting in the effort to collect this amazing collection of tips and tricks.

[@nathanbryers]

Your wavetable tutorials are brilliant. Thanks Mr . Glitch

[@mdc32073]

Good Morning from FL, USA

[@brailyndsummers]

This is a fantastic source of information, thank you! If I could just give a small uber-technical note.. When you modulate the phase with an LFO its Phase Modulation, FM is when you modulate the pitch (or frequency). Sorry to be that guy, I'm sure thats something you already know. It was just something that was nagging at me though. :3 Your content is phenomenal though. You've got actual helpful tips to inspire people to create their own patches instead of just running through a patch you made so people can copy it, which is something I genuinely appreciate.

[@DashGlitch]

You’re right yes, however all plugins that state FM are using PM instead, except phase plant ;) the cake is a lie haha

[@brailyndsummers]

@@DashGlitch I've heard such in regards to serum specifically. I mean can you blame them? PM sounds very similar, some might argue better if there is such a thing when comparing different forms of synthesis. I have yet to get phase plant but the videos I've seen look insane and it appears to me that it's incredibly intuitive with the way it implements modulators specifically but the oscillators are kind of neat as well. This is a slight bit of a tangent; and I know FM8 is old as dirt, but do you think that it is actually utilizing PM as well? Not that it even matters but you reminding me of other synths using PM disgused as FM had me curious.

[@DashGlitch]

@@brailyndsummers FM8 uses the algorithms from the DX7 which was the original PM sold as FM design. I'm pretty certain it implements it using PM as well. PM requires far less resources and generally tracks the pitch correctly over the sweep, while true FM can detune the carrier signal.

[@brailyndsummers]

@@DashGlitch Interesting, you learn something new everyday. Thanks for your reply man. Really enjoyed the video, it was the first of yours that I've seen and it gave me a lot of different ideas.

[@alerticus.]

1:31:00 - I think poly pressure works even on single midi channel, it does not require MPE. Thanks for the great tutorial!

[@UDiAudio]

This is one amazing video! Thank you.

[@vascocosta3720]

Thanks for this amazing compilation, you made a vital encyclopedia.

[@darrend7386]

Listen Bro ,you can shameless plug all you want its all good the work you put into teaching us sausages music deserves notice ill be buying those wavetables someday ,thank you great video Dash Glitch

[@fumarolas]

“but in the meantime, everything is actually a delay”. Looking forward for that video.

[@fumarolas]

delayed video :))

[@ChromaToneMusic]

DAMN! Epic vid, picked up a few things to help me program Vital patches!

[@zeridium9129]

Man I loved Vital, and I love it even more after that video!

[@rohansaxena5675]

You're a legend! Vital Masterclass!

[@bobrobertsNotUrBob]

Sup Dash, dl'd this vid so i can watch it while it'll pissing down at twilight this wkend....youre a godsend bro

[@LiftPizzas]

Tip: if you click the 2D on the waveform it will show the whole table in 3D so you don't have to scroll through to try to get an idea.

[@bci3937]

Diamond Content ! Thank you .. Vital changes the World. Matt is little God. Free Plugins are all you need.

[@kylehowdy]

This video was absolutely incredible thank you so much.

[@Kordix_music]

Amazing video, gonna watch it multiple times like studying for a vital exam.

[@Projektor_music]

well I should maybe start looking into it... Never found a reason to really learn it, there is nothing I need to do that serum can't do but I might get creative again! Also the init patch of Serum has the saw with initial phase the same as in Vital (iit is also at 180 degrees so it starts at the click, only difference is that in serum the saw ramps up instead of down)

[@TerenceKearns]

you are a legend my friend. this video is gold.

[@elijahcarbon5149]

Great video. I learned heaps and will definitely be coming back to it from time to time.

[@Muravchix]

mind-blowing masterclass, thank you so much

[@Hyper_Dreamer]

Amazing wealth of knowledge, no limits here. Thanks!