Sytrus Tutorial - Everything You Need to Know

[@User27389]

Sytrus interface is like rocket science. In the mix explains it like its 1+1. Cannot be more grateful!

[@TheKarimPuff]

Perfectly stated

[@Mrgiftedsoul]

Straight up that shit was looking like a space ship dash board and he’s star Lorax and broke the shit down

[@OlbaidMusic]

Producers are usually afraid when open sytrus for the first time, seems too complex, but with that comes a huge flexibility and power. Sytrus and Harmor are easily the most powerfull synths of FL Studio. If you learn how to use them, external synths are virtually unnecesary. Great explanation! I made the same in depth, almost 2 hrs of videos lol.

[@jon0830]

your presets are great starting points, thanks!

[@Mike_Wazowskii7]

Damn, it's in spanish. Now I have to learn spanish and then sytrus 😂

[@OlbaidMusic]

@@jon0830 You are welcome!

[@NexusNightcoreMusic]

I opened sytrus first when I first installed FL STUDIO. From then I have never used it LOL. My favorite is NEXUS (as usual).

[@adhoccerswings]

Sytrus is really goddamn great and I use it all the time, BUT, I wish it had: - automatable waveshape parameters (tension, shape, skew, sine shaper) - the same in-envelope visualization (playback header visualization along the x-axis whe you play the patch, showing where you're going!) as Harmor, Serum, Vital etc; it's just easier to see where you're going; note - this would be Very Helpful Whenever There's Many Envelopes Going On at the Same time and when tweaking the patch afterwards! It's easy enough to adjust the envelope without visual cues when you're BUILDING the sound - but Afterwards, going back to it and tweaking requires a lot of imagination, since you may have many different envelopes! It can get confusing really fast. It literally reguires you to make your own extensive notes for the patch! - a modulation matrix too (simply because it's easy to forget what you have and haven't done despite the orange bars; there's so many tabs to browse when checking - also, if you don't have sustain set as the end point of an envelope, the longest envelope determines the sustain Length of the whole patch! That's not in the manual c:)

[@mli3083]

From explaining every FL plugin to giving us everything we need to know about FM synthesis in 20 minutes, Michael is on a mission to provide us a universal theory of everything by year's end

[@benq994]

He's the Mega Chad of FL Studio :D

[@darnellknights3147]

Just explaining what every FL plugin is and how to use it shaved years of my learning curve. I can get right to it instead of wasting hours trying to find what I'm looking for.

[@carl_47]

Michael deserve a Novel, this young guy save the planet. By the way FL Studio Dev Team consider sponsor Michael, he is the guy.

[@jnorthtrash1346]

Fl Jesus

[@oramos5353]

@@jnorthtrash1346 facts bro lmfao

[@Yourmotwashum]

This synth is a nightmare without a proper guide. And a proper guide has arrived. Thank you sensei.

[@inthemix]

I think it’s incredible that a proper, useable and well written guide does not exist for this synth!

[@chancegoodspeed5873]

at the end "if it sounds good it is good" best advice you could get

[@legendneo5371]

I can't believe you just explained Sytrus to me in under 20 min. You're a blessing to all new producers. Thank you for your great videos! This is by far my favorite KZbin Channel.

[@raudi42]

I 100% second that. Straight forward, no BS-talk. And very important: your "narration style" (dont know how describe better).

[@yuvrajmehra9693]

YOU ABSOLUTE GOD. I fell asleep last night watching somebody else's Sytrus tutorial and literally dreamt about DMing you to ask you to make stock synth tutorials for Sytrus, Harmor, Sakura, etc. And then I woke up to this.

[@vamsikrishnavempati5215]

Let's get this dude to a million subs by the end of the year. He definitely deserves it.

[@arn3107]

has 1 mil now

[@faddlewaddle2615]

You're the epitome of what an excellent online teacher should be all about. THANK YOU!

