How To Make That Warm Synth Sound - 25/08/22
Jacob Haq brings the heat

We all know the sound; a kind of brassy, rich tone which evokes feelings of the 1980s and late 70s. Here we have a deep exploration of making the sound from Jacob Haq, who offers a half hour masterclass in designing the sound, with explanations along the way. He also suggests some example synths to try the technique on. Here's what he has to say:

Join me in my deepest dive into a very warm synthesizer sound that almost everyone loves. In this Masterclass you'll learn what it is that makes that sound so warm, how to make it yourself with almost any synthesizer and techniques to make it even warmer.

More videos on his channel: www.youtube.com/c/JakobHaq

 

Adam Szabo's bachelor thesis in Media Technologies at the University of Stockholm was on the supersaw waveform and how to emulate it perfectly. It's a bit more complicated that what Jacob told, there are subtleties not treated by Jacob:
https://web.archive.org/web/2011062...tlistor/2010/rapporter10/szabo_adam_10131.pdf

 

Adam Szabo JP6K Test [Supersaw Lead & Pad]

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Kazrog synth warmer is on sale for 20 bucks currently.



Synth Warmer

 

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why would anyone need this i just downloaded it sounds like EQ to me...isn't that available in your daw?

 

also i hate the youtube algorithm payment or whatever u want to call it format and people talking for Hours just to say things they could say in 1 minute

 

That's why you should learn from books and not YouTube tutorials (unless it's something super specific)

 

One of my favorites!

 

Classic Analog Filter / Saturator
Synth Warmer is an analog synth filter emulation based on the iconic 1970s monosynth ladder filter design, complete with overload distortion and self oscillation. Use to warm up your rude supersaws, add interest to drum loops, or create total sonic havoc as a sound design tool.

EQ
Equalizer means that individual frequencies or frequency bands are amplified or attenuated.

Low- & Highpass- versus Low- & Highcut-Filter
The best known filter is certainly the lowpass filter, because it is very common in many synthesizers as an important effect. As the name suggests, it only lets low frequencies through. The more this filter intervenes, the less high frequencies still get through. The counterpart to this is the highpass filter. Exactly: It only lets highs through, and the more it intervenes, the less you still hear low frequencies.

The counterparts to these two filters are called Highcut Filter and Lowcut Filter. In the audible result they do exactly the same as Lowpass and Highpass, but technically they work in such a way that the frequencies are not let through, but cut away. And in combination with other parameters it makes a difference which filter is used.Source: www.musikmachen.de/recording/musikereffekt-filter/


Clips of Kazrog Synth Warmer plugin for VST, AU, and AAX formats. Available for Windows and Mac operating systems. Clips start dry (unprocessed) and then transition to processed audio through the plugin, with some parameter automation in the host. No other post processing.

 

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