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24 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:42 pm
by unfa
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Note: this thread is a bit of a historical record - the newest stuff is on the bottom, so you might want to jump there :)

Hey!

After a long pause in recording videos I'm back with 7 new videos so far ranging in topics from synthesizing string pad in ZynAddSubFX to making sound effects for a logo animation. I hope to be doing this for a long time and build a big base of great content to learn from.

Here's the playlist for the whole video series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... RQFPnbSd87

The longest (and most thorough) is over 1 hour-long tutorial about making sounds from scratch for a logo animation using Ardour 5 and ZynAddSubFX:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMrHEoci5Fk

The newest video is a starting guide for JACK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEduGnD6ZKQ

The most viewed so far is the initial video that shows a rarely known multi-operator modulation feature of ZynAddSubFX that simply blew my socks off:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NHfn2nr2Lw

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I'm open to suggestions and your requests. Tell me what you like about these videos, and what you don't like. I want to improve and I think you can see the progress when watching this playlist in order already.

BTW: I'm using OBS for video capture, Carla with Calf plugins for live voice processing and Blender for video editing.

See you in the next video! :)

Re: 8 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 12:47 pm
by unfa
New video! I synthesize modern-sounding drums using ZynAddSubFX (and Ardour 5).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3cZ32rXSPQ
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Re: 8 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 4:14 am
by Crojav
Unfa

ZynaddsubFx deserves a good teacher. And that is You!!

I learn a lot from your videos, and your presentation is pleasant.

Crojav

Re: 12 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 8:14 am
by unfa
Thanks!

Here's a newest video about Helm synthesizer.
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https://youtu.be/qWLjHqJX6aw

Re: 12 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 1:21 am
by finotti

Re: 12 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:37 pm
by unfa
UV#13: https://youtu.be/N7aQIEEmz1U - learning OBXD, a hardware emulating polyphonic synth.

UV#14: https://youtu.be/UBQBOLuB8uQ - This one is a two-and-a-half long livestream-style almost unedited video showing my workflow, when I sit down to make my own music.

Re: 14 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 7:54 am
by briandc
Nice work Unfa! I'll definitely be linking to some of these videos, they'll be very nice reference points. The modulation capabilities of Zyn kind of reminded me of another video I saw about WaySyn (LMMS) that also has some unexpected, wild modulation features. Great stuff for exploring!
I'm also curious to hear impressions of the Zyn modulation video from people at VSE...

brian

Re: 14 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 12:40 pm
by chaocrator
dude, thanks a lot for ZynAddSubFX modulation video.
i'm thinking about replacing Dexed and Phasex with ZynAddSubFX in my rig.

Re: 14 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 3:05 pm
by rghvdberg
chaocrator wrote:dude, thanks a lot for ZynAddSubFX modulation video.
i'm thinking about replacing Dexed and Phasex with ZynAddSubFX in my rig.
Video about ams.lv2 +ingen would be a cool topic.
I never got it work properly.

Re: 14 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:06 pm
by magicalex
Keep up the good work, Tobiasz!

Re: 14 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 9:36 am
by unfa
Two new videos on the list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y93Jh1UIpys - ZyzAddSubFX formant filter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNQH2p0KnCY - Helm 0.9.0 release

ams.lv2 + Ingen - I tried Ingen a few times, but it never worked stable enough to complete anything. I wanted to build my own reverb with delays and filters but Ingen just crashed and crashed so much I couldn't do anything. If I can get it to work, I'd certainly dig up the possibilities, as modular stuff is a workflow that unlocks a lot of options for advanced users. There's a new sheriff in town called "Synthpod" (https://open-music-kontrollers.ch/lv2/synthpod/) but it's in beta AFAIK so not ready for production - but looks like it could replace and improve upon the AMS and Ingen idea - also as an Lv2 plugin for easy DAW usage. Seems promising. I didn't see any development in Ingen for many years, so I don't know if it's ever going to fix it's problems - hopefully Synthpod will take the torch and carry on.

Re: 16 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 5:19 pm
by unfa
There's a bunch of new videos on this playlist :)

UV#17 open-source vocoders!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlxFpvSpFU8

UV#18 Introduction to FM synthesis (with ZynAddSubFX)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWMlPjpQYbo

UV#19 Synthesizing a growl bass with Zyn-Fusion + multiband processing inside Ardour 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axtVERiqUIw

UV#20 Introduction to dynamic range compression (with Calf Studio Gear)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVe0mCqrdpE

UV#21 Advanced dynamic range compression (with Calf Studio Gear)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eap9Bcsz3eQ

UV#22 Track from scratch with Ardour and ZynAddSubFX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXCwH9n3M-c

UV#23 "Void" - breakdown of a track amde wiht Ardour and Zyn-Fusion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PC5zKXMbgw

UV#24 Mastering an EDM single with Ardour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBXuab0dK9M

Re: 24 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:00 am
by magicalex
Keep up the good work!

Re: 24 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:10 am
by studio32
something removed later

Re: 16 video tutorials and counting: unfa vlog

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:46 pm
by bluebell
unfa wrote:There's a bunch of new videos on this playlist :)
Thumbs up for unfa :D