[@onaucc9899]

Comes in at the PERFECT time. I just a few days thought "Man, i don't know anything about Sytrus, i better learn it" aaaand here you are. :D

[@erik1993]

Yep I was on that boat too

[@EversonBernardes]

One note about the video: Turning up the FX knob on a operator row will send that operator *raw* signal through the effects and output that. If you want the filters to be applied before the FX, you have to turn up the FX knob that sits on that filter row in the matrix. Neat thing about the operators in Sytrus: you can set them up so they're working with multiples of the fundamental frequency (1x, 2x, 3x, 0.5x) , good for getting say a sub voice, or a harmonizing voice one fifth above the fundamental; or you can set them up so they're running at a constant frequency (say, 10Hz), useful for ring modulation. One neat trick using FM is setting up one OP (I usually do it with OP6) with a constant frequency, say 4Hz and using it to modulate the other operators. Vibrato! You can then control OP6 volume to define how much vibrato you want, through an envelope, etc.

[@Zildawolf]

Thank you for adding this!! I noticed him turning up the fx knob in the operator row instead of the fx row and was very confused. This clarified it perfectly! Also, thank you for the helpful tips!

[@SultiJaber]

9 years of experimenting and reading and trying to understand FM Synthesis and here is this random guy on youtube with a British accent laying it down in 20 minutes.

[@Mike_Wazowskii7]

Holy what you read my mind! I've actually been wanting to learn this for years 😂 it must be time

[@DidierBampiliMusicProduction]

I have Music contents, check me out

[@allistairsampson6217]

😂

[@Mike_Wazowskii7]

Apparently he has music contents and we should check him out lol

[@DidierBampiliMusicProduction]

I'm a small youtuber starting out 👊🏾💪🏾🤦🏿‍♂️

[@nobodyknowsme1245]

Same 😂

[@nostan1999]

I've been waiting for this! Sytrus is one of my favourite synths and it's a shame it gets neglected fairly often. The 6 oscillators really give you so much control, and so many ways to get to whatever sound you're looking for. Some of the other things that weren't mentioned, but are really cool: 1) Harmonic editor - Really powerful for shaping sound. Allows you to additively synthesize sounds and merge that with the FM matrix and subtractive elements to really shape sound. There's one for each of the 6 oscillators. 2) Unison editor - You can individually control parameters like volume, panning, pitch, modulation amount, etc. for each unison voice. Seriously powerful.

[@inthemix]

I did mention unison editor and the waveshaper, unless I accidentally edited it out!

[@nostan1999]

@@inthemix Apologies, I must have missed the waveshaper portion, I just found it

[@wilydingus]

To think I messed with these dials for years before watching this, doh! The goat is back thanks so much

[@termsofuniverse7251]

I highly recommend learning Sytrus, its an incredibly powerful synth.

[@DidierBampiliMusicProduction]

I have Music contents, check me out

[@soaribb32]

I love how smooth the operator of this synth are.

[@wfilms6320]

The amount of knowledge conveyed in 20 minutes is unbelievable, thank you

[@hellcat5music]

The best FL Studio guy you could hope for. Detailed, thorough, no fluff. Easy to understand. Thanks man!

[@jeffheidelberg2283]

I don't know if I should cry tears of joy or kiss you right now. This is the tutorial I needed! Best FL studio channel out there!

[@marek4755]

Ok, that's a miracle I guess. I was about to look for Sytrus tutorial and you just release it on channel!

[@atharvamahajan4949]

same here

[@charmawow]

After decades of having FL Studio on my computers, I’m finally making a concerted effort to use it. Discovering your channel has been a real find....and at last I can get my head around Sytrus! Thanks very much for these fantastic tutorials.

[@gavinhewitt5814]

I’ve watched a bunch of other videos on sytrus, and all of them just made me more overwhelmed. You made very good sense of this for me and I feel confident to make my own sounds with it now! Thank you.

[@natesamadhi33]

FINALLY someone who explains it clearly.

