Intro To Synthesis Part 1: Oscillators | Reverb Learn To Play

Are you ready to get into synthesis but don't know how to get started? Our resident synth head, Justin DeLay, is ready to help you understand the basics so you can start experimenting. Today, he's running through some different oscillator waveforms. Enjoy, and stay tuned for more synth lessons from Justin.
Check out Part 2: goo.gl/xHbzgL
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[@bbqchickenwingsofredemptio449]

What!? His name is Justin delay!!??. Ok, I'm changing mine to Danny Distortion 😋

[@phug0id]

haha i'm jealous of these sound related names as well...... the electronic artist Objekt has an awesome audio related real name: TJ Hertz

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[@joebates4160]

Im changing mine to andy attack

[@DenseSilkyVenom]

he should have a daughter and name her Anna Log 😂🤣

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[@comforth3898]

I'm justin delay Me: Oh we are using our made up names. I'm Parametric Equalizer

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[@estebanumiglia1187]

Is he called delay? And works for reverb?😂

[@Boris_Chang]

I must echo that question.

[@Hamuelin]

Awesome, super basic, but super straightforward for any newcomers!

[@aaronmann9442]

Its supposed to be super basic lol. Its called fundamentals 😋

[@HAZARDOUS88]

Always good to hear stuff retold to you differently, thanks!

[@Whiskel]

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[@jasonbarton9352]

Thank you Justin&Reverb- I loved this!!- I am somewhat a novice to the synth world and its vids such as this I find relevant . It was also Justin & Reverbs " Korg Monologue Video" that pushed me over the edge to get my first synth (you guessed it..a Korg monologue)- so thank you Dive deeper-you guys are awesome!

[@lightworkmusic3813]

Dude you’re Justin DELAY working for REVERB talking about oscillators. Amazing.

[@History_Mosaic]

John Envelope here

[@scottadams7820]

Hi John, I'm Willem DaLFO

[@hernanpaulitti]

Crystal clear. Straight to the point..thanks man for this explanation. I really appreciate it

[@GK051339]

thanks for such a professional serie of videos............. very well done.

[@apexmonk3670]

Just getting started. Big thanks !

[@babyfazejuju]

I learned so much, thank you!

[@Leaferist]

Thanks! Super useful. Thanks for taking time to explain this

[@demerit5]

This is excellent. Thank you for making this video.

[@HieuPham-pw6og]

i love this , really perfect tutorial

[@rio197]

Thank you, Justin.

[@Chkhenkelosaur]

Holy shit, I just bought Minilogue and Monologue, this is all I needed right now. perfect timing!

[@joebates4160]

@@megavarj5760 thats what i was thinking, just get the monolouge?

[@cameronball3998]

Great guides for people just getting into synthesis.

[@deuteronomy6436]

Man I LOVE THIS.

[@josepheno2807]

An oscillator is a repeating waveform with a fundamental frequency and peak amplitude and it forms the basis of most popular synthesis techniques today. Aside from the frequency or pitch of the oscillator and its amplitude, one of the most important features is the shape of its waveform.

[@13taraliane]

So happy this series is happening! Been wanting an intro to synthesis!

[@HotStrange]

Tara Litvack have you bought your first synth yet?

[@13taraliane]

I have not bought my first real synth. I got the ROLI seaboard (not the same I know I know!) but I have been eyeing the Korg Minilogue when I finally decide to take the plunge.

[@Bati_]

I’ve been thinking buying a Behringer Model D

[@sethother8012]

You should get Spectrasonic Omnisphere as your software synth. That way you can blend samples and waveforms. But then get a hardware synth to control Omnisphere so you can adjust parameters with something other dragging your mouse cursor off the screen. lol I mean, if ya don’t wanna ef around, and get right into it. Thats what I’m doing. Screw real work. lol.

[@sethother8012]

Check out prophet x. Controls most of omnisphere from the hardware.

[@jungoogie]

Justin DeLay, great presentation series on Synth concepts 👍.

