Get better FM Patches by Resetting Your Oscillators // Exploring FM on Peak

[@graphenemusic5922]

Dude, we need MORE Peak videos from you, one on every couple of months doesn t cut it!

[@tacosandsex]

yes more Peak videos please! you're the Peak GOAT!

[@PavelLitkinBorisovich]

More Peak video pleaseeeeee :)

[@Mo-tf9jb]

You are basically responsible for my passion and love for synthesis I developed over the years. Amazing quality and passion you out into your videos. I love it.

[@swizzallero]

4 seconds into this half-hour journey: "All right so I'm gonna try to keep this short and sweet." I'm here for it.

[@drobotics]

Straight and to the point... and have a lot of fun with synths

[@warpigs330]

That final jam was immense. I really love these videos that focus mainly on techniques rather than a specific piece of gear. I find I can almost always use something from your videos on whatever gear I have, in this case the digitone. I especially loved the little pitch wiggle at the start of the note. Really gave it character.

[@djconxn]

Title is so understated -- there are SO MANY different FM synthesis tricks sprinkled throughout this video, and each of them could have its own dedicated video.

[@kevinleguillouklg]

I love it. I totally relate to the part where one can get lost into synthesis, vibing to the patch you've created and introducing all these variations, listening to the effects feedback and exploring all the settings. The PEAK is perfect for that because the layout is so easy to use.

[@probably_absent6371]

So I'm a huge noob with synthesizers, but I thought you might like to hear that every time you make a nice sounding patch in one of these videos, I always find myself pausing, and trying to recreate it as best I can on my KORG MinilogueXD. I'm obviously not going to get a sound like what youre getting out of Peak, but just hearing your explanations of how certain sounds are made always inspires me to try those techniques out for myself and just play with it. Super grateful for how you step through this stuff.

[@winddealer1]

I must admit the ambiance of the lighting using the lava lamp in the background is dope. Thanks for the Novation love. Great camera edits and audio mix. Gratefully.

[@GrootsieTheDog]

The last two minutes leaves no doubt that one synth is all it takes to create an amazing track.

[@matthewy393]

The jam at the end... some of the best sounds I've heard from a synth

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

My favorite synth youtuber messing around on my favorite synth. Today was a good day👍🏼 thanks for this bro

[@maarzt]

really amazing. love ricky. and that jam at the end.

[@giannicerri]

Had a long comment written, but basically... something special happens to the sound at 25:43. It goes from a (great) FM noodle to this lonely melancholic melody that, when paired with you saying "I hope you're ok" right after, hits me like a truck. I'm a few years and re-watches late but just wanted to share that.

[@jacopolovatello]

As far as I remember the oscillators in the Model D have no key sync. They are completely free running and very hard to tune, this is surely part of the characteristic fat Moog sound. The keyboard sync is mostly useful when you want to obtain special phase-cancellation effects between oscillators and you want that behavior to be consistent, and is also useful, of course, for particular FM effects. The frequency information coming from the fastest attack time in any envelope generator will be much more relevant than the frequency information coming from the oscillator not starting from zero.

[@RickyTinez]

Jacopo Thanks for taking the time to write this! super informative!

[@jacopolovatello]

@@RickyTinez thank you for your videos! Always super inspirational! I recently worked on a circuit modeled Model D plugin and I love nerd talks, it was fun to share some information!

[@johanneschristopherstahle3395]

One thing is the phase cancelation that you do want to get. Sometimes it can get quite annoying if you get cancelation that you don't want.

[@don234561]

Inspiring. Tried copying what you did on my Kurzweil and the results were close. The ending was brilliant! Loved it.

[@BaileyHeredge]

Always uncovering absolute gold with this thing nice 1 man

[@TonyMacaroni69_]

That outro jam is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. wow.

[@rudkx]

Really timely. I was just trying to work out how FM synthesis worked on this thing. The manual doesn’t even seem to discuss it at all. Thanks for another awesome video!

