BEHRINGER DEEPMIND 12 SHIMMER REVERB PAD PATCH SOUND DESIGN TUTORIAL ~ Synthesize This! Ep.12

Let's make a shimmer reverb effect and apply it to a pad sound on the Behringer Deepmind 12 synth. The shimmer effect was created by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. It involves a placing a pitch shifter in the feedback chain of a reverb. The important thing is setting a high decay time on the reverb and a +1 octave pitch shift on the pitch shifter. The result is a high pitched sustained tone that rings out as you hold notes which creates this lovely texture.
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[@PatrickStefan]

5 yrs later and this is still gold. Thank you

[@syclick]

The more of your videos I watch, the more I want a Deepmind.

[@yungjansport6991]

Get one, its really good.

[@jeffwilliamson1426]

DUDE, YOU'RE AWESOME.....EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN PLAYING SYNTHS FOR YEARS, I'M STILL LEARNING AND YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT INSTRUCTOR....CLEAR AND CONCISE....THANK YOU !!

[@middle_pickup]

Very nice programming. You did a great job with the effects explanation. So many people get that shimmer concept wrong.

[@onceuponasynth]

Thanks man, I'm glad it was clear.

[@theTerribleFamiliar]

Such a great video. Learning about the deepmind, history of a shimmer effect, brining it all together in a beautiful patch. Thank you.

[@Raberje]

Once again, Thank you. Yes, please keep the videos coming. You are teaching me so much. I watch and follow along multiple times so I can internalize the info.

[@leftovernoise]

Thank you so much! I recently got the deepmind 12, and using this tutorial, this is one of the first patches I made! Sounds great in the video, sounds absolutely stunning in person through monitors! You’re killin it!!!

[@JamesWilliam70]

First synth buyer... The Deepmind 12 speaks to me more than the digital metallic types and even more that the Minilogue XD. I think I will be buying this one now that they have updated the editor.

[@lumpichu]

Same here. Another synth that "speaks to me", but which I don't consider in reality, is the Walforf Iridium Keyboard.

[@gunnarschuettler]

Such an amazing patch with perfect description of all tweaks, genius 👍🏻

[@swatrick_payze]

This tutorial was a decision maker. The deepmind was my first synth and i still love it. Keep it up, your videos are always worth a visit! :-)

[@miguelesteves9740]

You turned this amazing bang-for-buck synth into an huge tool for me to learn more about synthesis. Getting one soon, in the meanwhile I'm learning sound design from you. Thanks

[@esthermoonmusic]

I just received my Deepmind 12 today and I’ve already made an amazing pad with some sample and hold on the pitch of OSC 2 with sync on, results in a modem like sound. I also added some shimmer reverb, thanks for the tutorial :) I’ll be sure to upload a video of it as soon as I get the proper connections to my DAW.

[@jl8852]

This is so beautiful, thank you.

[@BritoWorx]

I can not wait till my DM12d comes in the mail tomorrow. This is such an amazing piece of gear. It'll stay with me 4eva. Thanks for the clear video. We need more in depth videos like these. Such a great synth.

[@nozefian]

Beautiful.... Thanks for sharing this with us all

[@R---66---R]

What also comes to mind is AphexTwin, Autechre...love it, really! The real advantage is: that just one sound can sound like a thousand sounds. I used to play like this, especially with KORG, since they started to take over Sequential Circuits...the KARMA-effects...these sounds seem to lead a life on their own...it's beautiful. Pressing the keys and immediately you have this appealing endless padsound...great! Seems like it grabs you by the throat and does its work...

[@Gainn]

Really helpful, thank you. I just followed your tutorial, but put pitch 2 down an octave and just digging into how to modulate the effect parameters a little. Deepmind is a fun timesink.

[@traugdor]

I just used this to make my own shimmer pad. I love the HUGE sound it makes. :)

[@jvburnes]

this is an amazing instrument

[@ghavinga]

Well done, really really nice patch, thanks!

[@SoundOfVinyl]

Thank you for your great tutorials you have learnt me so much allready...

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

THANX MY MAN !!! It was really Awesome to watch ! These kind of tutorials are GOLD for me ! I just bought the Grandmother AND the DeepMind 12 - which put my synthgear to a FANTASTIC sounding AKAI sx73 - a Microkorg, a Mikrokorg xl , a Roland JD-XI - and my two new synth´s , the Grandma, and the DeepMind 12 ! Youre playing here , makes me so elated ,- EVEN i have to get my sx 73 tuned up - its SERIOUS out of tune , after i lend it to a punkrocker musician friend of mine , who probably did unspeakeble act of violence to my Akai SX 73 of old renown - but it warms to know that the box in front of me just need to be opened , and ....THERES the DeepMind ! 👍

[@AltusNoumena]

Great videos! You teach very well. And the sounds you make with the deepmind are the best on youtube!

[@whatheshow]

Really awesome and helpful video. Thanks so much!

[@sxipshirey]

you are a great musician, it is a pleasure to watch your videos

[@greensoundmusic605]

MUy buenos tus tutoriales , me encanta tu dominio del sonido! Sin duda nos ayuda a quien no tenemos todos los conceptos claro! Gracias compañero,,, cordial saludo....