[@mackflynt6094]

Hi I'm Justin Delay well hey I'm Chad Soundgoodizer

[@AndrewdLavigne]

😂

[@84Bevin]

Very cool stuff! thank you

[@heatherbarnes2353]

Thankyou, I learned alot. Hope you make more videos, teaching. 💜👽💙👽

[@vin-cc9nk]

what about sine waves?

[@JohnLRice]

I disagree. Of course you can get a sine by low pass filtering more complex wave forms but in my modular synths I try to avoid VCOs that don't natively produce sine waves for at least the following reasons: * sine waves are an important and often critical synthesis building block * it costs more money and takes more space to ensure you have enough dedicated VCFs for VCOs that can't produce sines * filtering complex wave forms to obtain sine waves makes patches exponentially more complex since you need the filter to track the changing pitch of the VCO * you'll loose some amplitude when filtering more complex wave forms, even if you are tracking pitch changes

[@HotStrange]

desconcerto in all the DX7s.

[@davidozab2753]

In subtractive synthesis, you start with complex waves and shape them through filtering. Sine waves don't have any frequencies (besides the fundamental) to filter.

[@tentakelmaschine]

For whatever reason you use a sine wave, they still belong to the basic shapes oscillators can produce and therefor are missing. Just saying a sine isn't much useful in subtractive synthesis because they don't produce harmonics/overtones besides the fundamental is plain wrong - what about mixing/blending them in after filtering to enhance the bottom end of your sound, especially when filtering with added resonance? A lot of filters loose bottom end when cranking up the resonance, so a sine wave is a perfect fit to bring it back in without changing the timbre of the sound by adding harmonics which are produced by the other waveforms. Also, it appears everyone just thinks in terms of subtractive synthesis - what about frequency modulation? Many FM synths don't even include a filter, because it just isn't needed. Same goes for additive synthesis, where sounds are generated by addition of sine waves. The reason why sine waves aren't covered IMO is due to the fact that the Korg Mono/Poly doesn't produce a sine wave.

[@sethother8012]

This is actually the first tutorial I’ve seen on oscillators where sine waves were omitted, and they are kind of a fundamental waveform, so I had the same question as the OP.

[@djsarumawashi]

Great!!! Thank You. Cheers

[@bilerazay9963]

Great video thanks!

[@RasTona_]

😊 I’m just happy rn. I was procrastinating on my Math homework when I landed here. It’s sooo weird how music and math complement each other.

[@rockyguns11]

Thank you so much 😍

[@johnnyhall4856]

Excellent VIDEO Thank YOU 😁😎

[@Echotekk_tt]

Great Video🔥

[@CherryHead89]

This is the first video that actually made me sort of understand what an oscelator is. Instead of the pros who talk about it as if you already have (basic) knowledge of synthesizers.

[@teaspoonstudio]

Saw Wave [1:00~ ] - Saw Wave Strings [1:31~ ] Square Wave [1:45~ ] - Square Wave Thin [2:17~ ] - Square Wave Fat [2:25~ ] Triangle Wave [2:35~ ] - Triangle Wave Bass [3:00~ ] Noise [3:50~ ]

[@sayrex130]

Justin Delay from Reverb hahaha

[@Geopholus]