[@barrytaft2472]

incredible outro. The moment shit like that starts to click together is very satisfying to watch!

[@norrin_sad2778]

Getting lost in modulation is all too relatable :) Cool vid, i didnt really know about osc sync so thanks!

[@GeorgeL909]

I like to pretend that for hours after the ending of the video Ricky kept exploring fm soundscapes eventually reaching a state of transcendentalism, the walls of his room float away and there's a colorful nebula in the background pulsing with the oscillator sync. Lmk in the next video if that happens 😉

[@maarzt]

"the teeny tiny miniscule things" indeed! As I just, literally 10 minutes prior to watching this (3:30pm PST), on a gut-feeling fueled, calculated whim, ordered the Peak as my next synth. Thank you, Universe for the nod and thank you, Enrique, from someone who looks at the ocean and thinks (or perhaps 'feels') "LFO". I, as do many others, really find your content and energy so valuable and palatable. You help me articulate what this all about for me. HTG!

[@winddealer1]

Great choice. You'll enjoy the simplicity of the workflow and the immediacy of results. Quality product.

[@maarzt]

@@winddealer1 yes that impression most definitely informed my decision. I have enough menus as is in my array. Excited!

[@maarzt]

and now Im back, 2 weeks into Peaking on my very own, watching this and getting even more from it.

[@winddealer1]

@@maarzt A wonderful investment that will provide you years of enjoyment. More fun to come in '21.

[@maarzt]

@@winddealer1 you know something we dont? Peak-wise?

[@dopeyvulture]

This is great. Wasn't really using my peak for FM stuff. These remind of sounds I used to create on my Yamaha SY-22 but this is way easier. thanks a lot. Love your videos.

[@KumoKumonski]

Damn that was a heartbreaking jam the last few minutes.

[@illaarocc9469]

Peterson it was, damn.

[@ToyKeeper]

It went good places. I love how the Peak's reverb and delay can be played like instruments instead of just being an effect.

[@KeurslagerKurt]

Yeah, incredible sound, hope he saved that patch haha 😍

[@DaZeDmerlin]

You're a really great teacher, so fun to sit through these videos, I love the passion you have!

[@mickpattison7489]

This whole week it’s been about fm and deciding weather to invest in the Korg opsix or add to my Elektron collection with the Digitone. Then to cap it of Ricky brings out the fm capability of the peak 👍🙏

[@cold_fashioned]

I came for the lesson, I stayed for the blue whale. You do a great job demonstrating the depth of the Peak. I'd love to get my hands on one to just sit and design different patches for it. ✌🏼

[@radwarriortv]

In the 11 minute mark I was thinking damn this is some weird and wild FM work, Ricky then speaks my mind hahaha super informative video! Love all the content!

[@analogsynthtim8823]

I really love my Peak. The possibilities are fantastic and you really can get lost in this Synth. Thanx for the video

[@latergarside-244]

the sound at 7 mins reminds me of a Goldie song. so good, i learned how to hear FM from this video! THANKYO U

[@sirsynth225]

Very informative about FM - thx! And the ambient jam at the end is so beautiful (close your eyes and imagine you're in Aachen's Dom...). NICE!!!

[@crazygamingswede]

The end result with that lush reverb turned out really good. Nice work! 0)

[@dani538]

That lush soundscape in the end! Worth it! But dude throw the rabbit hole in there as a bonus :-)

[@lostcoastlines86]

Gah, I love your Peak videos so muuuch! Always leading me to new corners of this amazing instrument!

[@PacificIslandDrive]

Great info! The Peak (or Summit) is such a fat/warm poly synth, I sometimes forget that it’s capable of far more than just common analogue sound. After only a few weeks working with mine, I find it very intuitive, and easy to create some amazing custom patches that rival my other synths. However, I agree, it can be super easy to forget what you were doing, and end-up going down the ‘rabbit hole’ getting lost for hours bathing in synth goodness ;-)

[@lukehrm]

One of the best of your videos imo yet. All those sounds are amazing! Kind of a shame you did not connect with the Digitone yet, this video just makes me go back to mine ;)

[@strangersun7721]

Love love love your Peak videos. They get ideas percolating. Thank you.

