Synth1: tips & trixxx (disguised as a beginner's guide)

[@emmaessex]

hey all - i've put together another bank of patches (83 of them) from a bunch of my old projects. some of these probably appear in the other bank i've posted in the description, but plenty are new to this one i think. you can grab it here: heckscaper.com/usefulthings/Patches/synth1/halleypaches2.zip and you can see a list of the patches here: heckscaper.com/usefulthings/Patches/synth1/halleypatches2.png just extract it somewhere, click "opt" (options) in synth1 and point to wherever you put the folder using that window.

[@Fezzen]

Im an FL studio user and I dont know why or how but the format of these presets doesnt seem to be compatible with FL

[@arachnophonia]

is this hosted anywhere else, doesn't work after the update ;;;

[@emmaessex]

i took a couple days off of my current big music project to turn out these videos, so it's time for me to get back to that - hope these have been helpful or had you wanting to chip away at some of your own work. cheers all.

[@therealquade]

Watching good tutorials does get me motivated a bit, so thanks for doin' them. as a side note, I think M. Env dest is Modulation env. dest. but yeah, thanks for doin' these!

[@emmaessex]

@fresh lemon water they take hours out of my day. if you are aware of just how much stuff i already do, you know that doing everything all the time is not sustainable.

[@AutPen38]

Yeah, "m. env dest" must be "modulation envelope destination". I believe the LPDL filter is an emulation of the 18dB per octave low-pass diode ladder filter that famously gave the TB-303 its squelchy sound. Moogs used ladder filters too, IIRC. They have more "fatness" than typical LP filters.

[@JustaMedovik]

MSX I beg you to keep doing this tutorials. [So nice visuals to understand; somehow nostalgic feelings; your voice; friendly atmosphere; this usage of terminology (even if I never heard that word I still understand the meaning); your explanation] - even if you think it's not I tell you-THIS one of the best and easy to listen tutorials I found on KZbin. You just have this ability to attract people by your work. It's funny how often I see you making excuses under comments that telling you are geniusL All content you create deserves more attention^in a good way.

[@EpicPrawn]

Finally got around to watching all of this. Emma is basically the Bob Ross of Synth1, painting happy little sounds and showing us that we can too.

[@Krunklehorn]

47:40 "...going to tune it up...this much..." *distant sounds of wine glass shattering* "...gr8! 👍"

[@TWELVE-ax7]

I first installed and started learning Synth1 over 10 years ago after you personally recommended it. It's been on EVERY machine and the majority of all the music I've ever made. It's my go-to synth VST. Thank you for this little exploration.

[@4lung]

thx mum

[@mattpaquette5519]

Just watched a fantastic tutorial taught by some sort of anime bat. The future is now

[@addictedtocraic]

That Chorus effect on the delays is amazing. Great tip!

[@NoHitRuns]

game changer guide, ty. used synth1 many times and never knew it was capable of so much

[@kittavares4334]

Great tutorial. I slept on this VST for a long time wondering why several of my fav artists were using it, and now I think I can see it.

[@JacobKinsley]

You say it's the boring part learning the interface but I honestly love learning stuff like this. It's almost like before you do a puzzle in a first person game you just have a walk around the area.

[@electropocalypse5877]

This was the best crash course on Synth1 that I have ever seen. The additive and subtractive synthesis makes things thing so dynamic. I'm still a little confused but I'll get there. I started out with samples, presets and effects only. I honestly thought the presets for this thing ran on samples at first (LOL). After you explained how formant works I was blown away. Thank you so much for making this video!! Now I can turn some knobs and actually know what they do (beyond the basic ones anyway). ^_^

[@TWELVE-ax7]

I love the nods to you own songs. It's a nice treat for the ears.

[@rosettag7292]

One of the best sound design tutorial I've seen thank you !

[@trevor_mounts_music]

I have serum but I end up using this all the time. Love the pads in here for House, UKG, or Jungle tunes. Have that immediately nostalgic kind of thing going on.

[@jacobstern2150]

Really incredible video. Thanks for sharing your expertise with this wonderful softsynth.

[@thatnamedoh]

3 minutes in and I already love this video

[@xDannyRBNx]

Excellent guide to Synth1. It must be the best I've ever seen. 🙂👍 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Everybody who picks up Synth1 should know about this!

[@LdotSdot210]

I've been singing this plugin's praises for a long while. Found out about it in in my mid teens and I'm in my mid 30's now. Still the first synth I reach for after all this time. It's straight up loaded by default in my startup template across multiple machine's and daw's. Despite all that there's thing's in this video that I actually managed to learn from. Kudos for that.

[@harvizzle]

This demonstration was as much a scintillating performance as it was informative. Thank you for your efforts.

[@bigtimbolim]

Watching someone experienced use the module is a real treat. It took me five times as long to accomplish half as much, so I'm learning a lot. Thanks for making this!

[@TheKpokodul]

This editing and layout are gorgeous! Many thanks for this video :3

[@xp38music]

Thank you very much for uploading! I have been using Synth1 for almost ten years it is one of my favorite go to's as well! Hope to learn some new tricks from this!

