Composing small elements of randomness into your synths to add nuance, movement and human feel.
In this video, I “embrace the random” and show some ideas for adding dimension to your synths by passing off some parameters to randomness, exploring how introducing small elements of randomness to a synth in Native Instruments Reaktor. These kinds of details help synths feel less rigid and more expressive, especially when looping or playing repetitive patterns.
- 0:00 Introduction
- 1:25 Simple Sawtooth Synth
- 2:36 Random Filter Cutoff
- 8:31 Random Panning
- 13:06 So What?
- 13:40 Arpeggios in Logic Pro X
- 15:23 Closing Thoughts, Next Steps
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