[@TheIndieGameDev]

Awesome stuff, reminded me why I'm subscribed and why I need to get a hardware synth. Would love to see a long form video of you going down the rabbit hole with no agenda some time, do you ever stream? A youtube stream would be a good vehicle for that sort of thing, no pressure though. Anyway thanks for everything Ricky, appreciate it

[@davidsobel3303]

that tone at the end was worth the wait :) Luscious tension

[@empinchen]

Ricky: "All right so I'm gonna try to keep this short and sweet, so pay attention!" KZbin: "Yes, Master!"

[@Megallicafan18]

this probably my favourite of your jams so far!

[@vitalydolgov]

I already get used to FM, which took quite a time for me, but only now I realized how cool it can be with MODULATION.

[@MichaelBogaMusic]

I love your tutos Ricky, always a treat and so much to learn from!

[@evanjohnson1815]

always a pleasure ricky. showing me more reasons my peak is the favorite. could we get some peak, and pro 3 content please?

[@MrValsberg]

Drifted off so nicely to that last jam after work! Thanks!

[@7177YT]

I'm up for more sound design videos. (; Still amazed how nice peak sounds every time I hear it. (:

[@domasgudelis]

amazing improvisation with FM at the end of the video!

[@damienwoods5744]

Lovely end sequence jam. You really nailed that!

[@synthmage00]

Stop it, Ricky. Please. I can't afford this right now. This is torture.

[@warpigs330]

I don't know what you have but you can do lots of these things with many synths, both hardware and software.

[@LukezyM]

@@warpigs330 It’s just the whole package that is so sweet, well rounded if you will. You can do pretty much anything with it.

[@JoelBrowning000]

I want that ending jam as a track-so damn haunting. Brilliant.

[@Hipnolabia]

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[@ghfjfghjasdfasdf]

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[@raysubject]

pretty sure Model D oscillators were free running, not key synced - you can hear it in character of sound when you turn on all 3 oscillators (all saw) and then slightly detune oscillator 2 and 3 - that "chorus-like" sound (legendary on model d) is direct result of free running oscillators (with micro out-of-tune inaccurscies), when you do same thning with key synced oscillators, it soudns different (it get's sorta flanger-risch color) Actually vast majority of old analog synths have free running oscillators, making key synced oscillatora is a bit more complicated in analog domain, plus near to impossible for synths which are not digitally controlled. (VCOs) btw i think unison sounds almost always better with free runing oscillators ;-)

[@LYFoulidis]

Is it that complicated? In modular you just mult the trigger to the vco sync. You do need a vco with sync capability ^^

[@coyotesynth]

Same for me. Model D oscillators are free running. The "in your face" sound comes from the envelope shape and VCA.

[@raysubject]

@@coyotesynth i'm not completely sure what is "in your face" but the amazing fat huge sound of Model D and other old analog synts comes EXACTLY from the fact they are free runing :-) This and subtle oscillator detunings (which can be emulated by very subtle rand lfo -> osc pitch modulation). Thanks to free running, the are creating constant changes which gives feeling of organic living sound .. in contast with that, lead made from phase synced oscillators is very much static, not changing .. so in genreral - free runing oscillators are great for warm leads, pads, and stuf like that - where you want to have organic everchanging sound, and key synced oscillators are great for percussive sounds, especially for kickdrums and toms they are totally crucial. Also for bass sounds ofthen synced oscillators works better because you can avoid phase cancellation (if you use more oscillators) and you get more consistent bass sound. On other side, for example all kinds of sounds where you want to use oscillators detuning and expecially unison to get fat wide rich sound for leads and pads, using key sync is exactly what you DO NOT WANT :-)

[@Sirius-qr4vu]

I don' think key sync is that complicsted. If you sync one osc to another you are retriggering the OSC 2 and this works with amlost every synth

[@raysubject]

@@Sirius-qr4vu it's not super complicated, just on old analog synths (especially those with VCOs not DCOs) it is not that usual. Some do have it, but lot more of them don't. And anyway it has nothing to do with famous warm wide sound of old moog synths - legendary model D sound was caused (of course that's just one of reasons) by exact opposite - free running oscillators.

