Learn synthesis

Hands-on steps from one oscillator to a full patch. Each step sets up a board for you, so there's only one or two blocks to add or settings to change. Play with them, then match the target. Hints are there if you want them.

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The amp envelope shapes each note

An envelope describes how loud a note is from the moment it starts to after it stops.

A note can start at once or swell in, die away or hold, and stop dead or fade out. The Amp block offers ready-made shapes; the graph shows each one.

Your turn. Add the Amp block, then give each note the target's shape: it dies away quickly, like a plucked string.

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