[@DidierBampiliMusicProduction]

I have Music contents, check me out

[@gomesiekamalukwamanda3586]

The tutorials that is meant to teach those who need to understand sytrus. Why others can be like this guy,he is explaining like a real living human. Salute,and god bless,I have downloaded this video so that I can keep watching it while doing my sessions in my bedroom studio.

[@spaurtacusmusic]

Not ashamed to admit I’ve used Sytrus for like every song I’ve made, it really is powerful and often overlooked. Thanks for covering it In The Mix!

[@NikkiLayne]

Hands down one of the best music production channels I've ever come across.

[@elroycoldcast]

Such a powerful and underrated synth. It's a beast. My favorite thing about it is the numerous ways you can morph, manipulate and recreate every sound into something completely different and new. I recreated about 85% of the sytrus soundbank several years ago. Little hidden gem: go to the sequencers section in the bank and one by one deconstruct them using the matrix. You'll reveal all kinds of cool sounds and loops you can use in your tracks.

[@Yamakusa]

Been using Sytrus for so long without touching the operators and filters, now after watching this I finally understand what all those knobs and matrix do thank you so much.

[@Abhimax]

I'VE BEEN USING SYTRUS WRONG ALL ALONG!! I usually just load a preset and play around with the knobs without any idea what they do... This was so helpful!!!!! Thank you!

[@ucheezenu4386]

I should first appreciate your calmness when teaching and explaining in any of your tutorials, it actually a big deal for me so thank you. For this tutorial about cytrus youv given me an entire new understanding to what i thought i knw . Thank you again and Weldone. All the way from Nigeria!!!

[@seffye2195]

i'm just blown away on how much stuff i can do now! I was just using ready to use sounds from libraries and now i'm making amazing stuff out of nothing. THIS IS SOOOOO GOOOOD AAAAAAAAAAA THANK YOU A LOT!!!

[@SpacedOutDoonie]

I dont use Sytrus as much as I do other plugins but whenever I do use it I fall in love with it everytime. Its so OP.

[@knowledgeseeker7324]

The best tutorial on sytrus ever. What a legend...

[@krishnanarayanan497]

This is guy is just amazing!!Love from India...❤❤❤❣

[@patrickrowe6745]

Michael, thanks for the many things you've done. Every time i sought help elsewhere, I have to come back to you. Luckily, I discovered you in my early years. FL Studio owes you LOADS

[@marcoscordova9050]

Dude you’re an amazing teacher, thank you so much for what you do and how you do it, the world appreciates you ❤️

[@lojo11audio]

Sytrus has always intimidated me. Thank you for breaking it down. I'm going to try to use this plugin a bit more now.

[@InVisionsMusic]

You are the true saviour for Bedroom producers. Thanks a lot!!

[@g4p5l6]

Great breakdown for beginners. Was just looking at this for the first time yesterday and it took at least an hour to figure out what you explained in 10 minutes.

[@DerekLightfoot69]

Michael, You just saved me from having to buy Serum - I can now achieve everything I need with my newly gained knowledge of Sytrus. You are a formidable teacher and incredibly talented. All power to you!

[@aqua3418]

I just heard a sound from Sytrus in a demo, and DAMN, it was amazing. I realized that Sytrus can really do some amazing stuff

[@MTG_CMG]

This video is very helpful! I've always used Sytrus but never fully understood the potential, even with trial and error and guessing what the accessories do. This will greatly improve my sound quality when producing! :)

[@JakkQuill]

God Bless You man. I've learnt a lot through your channel. Thankyou for sharing your knowledge with the world.

[@JamesSiggins]

I watched the tutorial for this on FL Studio's own KZbin page and while most of it made sense, some of it wasn't clear, this version of it was so much better. I think the pacing was better too. Thanks.