[@LYFoulidis]

Now I still want to hear how the S&H into the reverb send sounds!

[@BottleMakesMusic]

Wow, was just watching a bunch of videos about the Peak and this pops up in my subs. Having just bought a NDLR, I *really* can't afford a Peak now......damnit :D

[@bobtronic73]

Ricky, thanks so much for sharing your explorations. as always very inspiring. that end was epic

[@Michael_Smith-Red_No.5]

That organ-like timber you got near the end reminded me of the intro theme from The Equalizer (loved that show.) Interesting to see the Peak go in directions some don't push it into.

[@marcusmurky5876]

This opened my mind up to some amazing possibilities. Thanks Ricky.

[@1dkappe]

Do you still have a BSII? Would love to see some tips/tricks videos from you.

[@Sirius-qr4vu]

YES PLEASE, with the new afx station the hype is real and we are thirsty

[@LayersOfSilence]

Totally agreed! Also wanna video about BSII from Ricky. As always great stuff going on

[@filo1210]

Best synth KZbinr by miles . Love all the vids 😎🙌

[@oray1647]

About advanced synthesis, you're a goldmine! ❤️

[@diegopaleta94]

Men I could totally see a film passing by in that jam , wow!

[@macaronafterparty]

Please make some more fun Peak vids soon! You're the #1 Peak Pro.

[@OperculumAudio]

Using keysync or resetting the osc, i found is important if you want to make kicks or 808s in a synth play the same everytime and also have that transient quality.

[@jody2055]

Keep putting out vids of you messing around with the peak please.

[@Just_Me_TG]

Jesus, Ricky... amazing what you do with it. Just thanks, man!

[@Arooslab]

You ended up with a reaaaally great patch

[@debbie09090]

Love that final tone, great video.

[@benzenium]

Man please do more Peak videos. Fave synth in my arsenal at the moment

[@made.online2149]

key sync makes sense in a context where you have tuned relationships- like FM, or doing modern dance bass sound design with tuned delays/combs/flanges/freq shifts etc. and want perfectly repeatable results. I don't like it in other synth patches, especially analog style ones; with multiple oscillators you get a rich phasing from them being free running, and even with one oscillator it adds some slight variance to each note.

[@isaac.anthony]

i was wondering if I would be able to sequence my EX800 with the A4 and get it up into FM range with the A4 LFOs, but keytracking is the thing that you need to keep it in tune up and down the keyboard, yeah?

[@made.online2149]

@@isaac.anthony keytracking is different from key sync, but yeah, in order to do FM that's consistent across all notes, your LFO would need to be keytracked. Without tracking you can make some gnarly FM sounds on individual notes, tho, presuming the LFOs on it go into audio range and can modulate the VCOs pitch.

[@Eurikon]

Great stuff Ricky! 🙏🏻 always enjoying your content.

[@ChumpyDumps]

Absolutely love these peak videos man. 🤙🏻

[@eirikurc]

You might be right about the model d minimoog, But I can tell you because I have one, is the subsequent 37 has KB reset button which does this which tour explaining here and otherwise they are free running at all times, One drawback about using the keyboard reset button on a vco synth is you will get a harsh click at the beginning or end of each press so you have to use a bit of attack or release to mitigate. Peak with its digital oscillators most likely would be much more accurate on the KB reset process which i imagine is why you don't get this side effect In as great of magnitude. Typically the KB reset on the sub 37 is used to get a really punchy bass sound, I haven't played with the keysync enough on my peak to know yet (hence I'm watching your tutorial). But ya thanks for the interesting pointers I'm definitely going to try it out. And take my comments with a grain of salt this is mostly just based on my personal experience.