[@Quadr44t]

And here I thought I knew everything there was to know (more or less) of Synth1. Great video, didn't know of the Chorus feeding into delays thing. And I never realised how useful that little envelope of Osc 2 can be! Didn't expect you'd be able to make a clap cuz of the multiple sawtooth volume env it requires. I was a bit done with this synth, tbh. But this video has inspired an idea to make a track with ONLY Synth1 (I missed know-how to make percussion/drums with this synth before). I think that can be a fun little project (I agree with the notion that limiting stuff can do good, as you're forced to think creatively). CHeers!

[@Quadr44t]

I didn't finish the video yet. Just started and the chapter: Lysergic acid Diethylamide comin up🤣 subtle 😉 Didn't know that's how you spell Roland butt..... By the way, don't quote me on this. But regarding the last filter, someone once told me it's directly inspired from the 303 (which is a 18 dB 3pole LP I believe). About that gabber synth. It's also possible to make a slightly better one, than the worst one. I accidentally made the synth from "Angerfist's Raise your fist" 🤣 and many other oldskool sounds. But maybe the artists from back then even used Synth1. I think it's really old right? 52:20 So, to get to 303, you first pass hardbass territory.🤔

[@MichaelDowComposer]

Nice! It's got to be my all time most used plugin. For so much of my old trance stuff I'd go to this to layer over the JP and virus sounds to get them really big. synth1 forever!

[@mistertestsubject]

had Synth1 installed since forever but never really gave it a deep dive till I watched this. Gotta say I kinda regret overlooking it, it's got some fun tricks up its sleeve

[@hexxxo]

if synth1 is so good how come there isnt a synth2???

[@MichaelDowComposer]

Because it's so good it doesn't need a sequel

[@AutPen38]

Japan banned sequels after its experience of WW2.

[@manatanks]

I am forever grateful for this, I finally found what I wanted to know since I was 8 years old.

[@vj7248]

just got back into messing around with music making and remembered about Synth1.... well as a kid i fucked around with the options and had zero clue what i was doing LOL. Thank you for this guide :D!

[@nicorez1337]

Second time watching this, it helped more than any other sound design tutorial, thank you emma

[@conarcoin]

i have never made music in my life and have no plans to but i am here watching the entire hour of this just because i like your voice and i have a massive migraine and need a distraction

[@guestos5817]

this is an amazing video. i love the vibes and you explain it pretty well for me at least. color schemes go hard.

[@xmixcontact24]

You are well spoken which made the synth easy to understand. Thanks!

[@zacoone]

The SeamlessR of Synth1. Awesome video!

[@landslidepurist]

Very helpful tips, thank you

[@PhoenixsWorldVideos]

back here playing with the ambient soundz around the 1hr mark. i hear greenhouse noises fr

[@novadotflac]

oh boy i wonder what song that is in the background of the "boring part" oh boy do i wonder

[@SpringEnterprisesIndependent]

LPDL probably stands for "low-pass diode ladder", a diode latter filter was the type that the 303 used.

[@AnthonyBecker9]

I love this so much this is giving me new life

[@electric-surge8988]

so essentially, you can make an entire song by just using synth1. amazing. i love it

[@larrysunshine]

Awesome tut. Synth1 is still one of the best VST synths ever.

[@theody8977]

What an amazing video. Thank you so much for making this emma

[@GaryShowbiz]

Absolutely incredible tutorial. Thank you.

[@Maris_Hvidt]

Thank you very much for sharing.

[@EpicTyphlosionTV]

Welp, time to get the popcorn

[@zyrnwtf]

dope tutorial, i love ur energy

[@trashcan9001]

amazing tutorial!! thank you very much!!

[@Beatsbasteln]

Synth1 is the best synth of all time!

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

I wouldn't say "best" however ROI is hard to beat.🤔🎶🎹🎶 Play On

[@田中太郎-g4w]

8:13 good!

[@apocryphite_2]

LPDL is a "low pass diode ladder" style filter

[@Juuhazan_]

Wow 1:15 really caressed my ears, where can I get more of this?

[@TheFoxOnStilts]

5:50 mod envelope?

[@InnerSyncMusic]

A litle corection...Synth1 it really capable for making advanced soundesign.This synth is my main one.And in my opinion its sound is far more warm then synths like spire or sylenth1.

[@oldensad5541]

"it's sound bad by pro vst standards" I dunno... this is kinda the reason i got here. I do not like sound in Vital, Serum and Pigments. It was to "clean" for my taste, so i started looking for something more unique and considering i do not want to sell my kidney for Diva and do not want to pirate it, stumbled upon synth1. Mybe it's me, and you can do this type of sound in Vital, but why if i can just use this? Great video! Very-very-very helpfull.

[@realDaxtrose]

could you make a speedcore tutorial? would be awesome 😁

[@Crayman360]

thank you!

[@vtcabbit]

how have i JUST discovered your channel??

