Make ANY Synth Sound More Analog 🎹 | A Sound Design Tutorial

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Howdy doody, buckaroonies! Today, we're here for a new sound design tutorial all about emulating the sound of analog synths using any synth plugin that you want! Analog synths are a whole lot of fun, but you don't need an analog synth to capture the sound of the classics.

Making analog style patches is easy, and in this video we'll be breaking down all the basics to get you started with making more convincing and effective analog style patches using your favorite plugins!

So, grab your favorite synths like Vital or Serum or Rapid or whatever and let's make some patches!

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0:00 Attack Of The Boomers
1:58 Howdy
3:17 An Important Note
3:31 Fresh Hot Vital Noises
4:06 Let's Talk Voices
5:48 Let's Do Filter Stuff
6:51 Making It Not Boring
10:42 A Note On Imperfections
12:13 Other Patch Examples
13:25 DAW Processing
14:39 Closing Thoughts

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[VenusTheory]

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[EversonBernardes]

A lot of old analog synths had waveforms that just vaguely resembled what they should look like, too. If your digital synth and/or VST allows for loading custom waveforms, that's something to look into.

[AndreasR]

On top of these tips, coming from a bass and guitar background, I also like to run things through pedals rather than just using effect plugins.

Also, analog gear can and will be noisier than pristine digital synths, so don't be afraid to add some noise, even if the analog synth you're recreating doesn't have a noise oscillator.

[avsystem]

I've been a gear head for decades, there is something satisfying about a nice piece of hardware. That said, I'm confident that, in blind listening tests of electronic music, virtually no one can identify whether a sound was created with an analog or digital synth either actual or virtual. I've paired back my studio gear to hardware synths that don't have (to my knowledge) virtual analogs. That includes: Waldorf MicroWave eXT, ASM Hydrasynth, Roland V-Synth XT (I sold my Roland D-550 because it is perfectly emulated by the V-Synth), E-mu Morpheus, Roland Integra-7, Yamaha VL1-m Version 2, Technics WSA1R and the only outboard FX unit I still have, an E-mu Vortex. I do have a Korg Kronos X but that is more about the keyboard than the synth although I like the Karma features (I had a Korg Karma and sold it when I purchased the Kronos). Maintaining and using a piece of unique vintage gear is a worthy pursuit but buying new synth hardware, for the most part, is a waste of money, resources and space unless it is something that does not exist in the virtual world. I'm looking at you Christian Henson (Spitfire Audio) with that ridiculous massive modular synthesizer you probably paid $100, 000+ for that is hogging real estate in your studio. Playing with that is like jerking off, it may feel good but it's not very productive.

[sevenfifteen]

The cinematography of your intros is beautiful! I hope you heard that already, because it's true.

[umanoid]

You’re killing me with these mindful sounding parody opens.

[SongOfItself]

Now, this calls for a proper vst shoot-out :-) Using only the functionalities Cameron mentions in this vid, I knew I would get a lovely analog-ish sound in Dune 3 (and I did), but I will say that some of my other favorite synths don't necessarily measure up in this particular contest. Other synths that to my ears produce truly gorgeous results within these constraints are Fabfilter Twin 2 (incidentally, its sine wave is absolutely bonkers, I suppose that's kinda the point :-) ) and the free synth Surge. In fact, in my quick try-out, Surge produced the (subjectively) best result in the smallest number of tweaks. Its sawtooth just starts out "right" already.

[ReplicantSocial]

"Fancy Computer Machine Plugamajigs" might be my new favorite phrase.

[SoundAuthor]

What's important to understand about the old polysynths is that each voice was a separate circuit and when those circuits get hot the pitch starts to "warble" on a per-voice basis. This sounds a lot more interesting than just modulating the pitch of an oscillator with a random glide LFO. It's more like modulating *each voice* with a random glide LFO. Of course, not every synth allows you to modulate things per-voice, but that's why analog modelled synths like Diva, The Legend and Obsession are so popular because they do just that.

[firefueled]

So glad to have found your channel, you make a good mix of videos, you include chapters, clear explanations and you've got that radio voice. Keep up the good work

[synthphilosophy]

The days of mom's hairspray - you just triggered a whole chain of childhood memories there. I want to run outside again to breath.

Thank you for all your content. Much love.

[brianrawks]

I found you again by searching "analog coffee producer" I feel like you've made a decent enough mark on me ❤️

[rayderrich]

Your video and audio quality are of an amazing high standard.
Only issue is: I keep watching them instead of making sounds and music...

[JahServant]

That remark about KVR comments though, LOL! I just got a Cobalt8, and I agree, it can make some convincing analog sounds, although some would disagree. I’d love to see you do a video with sound design tips for the Cobalt. Nobody has dug deep into it on youtube, from what I can find. Keep up the good works!

[nebroskitheraut]

Bruh your voice sounds other worldly on my studio monitors 🤯

[LabofmusicRecords]

Ha ha, the "Volume" Sticker on the Blofeld, great :-))

[nottieru]

I'm in no way an old-time vintage synth user, but the few modern analog synths I got to play with (including some Moogs, an Arturia Minibrute and my beloved Dreadbox Typhon) - they do tend to sound very different in character. I don't think I can even explain it, but an analog circuit just sounds more like a real instrument. It has nothing to do with the complexity of the patch, just the oscillators themselves feel kind of more natural, more material, like it's an object that exists in the real world rather than an app on the computer. It's the same kind of difference a good tube amp makes. Maybe it's just imagination, though.

[alexovercast]

Lol love this - was taking a break after making something using Vital (thanks to this channel for introducing it to me) and PG-8X. Vital sounds great (although very digital in nature), and PG-8X sounds almost exactly like the first real analog I owned (JX-8P). It's good to have the cash and studio real estate cleared up.

Happy Holidays.

ps.Waiting for the hot pocket crew to attack

[wonkyrobot]

Sweet, sweet leather pants! Great video Cam! To do simple can be a challenge sometimes, with all the various crazy synths out there doing all the things, all at once.

[macstar]

This is a fantastic video. I'm not sure why NOW, but this is the video that opened my eyes to playing with limitations.