I've been building and playing with Synths from around 1966,... before they were even a thing !... through an introductory lecture at Bridgeport University around 1964 by Vladimir Ussachevsky. I am somewhat amazed that most of the videos on basic Synthesis, explaining the principles, by supposedly breaking things down into simple analogies,.. get so much wrong. Like, an oscillator is an electronic device that produces a repeating waveform that is then made audible by using a transducer (speaker) to convert that wave into a variable air pressure wave. Usually the examples of sine/ and square, and sawtooth waveforms are not actually very clean and pure examples of those. In this video the "SAW" has a lot of noise content, so the zero crossings are not exactly equal,... it sounds like there is possible power supply trash slightly modulating the frequency as well as high frequency noise roughening the tone itself. The square doesn't sound like a square at all . (It should have nothing but odd harmonics), so it will have the characteristic hollow clarinet-like sound. These waveforms sound as though they are being reproduced through a speaker and then re- mik'ed. if this "square" wave" tone actually started out as a square wave, it must have been a lot closer to a pulse wave, with quite a different timing between the positive going side of the wave and the negative, as it has lots of even harmonics. I really wish these lecturers would show an accurate oscillogram of the waveforms that are being reproduced and do the video by directly patching an oscillator into a line level input in the computer or filming device so that the purported waveforms have been faithfully converted to wavefiles. Here is another video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKelnWaPiqeIr7s that at least has accurate waveforms; sine and saw, as well as a fairly decent description of F M. synthesis. So far i am not overly impressed with this video.

[@CaloyGenX]

Thank you!

[@mhafner82]

Without the hand movements, I don't think I would have understood. 😉 Great video and thank you.

[@kolabuzlu]

Thanks for your help, it makes understanding synths easier. Which software are you using to monitor waveforms?

[@fernando1sierra]

Thanks!

[@metalliccolour]

what a Classic synth aka the Korg/Mono/Poly Nice

[@Noise-Conductor]

I watched parts 1-6, they are very insightful. Now I will never see & use my snth's the same!

[@TheMagicOfFun]

Beautiful

[@LuCrow528]

man you"re using some heavy old school hard ware rightcha. monopoly is classic stuff! great video!

[@michaelk3550]

The noise oscillator is ESSENTIAL in synthesizing percussion sounds.

[@Dmitry___S.]

Just what I need! Thanks! *',:*D*

[@fridaymorning139]

Anyone know how to get that deep, purring bass sound he used for the triangle wave at 3:00?

[@grrinc]

Great video. Question though.... do all oscillators sound the same from synth to synth? I know that different synths have different tools to shape the sound, but at its core basic, do all synths start with the same basic oscillator sound?

[@13opacus]

Thanks :)

[@vascofernandes2111]

Hi! Your videos are great! I really loved the oscilloscope part so that we can visualize the wave. Could you tell me which program are you using?

[@nshapkar]

did you ever find out which software is being used? Can't find it anywhere.

[@emilhaller1004]

Well, thank you monsieur delay

[@kfjw]

Anyone know what he's using to visualize the waves?

[@johnnyhall4856]

Very nice 😎😁♥️👍

[@redcomn]

I marathon this series just to learn how to darn use my sy1000

[@disomniatijuana2363]

What spectrum analyzer or shape analyzer are you using?

[@Moncayo_02]

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[@joebates4160]

I really can’t take it seriously when his last name is delay🤣🤣🤣

[@CmdrMic]

Really a wonderful lesson. Having a masters in education, I know a good teacher when I hear one, and you Sir, are Top Kek! Brilliant and Thank You!

[@milim3135]

What about sine wave?

[@JohnLRice]

Nicely produced video. I think that for an introductory video though, the content isn't clear and may be confusing for new comers since you say you are demonstrating basic wave shapes but then you filter them without explaining what is going on.

[@humanbeing_]

John L Rice also, no mention whatsoever of sine waves threw me off... There's another comment thread above where that's talked about in more detail. Either way I agree with you. The waveform explanations make sense, and using an oscilloscope for waveform visualizations is great; not explaining a filter or how it works or why it's used though...?Should have at least been mentioned even if it is in one of the upcoming episodes. 👍

[@thomasrizzi1470]

You make me sorry I didn't buy the MonoPoly instead of the Ensoniq Mirage. It was just a Marage - but the engineers at Emu are wonderful

[@markworkman6544]

Umm..hello. Aren't all these derived from the sine wave ?? (except from noise)

[@cjheaford]

What about LFO’s?