[@YXMATU]

Michael again doing his job... Making complex things easy for us

[@TheInsomniaProject]

This is the most definitive way to Learn FL stuff with ease. Thank you Michael. Really. 😁 All the things I havent explored, you're making me wanna revisit them 😂

[@yony_music]

Also just came back to make some sounds with sytrus

[@officialnarn]

10:24 Love the way you slowly look to the camera

[@amrenmurray]

I'm (VERY) new to FL studio. I'm a long time Reason user. Your video is what has made Sytrus all the sudden extremely exciting. (and I'm REALLY glad it comes with the producer edition)

[@barrysangkol3311]

You are an amazing teacher.....your explanations are just simple and easy to understand ...i learnt alot from you.

[@CPMusic254]

The best way to explain a complex synth under 20 minutes and everyone understands it. Its the only thing we all needed and Michael did it. Who has the register to mark me present. I am on a mission to have In the mix to be registered as a university.

[@tec2592]

I’ve been using Sytrus more than anything lately what great timing thank you 🙏!

[@andreasarai8177]

I've searched for a decent Sytrus tutorial for months and here it is. Thank you, keep doing that please, you're great.

[@looks2880]

I was always intimidated and confused using plugins like Sytrus to design my own synths. I heavily relied on presets and tweaking the sound. You explained and demonstrated this plugin in such a simple and succinct manner! You've provided me a new tool to work with! Excellent, well made video, simply explained!

[@francisoboh4683]

All I have to say Michael is THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! You really know when to come through for the fam. Would really appreciate a Harmor or Harmless Tutorial next. Big thanks in advance ♥️

[@producedby3am344]

Bro you seriously make the best tutorials on KZbin, you explain everything simply and clearly

[@inthemix]

Thank you, that’s what I hope to do :)

[@rserg3789]

The video we producers don’t deserve, but CERTAINLY THE ONE WE NEEDED!! I’ve always loved the presets I used with sytrus but this video is gold for me! Thanks so much🙏🏼

[@makarand_music]

I want to say THANK YOU after your each sentence... 😍❤️

[@Blackwingk]

Dude, Sytrus looked so intimidating to me. Thanks!!!!

[@gordonchan89]

I've just started learning to produce and seriously.....it's ridiculous how helpful you and your videos are. I quite literally find myself swearing with happiness at how relevant and outstanding your content is. Thank you sir!

[@brendelts]

i like watching these at work so im making money while i do it :)

[@joecantdance494]

Best tutorial video on sytruss ever. That mod matrix was daunting

[@omkarshirsat]

My biggest issue with synths before this video was the reliability on the pre-made factory patches. I could not go beyond them and had to completely rely on those sounds or always be on the lookout for new synths plugins. This tutorial made it so much easy for me that now I can go ahead and try making different sounds to the very least, and gradually master it. Thank you so much!!

[@timjones1159]

This is super helpful, I had no idea how good this synth was. The capability is crazy.

[@veldin20]

One of the best synthesizers in FL studio. Definitely worth mastering!

[@manojnandi2124]

Man this is where I was struck for quite a lot of months. Finally got it. Really its a relief. Thanx a lot.

[@HazyJ28]

I didn't understand Sytrus until you did your beginners and advanced synth video on Serum, then the video on Vital. Because you taught us the vocabulary for general FM and Wavetable Synthesis, I am now able to understand this tutorial and gain something from it. It's weird how everything comes full circle, but that moment when it all just "clicks" is so rewarding. You are the best teacher ever, and you deserve a very highly paid salary at Berkeley or some shit lol.

[@RustySuffering]

I LOVE YOU! With the key mapping. Just what I was looking for!!!,

[@aabc]

I really love the concept of matrix it really makes sense to me now Just wanted to say I love your thumbnails, they are so attractive and eye catching :)

[@yxshmusic]

Just needed this! Thank you so much! :)))

[@myke.p]

This is going to be the most useful video for sytrus sound designing 🔥

[@noob_4986]

this is where I'm wishing everyone a happy new year :)

[@del-marmare1646]

Dude, I trust your reward will be in this life and the next. You're a wealth of inspiration.

