Students will learn how to generate, modify and shape waveforms to produce all kinds of sounds - from emulating natural instruments to grungy synth basses and sparkling synth leads - from sound effects to space music, and you will get hands-on experience using both real and virtual synthesizers in the classroom. Training is open for anyone - from senior high-school to professional musician - and is designed to teach you how to make the best use of your analog synthesizer or VST® or RTAS® plugin, iPad® synthesizer application such as Animoog® or the the Korg iMS-20®, or any rack or patch-based digital or modeling or keyboard synthesizer based on an analog foundation. The course will cover the basics of analog synthesis - from psychoacoustics to waveforms, from oscillators to filters, from envelopes to patches. They will be offering two 3-day live instructor-led hands-on courses in analog synthesis at the Marriott Hotel, Mechanisburg, PA, one starting Oct 17 and one Dec 18, entitled:ĪNALOG SYNTHESIS (1.25V) - SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMING : "How to make the knobs, dials, sliders, cables - and yes, even keyboards - do something cool!" "MusicInclusive™ LLC is an Indie label and publishing company that is also interested in artist education. This one also posted on MATRIXSYNTH here. We've launched a KickStarter campaign to help finish development and get Syntorial out into the world. "Seriosuly, Ma! Look at me! I'm doin' it!!!" Using our Synthesis By Ear method, Syntorial takes you step-by-step through 58 different common synth parameters and trains your ear to instantly recognize how each one effects sound. They fail to address the MOST important skill needed to program synthesizers: a trained ear. Or, they show you how to make a few specific sounds. Most tutorials focus on the technical ins-and-outs of synthesizers. Through a series of challenges Syntorial gradually builds up your sound design skills so that by the end of the entire tutorial, you're doing it. And while they can only present information, a program can interact with the user.
The current offerings of synth tutorials are either books, videos, articles or websites. Syntorial differs from other synth tutorials in two very important ways:ġ. Syntorial is a fully interactive training program designed to help users program sounds quicker and easier. "Syntorial - The Ultimate Synthesizer Tutorial It has all of the features monstrumWaveXT has in terms of parameter AND waveform/wavetable editing capabilities." Development is ongoing and I'm getting a lot of great feedback from users, so the "beta" should be lifted from the name in due time.Īlso on a similar note I recently released an editor -monstrumWave1 for the original Waldorf Microwave. There is a monstrumWaveXT application file for the stand-alone editor (which now has full wavetable and waveform editing and arrangement ability!) and there is a beta VST for os x and one for Windows.
This is all because I restructured things so now monstrumWaveXT does not require any ctrlr install to work.
Update via Rob Wentz the developer in the comments below: "Just wanted to follow up here that monstrumWaveXT is currently a stand-alone editor, VST/AU functionality has been "downgraded" to "beta" status. MonstrumWave 2.5 can be yours now, just head over to and prepare to get kicked out of your apartment for noise complaints!!! MonstrumWave 2.5 Demo - Arpeggiator + Analog In MonstrumWave 2.5 Demo - use within FLstudio
MonstrumWave 2.5 Demo - Wave Envelope + Modulation Matrix
MonstrumWave 2.5 Demo - Arpeggiator + Mod Matrix Here are four demonstration videos showing monstrumWave 2.5 in action! If you just want some info or are interested in beta testing the features to the next 3.0 update including a fully featured, interactive wavetable editor, or the upcoming editor for the waldorf pulse, pulse+, pulse 2 or other projects, check in at /forum. MonstrumWave 2.5 is a cross-platform (Win/Mac/Linux) fully featured standalone and VST/AU MIDI/Sysex editor for the Waldorf Microwave II, XT and XTk synthesizers. MonstrumMedia proudly announces monstrumWave 2.5 Final, available now from for $39.99!