programming sweeps

[Imagearho]

Whats up everyone, just had a question on how some of you all go about programming your sweeps. I'm not that great with synth programming, and while I can often end up with close to the sound I want, it takes me way too long and is sometimes the result of just getting fed up and twisting knobs. When you guys are making your sweeps do you mainly just use the amp and filter env's to get that sound or is there a good amount of patching/matrixing involved? Not sure if theres a quick way to go about making the sweeps but if there is i'd appreciate the knowledge. Oh yeah, I'm mainly using a ms2000 and a nord for synth sounds. Thanks alot for any help you guys may have.

-Mark

[Imagearho]

Nobody has any suggestions on how to program different synth sweeps?

[gsilbers]

sweeps like in trance sweeps?
or half a bar sweeps?

besides amp envelope , slow attack.
do filter cutoff via midi or realtime. record the out come and process it even further with audio.

another trick is to use a send on different parts to a heavy reverb or delay or both and record and reverse that file.

layering diferent sweeps workks. record them and have a sweeps folder and layer those too.

check out vengeance-music.de and check out the sample cd called essential efects.

cut the last part or begining part of a bar and cut that in half, duplicate that and cut that in half and so on until you start getting into granular synthesis.
fade it in and do the send and bounce and reverse trick

[klear.koat]

Originally Posted by Imagearho

Whats up everyone, just had a question on how some of you all go about programming your sweeps. I'm not that great with synth programming, and while I can often end up with close to the sound I want, it takes me way too long and is sometimes the result of just getting fed up and twisting knobs. When you guys are making your sweeps do you mainly just use the amp and filter env's to get that sound or is there a good amount of patching/matrixing involved? Not sure if theres a quick way to go about making the sweeps but if there is i'd appreciate the knowledge. Oh yeah, I'm mainly using a ms2000 and a nord for synth sounds. Thanks alot for any help you guys may have.

-Mark

What a coincidence... I am in the middle of programming sweeps on my ms2000. The CUTOFFF parameter with a slow attack and long release seems to be working. I am getting the effect that I want but, there is like a pad element that I want to remove from the overall sound that I just can't get rid of....

So, I start trying do the same thing with my Triton. Same result - so I must go the the manuals to see how to voice structures are composed.

It's so much easier with the Yamaha products - 4 ROMs or samples make up the PATCH. Each ROM or sample can be muted/off at the push of a button. BUT I like the knobs on the korgs much better, so I usually end up controlling the Yamaha board with a korg board.

Cheers