Wavetable Synthesis Explained | Reverb

Justin enters the world of wavetable synthesis with the Arturia Pigments, an exciting new software synth from the impeccable instrument creators. So follow along and get oscillating.

[baadams]

Your explanation of this enabled me to really connect the dots. A year into music production and I'm now discovering the concept of sound design and how to use synthesizers. I was discouraged for a while b/c I wanted to create more cinematic sounds. Yet I had no idea that all those knobs and twists I'd been avoiding were THE answer. Seeing it in the beginning was extremely daunting. Like being in a foreign land and not knowing the language. But now a world have possibilities have opened up for me. Your explanation was so concise, informative, and detailed. THANK YOU.

[timothyclay]

Quite possibly the best explanation of wavetable synthesis I've ever seen, really fun to follow along, and so many 'lightbulb' moments after trying to wrap my head around it for so long!

[suniso]

I come from electric guitar world, but as a mix engineer and a dabbler in arrangements and more importantly a fan of sound in life and existence, this explanation was my graceful discovery of a new land in sound generation.

[OPTIONALWATCH]

He said he's new to this but in my opinion, I understood the concept better with him explaining it than any other self-proclaimed" wavetable professional online.

[IntheVastForest]

@11:42 - this has been my reaction every 45 seconds of this video. Amazing stuff!

[MetanoiaMan]

New learner, literally just YouTube'd 'Arturia Pigments' as it's what I've got before me in FL Studio '20. Found something beautiful and informative! What a world we live in.

[MacLamar]

Glad I found this. Awesome tutorial. Totally loved your reaction from 11:30 to 12:10 Thanks for the video.

[christianwheeler]

Killer explanation. And I love how you can see how much you enjoy yourself. The “holy shit” moment was priceless.

[static-san]

Pigments is probably my favourite VST, likely in part because of the huge library of awesome presets it comes with, but the whole engine is amazing.

Fun fact! Ensoniq tried to make wavetables a thing with their hardware samplers a few decades ago. They called their version of it "transwaves" but I don't think it got a lot of use. They implemented it by modulating the loop location in the wave by increments of the loopsize, so it was pretty memory hungry.

[kirstenhunneyball]

This is super cool thank you! I've been struggling to get my head around the concept for ages and you just made it so simple to understand! thank you!

[nikolaaskaas]

Really love the setup of this video, feel very cozy :)

[timmah]

Really nice video - pretty new to wavetable synthesis and didn't know Arturia even made one until I found this vid... That bass sound in the demo at the end is DOPE!! Love the way it morphs between the notes with so much harmonic richness and character! Beautiful :)

[devtank]

Hey great video Justin. Thank you. I just downloaded the demo and played with it for a few minutes, I have no idea what I'm doing but I am loving what coumes out of Pigments.

[morin]

That music at the end of the video is so amazing!!! :)

[ConwayBob]

Thanks for this. Now I have a clearer understanding of what Pigments (and similar virtual instruments) can do.

[gastonsalip]

justin did it again!! the best synths videos always!! justin we want more ore ore ore

[SvintMvrcus]

I love pigments it’s been my fav synth for the last 2 years I use it on every one of my non sampled tracks. Serum and Massive X are dope too but the UI and the workflow + sound in pigments is unmatched imo

[JayTheLane]

Pigments is mighty powerful and not fully understand by many. Dig in people.

[jamesedinger]

You have a great "teacher" sensibility...good stuff!

[eighth_wave]

Finally wavetable synthesis doesn't confuse me anymore. Thank you!