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Tutorial 9 (We use Synth 1 Vst.)

How to make Brandy's:
SWELL SOUND

First off, Bring Synth 1 Vst into Lmms.

1) Open a good old default initial sound bank.



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2) For this example, we will select the Saw symbol, for Osc 1 and Osc 2.

Or, if you want, put Osc 2, on another, symbol.

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3) Leave Mix and the others, on their default positions seen in the pic.


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4) Raise the Osc 1 det dial to 8 or a bit more, if you want.

Det stands for Detune, in case anyone one wanted to know.

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5) In the good ol' Amplifier section.

A = 82 or slighty more, if you want.
D = 24 or 20
S = 0
R = 64

Things to note: Turning the A dial, to a number less than 82, means, the sound builds up faster.
Turning the dial slighty higher than 82, means the sound will take longer to build up.

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6) In the Filter section.

frq = 81

res = 14

sat = 40 or slightly more.

And make sure vel is on Green.

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7) LP 24 is what we want.


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8 ) In the Unison section.

Press the Unison button to turn it on. Green means it is on.
And turn the Pitch dial to 7.

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9) In the Tempo Delay section.


We turn the dials.....

fdbk = 72

d/w = 10, or slightly more if you want.

And that's it.
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10) Now, we need to test out and hear our Swell sound. So we'll make some test notes.

Make this test chord in the piano roll. And make it loop.

Test chord example 1



Or, try test chord example 2.



Or test chord example 3


I hope you enjoyed this tut.

Big Special Thanks to Chill Fox for requesting this tut.

Woohoo! Can't wait to try it! Thanks homie <3

Great tut! One question, I wanna make it a pad, and not end so quickly. I can't find a Sustenance Dial.

Leche wrote:Great tut! One question, I wanna make it a pad, and not end so quickly. I can't find a Sustenance Dial.

Okay.

In the Amplifier section, the letter marked S, is the sustain dial.
Turning it down to 0 removes the sustain. And you get shorter sounds.
Turning it above 0, means longer sounds.

This is what the letters mean:
A = Attack
D = Decay
S = Sustain
R = Release.

The Filter Section, has the same dials and letters too. He! He!

Great job on the tutorial by the way! It's hard because a lot of people struggle with making their tutorials vague so you end up just getting very puzzled but this was really ez!

The Chill Fox wrote:Great job on the tutorial by the way! It's hard because a lot of people struggle with making their tutorials vague so you end up just getting very puzzled but this was really ez!

I'm really happy, you found this one easy to follow.
Sometimes, it does take a good bit of work, to make these tutorials easy to understand and precise, so everyone
can understand them and not get confused.

As an Update, some Lmms users requested Lead sound tuts, so I'll be making a few of those soon.
So everyone can have an idea, how some are made.

Also, the Growl sound tut, ACYDE and others asked for, is coming soon too. Ha! Ha!

Oh, nice brandy!

Okay, I am working on a FB track, yet the drop's main swell sounds a bit off in terms of pitch.
I tried other pitches but they all seemed a bit "off".

Is there anyway to fix this?

Leche wrote:Okay, I am working on a FB track, yet the drop's main swell sounds a bit off in terms of pitch.
I tried other pitches but they all seemed a bit "off".

Is there anyway to fix this?

Okay. If its the Swelly sound from the tut I posted, I suggest that you mess with, the Unison Pitch.
There is a secret with Synth 1, I discovered, that many people don't know.
In the Swell sound case, try 0, or 7 or 12...... Unison Pitch.
See for yourself, if it works. Play around with the keys/notes, until you hear the correct sound you want.
Sometimes, you might need to use chords instead. Good luck!

Growl tut coming soon.
I'm working on it right now.