Sound Design with Polyend Dreadbox Medusa (Ep.4) - Lush Pads

[@allegro_manontroppo]

The "chorus trick" is a good idea! Great.

[@henryalfaro9125]

yes yes finally, a musician teaching and playing the Medusa . thanks very much

[@miltos_schima]

Thank you Henry, I am glad you find the videos helpful.

[@nigelrogers8690]

Genius 👏🏾👏🏾

[@mrCharlesG]

Great tutorial. Just love my Medusa after creating this patch!

[@miltos_schima]

Thank you guys for your comments. It's a good motivation for me to make more of these videos ❤👍

[@johncaccioppo1142]

Thank YOU! This was one of my first two synths I bought about 6 months ago and the learning curve threw me for a loop. A lot of people were bad-mouthing the Medusa, but I could tell she had great potential and you not only proved that but really helped to demonstrate how to use this synth properly to us beginners. You are a HERO!!

[@miltos_schima]

@@johncaccioppo1142 Thank you very much!

[@KyleJackson81]

I seem to gravitate toward pad sounds on any synth. The first thing I want to do with a monosynth is feed it through some reverb and delay and make a pad or drone. I learned some good tips here on making Medusa pads more interesting. Thanks, Miltos! I'm looking forward to the FM video. Sidenote: I really enjoy your sound design. Every musician brings their own personality to the sounds they create and to the instrument they're playing. I like what you bring!

[@miltos_schima]

Thank you Kyle, I am also a fan of this type of atmospheric sounds so in most cases I find my sounds more complete with the addition of some reverb delay, etc. It depends of course on the musical context every time. Until now the sounds I demonstrate are quite simple but with the use of FM we are going to have some more interesting timbres, so I also look forward to making these videos.

[@freakoma]

Hi Miltos, I really enjoy your medusa series!! The sounds you get from this nice synth make me want to play it :D Please keep the good work up, I think your videos are very simple but clear. I also enjoy no talking in the vids so i can just listen to the sound aswell. Big fan

[@miltos_schima]

Thank you, glad you enjoy them! There will be more videos for sure 👍

[@carloslaguna-driscoll5319]

This is amazing and so helpful. Thank you.

[@bop-bopperano]

thank you again!!! these are amazing and to the point. so so so useful!!

[@atomboyd]

Another stunner! Thanks again for doing these!

[@user-np4sr4hl9m]

Such an amazing video 😍 very helpful, thank you so much !

[@jeremjerem]

The medusa video serie is really cool, i wait the next one ! Thx ;)

[@ExitChamber]

Lovely

[@cesarsjogren]

This is incredible

[@mathildempereur7784]

Awsome and clever as usual 👍

[@leNotstrom]

nice one! Thank you for sharing!

[@pitukolitz]

wow - thank youuuuu!

[@miltos_schima]

You're welcome!!

[@JC-bf9zm]

You're a lifesaver.

[@mbrombert]

To be honest I love the sound at 3:13 more!

[@miltos_schima]

Great, you can, of course, fine-tune the sound to your liking 👍

[@mbrombert]

@@miltos_schima Of course. The final patch it also an amazing pad - I really need to get my hands on one of these. All the best to you!

[@swires1]

I have two units too. Did you find any cool things one can two with both together?

[@danikOfficial]

Great stuff!

[@havokcc]

Cool! very inspiring

[@havokcc]

@devontodetroit Sorry, not sure if I'm getting what you are saying. I'm not being sarcastic, I really like these videos and feel very inspired to go play my medusa after watching!

[@oyoyoyo7624]

Nice! May I ask what the name of this font is?

[@ProckGnosis]

This things is fun to program, no doubt...

[@lopodyr]

WOOOOW, I love your tutorials for the Medusa. It really trips me up as a beginner, it does not work like the other subtractive synths I used. Or to be more exact, it does give the results I expect when I tweak it. Your tutorials really make it so much clearer. BUT, I have a burning question: do you have a tutorial for the sound that shows up at 7:40 in the top right corner of your video? It’s a sound I have been dying to recreate but I don’t even know what it’s called. I would love to use the Medusa to build it but I have no clue where to start. :S At any rate, thanks a ton for sharing those immensely useful videos :)

[@ResAffolterSoundproductions]

Thx very much 🙏🏻🌈. Great Tutorial 😃👍🏻🕊🌈🌿

[@dontnormally]

I would love to see some of how using different scales for leads looks. I can't find any videos with that aspect

[@miltos_schima]

Noted! Maybe I 'll have an example like that in a future video, thanks!

[@dontnormally]

@@miltos_schima cool, and thanks for the content so far!

[@prospectnyc]

This is so great. Nicely done! Do you prefer the new LE version?

[@miltos_schima]

Thanks! I like both 😊. Maybe the new one a bit more but there are just different design styles.

[@synthsauce9886]

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@salamicode]

How can I get a program init, you know, with nothing set so you can build from scratch? Appreciate any help.

[@miltos_schima]

To start from an init state I just use one of the available init patches from Bank B. Just make sure to have one available (for example B64) or you can reload Bank B with the Medusa tool if needed.

[@salamicode]

@@miltos_schima thanks a ton.

[@Iphixel]

Can u control external synths with it like in a Chord mode?

[@miltos_schima]

Yes, you can control anything that accepts MIDI 👍

[@stylusnation]

Gorgeous sound, and great tutorial. My only complaint is that you might force me to buy yet another synth... 🎛🙌🏻 💳🥊

[@miltos_schima]

Haha, thanks!! 🔥

[@boybianchi]

Great stuff!