Steve De Furia - Secrets of analog and digital synthesis (VHS instructional course, 1985)

Steve De Furia - Secrets of analog and digital synthesis (VHS instructional course, 1985) SECRETS provides a clear, no-nonsense guide to making any sound on any synthesizer. Starting with the fundamentals of sound creation, it progresses through such advanced topics as programming FM synths like the DX-7. Valuable insights are offered into stage and studio performance techniques which are applied to a variety of makes and models so that you will derive benefit from this video no matter what kind of equipment you have. A 130-page manual is included, making this a complete course on electronic keyboards. Steve De Furia is the narrator and featured performer on this video. He is a highly respected consultant in synthesizer design and a Keyboard columnist who has programmed for Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, and Lee Ritenour. DCI Music Video, Inc. 1985. 7:26 3 Parameters of Sound 11:43 Loudness 16:29 Pitch 17:28 Timbre 20:32 Review 22:20 Lesson II Making WAVES 22:54 3 instrument functions 25:25 Sources 28:22 Oscillator Frequency 31:37 33:22 Modifiers 32:07 Amplifiers 33:35 35:17 Filters 36:08 42:36 Filter Cutoff 36:59 Filter Resonance 39:20 LPF 39:41 HPF 40:10 BPF 40:37 Notch 41:02 SUMMARY 41:38 Lesson III The Sound Designer’s ToolKit 45:00 Controllers 45:45 49:07 1:35:33 ADSR Envelope control 52:45 ADSR Envelope Modulation 54:08 LFO control ** 58:21 Mod Wheel & Pitch Bend 1:03:02 3 Secrets to Innovative Sound 1:03:41 4 categories for Overall Spectrum 1:05:43 2 types of Timbre Envelopes 1:09:41 Create Brass Instrument 1:11:42 Create Wind Instrument 1:14:05 Create String Instrument Lesson IV Synth & Editing Techniques 1:18:07 Roland DEMO 1:20:25 Sequential Circuits DEMO 1:22:39 1:25:43 Oberheim DEMO 1:24:00 Moog DEMO 1:24:43 Fender DEMO 1:26:44 KORG DEMO 1:27:22 Casio DEMO 1:28:42 Editing Presets 1:32:53 Lesson V Digital FM Synthesis {Reason’s THOR; FruityLoop’s SYTRUS; Ableton’s OPERATOR} 1:46:50 Carrier 1:47:36 Modulator 1:49:08 FM Ratio Tuning Rules 1:52:52 DEMO 1:54:58 Simple Algorithms 1:57:56 Complex Algorithms Original: