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Just got a Novation Peak (waveform.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by avo15348@waveform.social to c/synthesizers@waveform.social

Finally got this after years of waiting. I’ve had a couple monosynths but eventually realized I wanted a poly synth. I’ve used VSTs but mostly presets. How should I go about learning to program the synth? Just make tracks? Improvise? Syntorial? I’m interested in modern “IDM” type music like Rival Consoles, Jon Hopkins, Lapalux, floating Points, Four tet, etc. I went to undergrad and grad school for music, classical, jazz studies, lots of theory, piano lessons. Much more green with actually finishing independent electronic music tracks. I have Ableton and Logic. I’ve done a lot more in Logic recording bands and demos. Just recently got Ableton. I’m controlling Peak with Novation SLMKIII. Got a bunch of other instruments but only this one synth. Thanks.

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[-] carved_beats@waveform.social 4 points 1 year ago

Id say start with basic synth tutorial together with the manual maybe. Sometimes they got really good tricks. Next stage, just program a few sounds by playing around and use them in some songs and then go deeper into sound design with specific classic sounds to learn from. Not sure if there any useful books out there.

Its lots of experience mostly and understanding what happens to the wave when using the parameters.

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