Ableton Synths Explained in 15 Minutes: Analog, Wavetable, Operator | Beginners Tutorial

[@xrenynthemusicmage6422]

A few corerctions: - 1:32 The way you explained it makes it sound like analog synths are the same thing as subtractive synths, which is quite frankly not the case, they are really two completely separate categories. Strictly speaking, analog synthesizers are synths that work purely based on the manipulation of electrical current without the involvement of a computer, whereas digital synths - you guessed it - create sound by letting a computer crunch some numbers. When we're talking about analog synthesizers that run on a computer, such as Ableton's "Analog" synth, we're really talking about _emulations_ of analog synthesizers that reproduce the imperfections in the sound of real analog synthesizers not present in regular digital synthesizers. The science behind how synthesizers and effects actually work is really interesting, I can only recommend reading up on it (sadly I don't have any book recommendations because I learned about it in university). Subtractive synthesis only means that a base signal generated by an oscillator is shaped by filters, which can subtract frequencies from it, but not add any new ones not already present (in comparison to additive or FM synthesis). Subtractive synthesizers can be both analog or digital depending on which one you get, though the ones you download as VSTs on your computer are exclusively digital. - 2:48 Playing a single sine wave actually only adds a single frequency to your track, not multiple frequencies as you stated. You can easily see this in a frequency analyzer (your EQ probably has one built-in). Also interesting: Every sound ever can be represented as an infinite sum of sine waves of different frequencies and amplitudes. Though for digital audio, in which each piece of audio is represented as a series of points in time (so-called samples), these sums don't necessarily need to be infinite. If I remember correctly, the number of samples a sound is composed of is exactly the number of sine waves you need to add in order to represent this sound, but don't quote me on that. You can read up on Fourier's theorem if you wanna learn more.

[@RanMC9918]

this is so interesting, I never thought the fourier theory would apply to music

[@jmoneydotcom]

DX7 is not analog, it is famously digital. And while not all analog synths are subtractive, probably like 97% of standalone are.

[@xrenynthemusicmage6422]

@@jmoneydotcom Thanks for correcting me there. I don't remember why I thought the DX7 was analog when one quick google search confimed that the opposite is true but it's good that you made me aware of this misconception. To avoid any further confusion I edited out the whole section about non-subtractive analog synthesizers.

[@hipsnowsis7374]

lots of tutorials are super dense. its nice to have more of a whistle stop tour of things so i dont get too lost in the sauce. more of this would be good i think.

[@JuhoSprite]

Same

[@outpost31737]

Extremely helpful. Many thanks.

[@ThePerceptionist]

Thank you mate, very useful

[@humbertogalvan7734]

Love It. Thank you so much.

[@marissalipschutz4730]

Can you go through how you organized your abelton files

[@simongodfrey3765]

These internal synths are all very convenient within Ableton, but since they're all within the Suite version of Ableton, I'm questioning whether they're really worth the upgrade price from the Standard version? Especially when there are lots of free plugins out there, or if you already have a package of synths, for instance from NI, Arturia, etc.? Still good content with very useful info - thank-you for releasing it.

[@MuayThaiDreadlock]

they are not worth the upgrade.

[@orangetree1888]

I guess maybe it is worth it. It's a one time price after all.

[@marcello4258]

Well the suite aims to be a voll suits it’s not just the synth there are more effects sampler is included many expansions sound sets max for live etc You can also buy everything separately so the suite upgrade is not needed however if you need like 4 extra things the suite might be a better deal

[@cmpc724]

Analog is included in Standard edition with Ableton 12. I’m considering just getting Standard then purchasing Operator on its own. 11 Standard is 20% right now and comes with free upgrade to 12.

[@vaudronphilippe5415]

Yess i update for live 11 suite and on january i will have ableton live 12 suite update free ! And it cost less 20% at moment ❤😊

[@chrismalice_music]

Very helpful, thank you :)

[@9lightsrecords]

Some great advice

[@djkaya9558]

nice one thank you.

[@michaeludeze8470]

Good job!

[@MiruNoah]

thank you!

[@joe_fish143]

Nice 👍🏼

[@oliverhans5729]

thx very good

[@cooksoni.a]

Idk why you would introduce operator without doing any fm lol

[@beenay18]

my analog plugin shows just two knobs? why is that?

[@mattiacavazzamusic]

grande !!!

[@drewfasa]

"How to use all the Ableton synths as single oscillator analog synths..."

[@bzikofski]

For a while I thought you're left handed ;)

[@declanhamlin]

i don't have analog in the instruments

[@vaudronphilippe5415]

You must have ableton suite

[@charliejack5006]

Do your daw have a mangoon it? 🥭 I think you're on FL studio bro 😂

[@Emiraclelyricalspiritual]

Very informative, thank you