[@crimson3510]

The most underrated synth in FL studio! Great VID!!!!❤🙌🔥

[@ludwigvanbeethoven3928]

Thank you, Micheal. May God bless you!

[@cbspydoge]

Thanks Beethoven sucks that you can't hear the end result as you are deaf! Jk sorry

[@tyoveli]

I learned sytrus by trial and error, but this video still taught me some cool tricks to use. Keep on making these videos! They're great.

[@BenPotts]

great work! i remember when they added sytrus into FL way back with FL Studio 5, i never fully took the time to understand it until now

[@C_Corpze]

It only took one short video for me to almost completely understand it. Thank you.

[@CalleJonte]

Great video! I’m a trained pedagogue and I really like your approach to teaching in this vid! It is great how you make it “flow”

[@nicoletnathan9696]

thank you 1000 times for all the work you are doing for us !!!

[@chief2632]

Thanks again for taking away the mystery and confusion so that we can actually have fun with these, you're awesome man

[@Mangotshepang]

Legit, you're THE BEST FL Online teacher out there. Thanks a lot man!

[@ethai1]

For some time I tried to understand this synth, and even watched a detailed tutorial on it. But you're tutorials are great! so I'm sure this will help a lot.

[@zowsmusic]

It was some few years ago when I started using Sytrus I began realizing its potential. It's a fun, and creative synthesizer to work with once you know how to use it. Not bad for a stock plugin. FL studio is the best! Nice tutorial!

[@jomellemusic]

This is one of the best tutorials about Sytrus. Thank you for sharing !

[@harshdhamu9915]

I started reading the sytrus manual today, and this helps a LOT

[@samuelcobb4645]

very well spoken in your videos man. been a big fan for a while and it has always taught me really good things. thanks for your work my man

[@redbuck3tarchive509]

You channel is such a blessing for fl producers

[@hinsen]

I watched a few guides to Sytrus, but yours is definitely the best. You explained the basics of its operation very clearly. I will be grateful if you do similar tutorials to other FL Studio synthesizers, especially Harmor.

[@bosssyndrome6416]

Its like you magically knew that i wanted to learn about this and that the other tutorials on youtube were sub-par. Grade A content as always.

[@alejandrolarrea8887]

when I first opened sytrus, I was afraid but with this video, I feel much better. thanks : 3

[@gcinaseleteng6632]

Truly amazing. I have learnt a lot from this channel, I started six months back during lockdown just trying out music production as hobby. I didn't have musical background at all just a love for music. I downloaded a trial version of FL studio. At this point I am able to complete full projects but haven't been foccusing much on the individual sound just enjoying being able to do new things with Fl studio. I think I will go back again to all the tutorials from the beginning now with a better understanding of music. Thanks

[@Bonnie39]

This is very helpful because I only have stock plugins other than Nexus2

[@scottbouck7700]

So helpful! Most tutorials on the matrix in Sytrus are about as intimidating as the matrix itself haha! Thanks for keeping it short and sweet. I followed till the end and really feel like I learned something! Thanks!

[@MeitanteiKevin]

Wow! I always thought that sytrus is just way too complex for me but now I understand it (not 100 %, sure, but way more). Thanks for the great video :)

[@arshim4782]

i don't have much money to buy synth plugins but sytrus is a really good alternate for them ....thanks for making this video...you are great

[@ravencole2740]

You are so pleasant and patient. You are definitely confident in your abilities and knowledge. I learned so much about Sytrus, and 19 minutes absolutely breezed by. I highly recommend this tutorial and the channel overall. Thank you, Michael.

[@happinessrunns]

I don't know why this seemed confusing to me at the time. You really made it clear, well done.

[@beetheimmortal]

Damn, this thing is really amazing, you really can make whatever you want with it

[@liam_maars]

I'm just going to say that these tutorials are super helpful! Almost every video that I've watched from you has helped me in a significant way. Thank you!