Hi,
I've recently puchased Zebra 2 and love the sound of it, especially the very generous presets! I've watched all of Urs tutorials and I've decided that what I need first is some kind of synthesis primer. Is there a book or video tutorial out there that starts by explaining the basic concepts of synthesis? Also I created a very basic organ-type patch the other day... named it, saved it and apparently didn't do something right because its just gone. How can I get it to show up in the user section so I can work on it again? Thanks,
Greg
a couple of complete newbee questions
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- KVRist
- 56 posts since 6 Jul, 2008 from Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
Rainguitar is a writer and musician living in Sherwood Park, Alberta. He is known by his pseudonym "T.K. Boomer" which he uses to write science fiction. Music production is a hobby.
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- KVRAF
- 1931 posts since 14 Aug, 2006 from Winnipeg
Check out this thread. There's a link to a free downloadable e-book that I found helpful.rainguitar wrote:Is there a book or video tutorial out there that starts by explaining the basic concepts of synthesis?
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- KVRAF
- 5948 posts since 19 Jun, 2008 from Melbourne, Australia
+1 How To Make A Noise. While it uses specific synths (not Zebra) to explain various techniques, you'll eventually work out how to translate the ideas to any synth.
Re patches, obviously you know how to load patches, and can probably see that you are selecting folders on the left hand side of the Zebra GUI, which lists the patches in that folder on the right side.
When you click "save", name your patch and press "OK" the patch will be saved in the currently selected folder on the left. But, you don't have to be in preset list mode to do this, so if you forget which folder you are in or don't change to the correct folder before you save, your patch will end up "somewhere".
If you search your hard disk for the patch name, once you find it check the folder it is in and look for that folder on the left hand side of preset view in Zebra. When you click that folder, you should be able to find the patch. Of course, there might be more than one folder with the same name (e.g. "Basses" or whatever) so you might need to look in a few different folders.
Peace,
Andy.
Re patches, obviously you know how to load patches, and can probably see that you are selecting folders on the left hand side of the Zebra GUI, which lists the patches in that folder on the right side.
When you click "save", name your patch and press "OK" the patch will be saved in the currently selected folder on the left. But, you don't have to be in preset list mode to do this, so if you forget which folder you are in or don't change to the correct folder before you save, your patch will end up "somewhere".
If you search your hard disk for the patch name, once you find it check the folder it is in and look for that folder on the left hand side of preset view in Zebra. When you click that folder, you should be able to find the patch. Of course, there might be more than one folder with the same name (e.g. "Basses" or whatever) so you might need to look in a few different folders.
Peace,
Andy.
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- KVRist
- 289 posts since 25 Jul, 2006
I like "Welsh's Synthesizer Cookbook". Also, once you've got the basic vocabulary down read this: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/allsynthsecrets.htm
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 56 posts since 6 Jul, 2008 from Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
Thanks folks,
These suggestions have been very helpful!
Greg
These suggestions have been very helpful!
Greg
Rainguitar is a writer and musician living in Sherwood Park, Alberta. He is known by his pseudonym "T.K. Boomer" which he uses to write science fiction. Music production is a hobby.