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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OTT squashes it loud

OTT is a compressor in three bands at once: lows, mids and highs. It turns the loud parts down and the quiet parts up, so the tail of every note comes forward and the sound gets dense and in your face.

It is on almost every modern electronic preset. Amount fades from the dry sound to fully squashed.

Your turn. Add OTT. In the target the tail of each pluck rings on, loud and bright.

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