[@synthof]

Haha totally agree '' the worst default patch'' but again yes this the godfather of free synth vst's, its a life saver, loved the video! thanks

[@patrick3081]

That was intense!!! 🎹🎧

[@KH_1]

Just crazy how you can do these bass sound design just inside synth1 and don't need any extra effects, I watched some other Serum/Vital videos are doing things too complicate.

[@lloydmckay3241]

I need some info on the usage of the initsetting exe and the reg2ini exe. I am not sure what each ones do and don't want to make a mistake in using them. Thanks.

[@emmaessex]

i've never used anything like this in all my years of using synth1

[@dj_empirical]

The "m" in "m. env" is simply "modulation" envelope.

[@dj_empirical]

(awesome video too btw!)

[@emmaessex]

so it is! but that's also so silly, every envelope is a modulation envelope, just a fixed one!

[@dj_empirical]

@@emmaessex totally! i think it's a holdover from the 303 "env mod" knob.

[@emmaessex]

@@dj_empirical great catch, wasn't even thinking about that because of the gap between the two synths.

[@dj_empirical]

@@emmaessex ngl, I thought about deleting that comment because it's entirely possible that knob's label predates the 303 -- my knowledge of those synths are mostly from emulations; I don't know a lot of the history of the panels and whatnot

[@jjjessee245]

amazing sqeeze

[@scibot9000]

what are these "PRO VST STANDARDS" that apparently kick synth1's ass?

[@emmaessex]

pretty much any good VA will have some kind of protection against aliasing, whether it be simple filtering or oversampling. synth1 quickly produces a lot of truly nasty aliasing artifacts if you're looking for clean, bright sounds and produces a lot of super lopsided waveforms when getting down and dirty with pulse with modulation - something else any number of modern VSTs will protect against through filtering. in those cases with synth1 you can just highpass the signal at 20hz, because yes, it will produce all kinds of sub-20hz audio. synth1 is definitely a synth that demands your attention in post, though for most users, it won't be a big deal.

[@scibot9000]

@@emmaessex oh yeah, I guess I have seen that sort of thing. I'm "most users" though. (thx for the quick reply!)

[@Piebuster72]

So helpful! thx so much

[@joshsanchez9793]

I LOVE THIS

[@kabukijoe99]

very good lesson/ thank you

[@christisgreaterthanculture9255]

cool tutorial dude

[@nicolax3241]

I don't understand anything but I'll still see it in full :D

[@smujohnson]

If you wouldn’t use Synth1 in today’s age, what would you use? There are hundreds of others for a lot of money and it gets confusing to me to learn all this stuff. 😔

[@Parasitoid_Sentimentality]

thanks you so much for thiss aaauuhua TwT this is all incredibly helpful

[@DianeDarc]

Synth1 doesn't work anymore on my 2 computers, Is anyone have the same problem ? I tried to re dowload on the website but there is a server error :(

[@emmaessex]

use an earlier version. latest 64bit is known to crash. i use latest 32bit in both 32 and 64bit openmpt. your client may not have a bridge but i'm sure you'll work something out. heckscaper.com/usefulthings/VSTs/synth1/

[@nikoniko-nicomuffler]

Wait how did you edit the colors?

[@emmaessex]

click on "opt" towards the bottom, you can edit the colors there.

[@blacksheep36xb]

when i open synth1 in ableton 11 the grafik gui not open only see black boxx without any nobs..in ableton 10 it wörks but not in ableton 11..maybe u can help me out?

[@emmaessex]

are you using the 64bit version of synth1? beyond that i've no idea, not an ableton user.

[@quckneasy]

really annoyed that, since I got a new computer, synth1 started crashing my DAW every time I use it

[@emmaessex]

use an earlier version. latest 64bit is known to crash. i use latest 32bit in both 32 and 64bit openmpt. your client may not have a bridge but i'm sure you'll work something out. heckscaper.com/usefulthings/VSTs/synth1/

[@luismrguimaraes]

How did you change the skin?

[@novadotflac]

open options. there should be a little menu in the corner that lets you change the colour

[@brakecoretwinkfoxhead8289]

6:10

[@spectrum3636]

90% sure the ldpl filter is modeled after the 303's filter no idea what ldpl actually stands for tho

[@z3rs4l]

It's low pass diode ladder and yes it's modeled after the 303

[@emmaessex]

@@z3rs4l the worst part of all of this is that i have been using the phrase "diode ladder" semi-regularly for the past month lmfao

[@spectrumworldmusic8338]

mesirve

[@Prinnyize]

I'd recognize that street corner anywhere

[@emmaessex]

Kindness. Take Part.

[@astral_haze]

wouldnt m envelope be modulation envelope

[@astral_haze]

i just looked at the guide it is

[@astral_haze]

oh and it says what lpdl is: "A new filter "LPDL" has been added in filter section. It is a low-pass filter modeled after the diode ladder mounted on TB303, etc.. It is close to "LP24" Because it is the filter of the fourth order, but it is fat and darker than "LP24" feel. Lower frequency also increase the resonance does not decrease. I think that it fits well in the synth bass. This filter is over-sampling process if the sampling frequency is 44.1/48KHz."

[@YobaHere]

Oh no i've been using v1.10 all this time T_T