In this video, Max Marco explores ‘no sample synthesis’ on the Elektron Octatrack.
“No samples needed for this tutorial,” notes Marco. “The Octatrack can act as a rather fascinating synthesizer as long as you know how to get your hands on plenty of extra gain.”
Topics:
0:50 white noise generation
2:25 white noise amplitude envelope
3:06 filter pings
3:30 comb filter pings
4:31 excitation shaping
5:43 impulse modulation
7:16 noise shaping
8:26 chorus
9:40 additional triggers
11:36 additional comb filter
12:57 white noise waveform display
13:37 chorus modulation
14:17 comb filter detune modulation
15:04 distortion on excitation filter
16:00 different track lengths
16:47 re-sampling source
17:59 audio editor display quirk
19:11 panning modulation
20:08 lo-fi FX for re-sampling channel
21:04 excitation filter modulation
22:01 disabling excitation filter distortion
22:18 cue bus attenuation
22:55 mix change-up
23:45 re-sampling channel filter modulation
24:31 flanger on re-sampling channel
25:05 reducing comb feedback
26:22 closing remarks
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Cool trick! You gotta wonder if Elektron even knew you could do this?
Is this essentially making it do Karplus Strong string synthesis?
yep that’s exactly what it is. and since it’s such a well known technique you bet Elektron know about it.
No music, just a terrible sound,
this demonstration very clearly confirms that, no matter how virtuous you are, you will never make a pie from shit.
nope, that’s exactly what he does here.
bake a pie out of nothing (boring white noise).
Admin: Personal attack deleted.
Keep comments in topic and constructive.
I was taken on a fun 26 minute trip down a constructive way to synthesize sounds and all you have to say is “no music”. Go have a life