[@patrickpoggensee6333]

This Video is so good. Thank you!

[@JamesBermingham]

Quality video. Now that I have my DM12, your videos are an amazing source. Thank you. 🙏

[@alfiedotwtf]

Woah. This is amazing! I'm only starting to realise how deep the DeepMind is! Incredible

[@alfiedotwtf]

Now I'm totally bumed that it doesn't do processing on external aux

[@DimiBer]

I'm learning a lot from my DeepMind. thank you very much ! you are a great educator :D

[@soundethersinfo135]

Very good tutorial. Thanks!

[@tntills2002]

I learn so much these videos, you really are a master and, the deep mind is so powerful, please do more DM vids.

[@33Jeanjazzman]

Super, thank you!

[@SunnyBear]

Man this is awesome, I wish you would release patch banks of these sounds!

[@Sam_Utah]

Nice work. You should do a pad bank .... once I get the deepmind I will be looking for libraries. I have played synths for 25 years or more and your programming tips remind me to take attention to detail, like keyoard amount. THis demonstration also shows the Deepmind in a good light. Reminds me of my old Juno 60 but more evolved.

[@tommymandel3326]

Thanks for some great instruction with a combination of new ideas and traditional techniques. It's like a train - a programmer studying this video can jump off at any number of 'station stops' and have a really useful sound. At first I thought you were pushing it too far near the end, but no, the end result is staggering - with a touch of metal, a lot of variety (the subtlety of which the user can tailor to their taste) and your original shimmer reverb that takes on the character of whatever stage in the program's evolution one chooses to 'disembark' at. :)

[@osi9567]

Man I absolutely LOVE your channel, classy work!

[@onceuponasynth]

Thanks man, I appreciate it!

[@myblueextremes1526]

Love these videos. Especially like this pad. DM12 arriving next week. :-)

[@skyreadersociety6183]

wow, haven't realized that the FX section is so versatile (i.e building stuff like feedback loops). The shimmer has more substance than what I know from Valhalla or Blue Sky.

[@jacobbrown1690]

its TC effects

[@skyreadersociety6183]

@@jacobbrown1690 maybe I should reconsider the DM 12😀

[@minioclass2891]

Nice programming, a striking and rich pad which I'm sure would have many excellent applications. Well done! Synthesizers are a fertile frontier, thanks for sharing.

[@OffworldRecords]

Minio Class I concur, this certainly makes for excellent and compelling viewing

[@heltutrolig7645]

That synth is so awesome! I really, really want one. But I already have 5...

[@33Jeanjazzman]

You are genius!

[@RayRocksU]

Hello. Thanks for the Deepmind help: I Wasn't quite sure what to make of the Deepmind 12 at first, but wow does it grow on you. It will take time to get to know it, but I'm starting to enjoy it just as much as my Moog and other instruments.

[@christianschroer1999]

I have learned so much in this video. I liked , subscribed and wrothe this comment to appriciate your work. Great Quality ! Many thanks for the tutorials. I enjoy learning the DeepMind12D so much right know ! Greetings, Christian

[@JoePacheco]

Great explanation! Can't be clearer! thanks!

[@regmonmusic]

Nice!

[@tomphillpotts]

Great video. I can hear where Eno got the sound for U2's Joshua tree. I almost bought a Deepmind, got a Prologue instead. Prologue doesn't have that kind of routing capability. Pretty impressive from Behringer. Guess I'll have to use effects in my DAW to get this sound.

[@MikeA0110]

I always come back to these DM tutorials. Do you still have yours?

[@andreasheinakroon2617]

Great video! But isn't it possible to change the Arp/Seq rate using the rate fader to the far left? So no need diving into the menu page to adjust it, surely?

[@cjacevedomartinez]

Thank you so much for all of these great tutorials. The DeepImpact is an amazing machine but its a bit complicated. These are amazing tutorials. Let me know if you have some type of "fund me" page to keep this up. I'll pay for this knowledge.

[@deauvillevrienden]

DeepImpact ??? huuuummmmm.... The Deepmind shure made enough "impact" to me to make me buy two :-))

[@mattiasmartensson3161]

You don't need to use a mod-slot for the lfo2 - tone mod I think. You can just go to the edit-menu for the oscillators and assign the tone mod source to lfo2. Don't have mine in front of me right now but I think you could do that, more modslots for other stuff! :)

[@cantstopmike311]

What’s a good budget monitor to first start with? Patents are looking to get my younger brother who shows a great interest a keyboard for Christmas. He’s playing synth with his school band so I think this would be a great synth to explore with. Thanks for any responses!

[@ModernDevotion]

You don't have to waste a modulation slot for pwm you can change the source for the slider in the oscillator edit menu :)

[@ModernDevotion]

Same with the tone mod etc

[@33Jeanjazzman]

Can you show the display in King size please sir?

[@jdm6784]

Is it difficult for a novice to create those amazing sounds on the deepmind 12? In another words out of the box is it complicated for someone with little modular / synthesizer "tweaking" experience to recreate such ambient sounds?