[@thealmightycommenter]

The last jam begs for an ambient album from Mr Tinez ❤️

[@nickestvorace]

Man you're a true synthesis god

[@ronaldlundbohm815]

It's funny!!! When i was learning Electronics in the 70's. We learned Super Heterodyning "The theory of radio" I try and think of those frequency being modulated like that

[@kjierhex8551]

thank you for this little brilliant time out.

[@verstaerker]

thanks reminding me how important KeySync is!

[@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333]

useful AND heartwarming video! thank you much, and best wishes!

[@maarzt]

Wandered back...such a beautiful video

[@RickyTinez]

haha, thanks for the support Moshe!

[@EmThePenguin]

Ricky you're a gem, thank you 💚

[@colinbarber5271]

damn that last patch turned out real nice!

[@maurettiditroifa9685]

This guy is a synthclopedia 🙌

[@THEeatBUG]

dude, you brought a tear to my eye when you said, "you know the drill... etc." with that soundscape behind everything. Holy shit. Also, thank you for the vids! Your curiosity is infectious.

[@laki7869]

beat at the end was dope!

[@donmurowski9421]

Yo... Ricky.. I gotta say... Loving these tutorials dude!

[@donmurowski9421]

Oh yeah, the walk away at the end of the video was swaggy AF

[@laurentluigi2461]

As usual, Thanks Mr Tinez.

[@DarkMetaOFFICIAL]

i just made a patch the other day that uses a sinewave gen. to slowly reset my lfo's and osc cycles over time xD.. nice

[@nostrumbeats697]

beautiful ending!!

[@latejuly432]

This was incredible and beautiful, thanks

[@equanim]

Really enjoy your vids. This one stood out ❤

[@pedromarinho8804]

What a masterclass! Thank you!

[@djkymaera]

Mate your videos are great ; love it :)

[@alexandermalakhov7108]

The patch at 26:20 is so beautiful

[@hiiipower3005]

🙏🏽kinda reminds me of figuring my first piece of kit out - the JV1080 ...(what a beast) love synths ,bought a minilougue (thats cool), waiting for my sub37 to arrive too!!! YUUURPand I accidentally bought a Waldorf Blofeldover a year bk ibut still in box . no offence Waldorf....im a sample head first then synths etc. second love the keys and solid build blofeld if anyone wants (OR SWAP FOR A COOL PEDAL LIKE THE GAMECHANGER AUDIO LIGHT OR OR OTHER RARE RAW DIRTY FX OUTBOARDor 400 mint condition....*CLASSIFIED OVER, Sorry Ricky 🤘🏽....but looking forward to flexing MOD MATRIX MORE due to YOU'RE VIDEOS...INSPIRING

[@Orangetronic]

hahaha the peak is so full of interesting rabbit holes. that definitely happens to me

[@mattjones4765]

Dear @novation please send Ricky a new knob cap for his LFO 2 rate. As a proud peak owner it hurts me 😂

[@LaSpatuleduFutur]

Ok man....we are used to enjoy the content you give us, but you better continue to deliver more of what the last minutes were made of.....like seriously !

[@touchclarity]

I simply LOVE this channel ..... :)

[@samman5980]

Do you have a special edition peak bc mine does not sound like this 😭

[@Sirius-qr4vu]

git gud lol

[@roccothamanoidis]

lol, what do you mean? :D This synth is nuts and that wormhole feeling gets me everytime too.

[@RickyTinez]

hahaha Practice!

[@b.c.slumber3694]

Please more Peak vids Ricky!

[@RickyTinez]

Oh always. It’s one of my favorite synths! Thanks BC

[@johnpaulpatton9786]

Would love to see this demonstrated on the Pro 3!