[@tby_v]

1:00 saw 1:46 square

[@MattCrawley_Music]

maybe I'm dense but the sawtooth and the square sound exactly the same to me...i keep moving back and forth between them to check

[@evetsiksatu]

I was lost by :16. Is "Synthesis" a specific product or is that another term for "synthesizers"? (Plz help..)

[@evetsiksatu]

Justin Delay Thx! (Says out of touch guitar player!)

[@gameauto1]

Do you have a sine wave, I want to hear a sine wave

[@Muhammed.Yaseen]

Real name: Tom Hardy Fake name: Justin Delay Me: Cool.

[@diGreez]

excuse me please, but very basic oscillator is sine wave. hovewer big up for this range of videos

[@HotStrange]

Andrej Jahskin Yeah but they can be useless in an analogue synth with a low pass filter. You’d essentially be taking the sound away completely every time you filtered it unless you’re modulating it with another wave, which is basically FM synthesis at that point.

[@diGreez]

Haut Strange thats true.

[@MythicSuns]

Hi Justin Delay, I'm Ben Frequency Shifter

[@jackjenkins485]

👍🏿

[@Str8representing]

Where do you get those wave frequency visualisator?

[@narutodarker]

I need to know this too, does anyone know?

[@colindavis2113]

I was like “what’s this guys name again? Jonny Reverb?”

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Please suggest me a name -- Rajesh Reverb or Rajesh Resonator ?

[@vladimirussachevsky1315]

I'm surprised there was no mention of sine waves. And also alternatives terms like ramp and pulse.

[@darylquevada]

Justine Delay, from Reverb.,......

[@iancox2745]

how is he smoothing the edges like that?

[@DaProGamer12]

Turning the cutoff down, which does exactly what it looks like and “smooths” the sound out lol

[@THECABSOURHERE]

Came from the ad...had to look at it again

[@yasgotsass1479]

bUT WHAT ABOUT PULSE AND SINE WAVES???

[@gabrielmario7098]

did you forget the sine waveform?

[@carmelopearman5721]

gabriel mario the sine waveform was kind of shown in the saw

[@septra90]

Tom Hardy? Since when you synthesizing?

[@vladimirussachevsky1315]

In 2002 I had the opportunity to buy a mint condition Mono/Poly with flight case for $400 and I did not. I'm still kicking myself about it , why why why!

[@HotStrange]

Tim Scanlon $10? I’d be kicking myself too. Maybe Behringer will reissue them as well ;) Edit: pounds. Sorry. Still incredibly cheap.

[@HotStrange]

Tim Scanlon that’s the life of a synth/Keys player. And musician in general. I’ve let some good deals pass by and some slip away from me, but it’s led me to where l am now. Those Poly 800s are great though. I let go of a DW6000 a while back. Thinking of getting an 8000 this time around. Korg has always been making great synthesizers.

[@alexandradelliou]

2020: 5260

[@ManCalledMif]

Great explanation ❤️🧘🏼‍♀️😃🌈 the basics are very inspiring. hmm. 'the basics' sounds like a punk band. I'll do a KZbin search. they exist. 😃 I found Gotye

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[@portuguesewithtirso3797]

Justin Delay working for reverb... TRAITOR😞

[@ansible7764]

Merzbow be like: 3:50

[@lanilmarasinghe1615]

Your title confused me. I thought Reverb has something do with Synthesis.

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justin delay 😀 how late you are

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dELaY

[@pexeble115]

He looks like Jake Johnson...

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NEEEEEEEERRRRRD!!!!!!

[@HAZARDOUS88]

I hope so!

[@AdelaTomankova]

if I had a synth name mine would be ADelaDelay

[@sea-saw2654]

Are you Tom Hardy ....???

[@dougefunk7005]

omg... you're using a mono/poly........ want!

[@abandonedchannel2521]

No one: Not a single soul: Comments: *Bullies a guy with a surname, “Delay”.

[@rayhoodoo847]

Looking forward to the series, but the first second of the intro made my ears bleed

[@joshallmark4901]

As if he's called Justin Delay.....