[@jhdrummer4815]

Can you share the final patch?

[@AndyPawlakOfficial]

yea lush

[@triplebacon1]

love your approach to tutorials, I get the review side of this as well ; - ) were you using other fx beyond the deepmind 12? if not then this is a very serious bit of synthesiser for the $! looking also at deepmind 6 currently, and just this moment decided to subscribe to this channel ;-) yummy!

[@onceuponasynth]

Thanks Triplebacon Art, welcome aboard! No other effects, all sounds are directly from the DM12, it's gone some pretty powerful effects built in.

[@triplebacon1]

It's very gravitational; -)

[@deauvillevrienden]

@@triplebacon1 It is, in fact i'm selling my less used gear to fund more Deepmind modules, have 2 now :-))

[@cynbird]

Love your tutorials but do you have a basic "how to get started with the Deepmind 12", or would you be able to create one? I don't think anyone has done that yet. I'd sooo much appreciate it! I'm a newbie to synths & am looking for any help I can get!

[@onceuponasynth]

Good idea, I'll add it to my to-do list. No promises though, but I'll consider it!

[@cynbird]

Thanks - this Deepmind is a serious beast! :)

[@onceuponasynth]

Alright I've recorded a Deepmind 12 tutorial for synth beginners and I'll be posting it this Wednesday so stay tuned for that!

[@darcybowles-casemore4644]

Just ordered the DM12, I'm gonna be watching your video's to figure it out as it's my first synth! Great work man, you're awesome. I'm wondering if it's possible to play multiple patches over one another with the DM12 and edit one patch while keeping another playing the background? Or would I need to record into a DAW using an audio interface? Forgive me if i sound like I have no idea what i'm talking about because that's exactly what I am, haha

[@onceuponasynth]

thx! The DM12 is not multi-timbral, so unfortunately you can't play more than 2 patches at once, so you have to bounce things down if you want to multi-track different presets.

[@darcybowles-casemore4644]

@@onceuponasynth By 'bounce things down' I assume you mean onto DAW? Thanks for your quick reply!

[@deauvillevrienden]

@@onceuponasynth Mine is Bi-timbral now because i bought a second DM12 D , love it !

[@m.g.kroger]

Deepmind sounds always so thin IMHO. It maybe lacks a warm side (triangle or a sub, I don't know), it's never deep despite its name. You have such good sound design skills, explain very clearly all passages, and surely get out of this synth the very best it can do. Compliments!!

[@savanaviolenta]

Deep comes from the fact that it offers deep menu editing and lots of sound sculpting possibilities.

[@soundethersinfo135]

T.I.N Mateus - Deep editing, you're absolutely right, yet it has only 1+1/2 oscillator, which is limiting anyway. I understand Behringer has done a great job to keep the cost as low as possibile, I guess that's why they had to sacrifice a second oscillator (and/or different wave shapes).

[@ficokr1673]

Soundethers Info there are 2 oscillators and 12 voices, more than enough

[@jvburnes]

Was this used on the Dune soundtrack?

[@silkee]

How have you got opaque mod wheels???

[@josephwright5921]

Is it possible to make a patch that is 100% SHIMMER with no original signal sound?

[@onceuponasynth]

Interesting question. I think you need some source sound because the shimmer is just a delay and pitch shifter so it doesn't produce a tone on its own. But you might be able to get the effect you want by making the effect 100% wet and maybe playing with the settings to try and reduce the delay between initial sound and shimmer (since the harmonizer is in the feedback loop it naturally will lag a bit). I haven't tried this myself but that's the general approach I'd go for. Good luck and let me know if you get it to work.

[@blipblip88]

Is there a "DeepMind for Dummies" guidebook out yet?

[@bugeyedmudafuka2]

Do you find the 6 voices enough on this or would you rather have 12? Great vid cheers

[@bugeyedmudafuka2]

Ha sorry, I was actually looking at another video of someone who had the 6 voice version and was meant to comment on that. Would you feel 12 voices are essential with this? cheers

[@SixteenVoice]

Rest In Peace Sir. Gone too soon 😢

[@vantage03]

How do you connect the DM 12 to a laptop or save a file of your music and transfer or export it to a computer?

[@onceuponasynth]

You can connect it via USB if you want to control it with the DM12 app, or you can simply connect the audio output into an audio interface on the laptop. I'm not sure if that's what you meant.

[@nozefian]

Yeah, you'll be needing an audio interface for that.

[@brianfette8947]

Would this be possible with the deepmind 6?

[@highon3d]

Brian Fette yes. I just followed this tutorial on a 6 I own.

[@KosmoDeuz]

Share the patch ?

[@zikerstu2]

i made a string patch. I'll share it if you like but its still too synthy.

[@zikerstu2]

i can try but I've no way to record it. directly into the ipad. i can do a quick rough demo I suppose.

[@johnandrulevich9758]

McGill ???

[@onceuponasynth]

Yes

[@AEMachinas]

Do “no talking” tutorials only. Pro tip.