06-22-2019, 04:21 PM
Mattias' articles were instrumental in getting me started. Derived from practical experience, they are a straightforward way of actually helping a newcomer get something done. Prior to finding them, I spent a long time putzing around the internet gathering whatever VO information I could find, and a lot of it was surprisingly silly in retrospect. One article from Sound on Sound suggested HPFs on everything that didn't have content below a certain range. Why, pray tell, would one need to cut something that isn't even there? Mattias brought simplicity to the table where I think other resources suffered from that "gear-head" mentality often cultivated by commercial sectors that in some ways plays on a person's naivete rather than building on their practical understanding of what they're doing, muddying the waters rather than providing clarity.
I direct everyone interested in getting started to Mattias' articles and encourage them to join SC for further questions.
As for templates. I'm still fighting with mine. It's a rather individualistic process, I'm finding, and it certainly isn't static. Things change all the time. "Rome wasn't built in a day" as the saying goes.
And I think I use more freeware synths than any that I've paid for excepting the Kontakt library stuff (which is technically samples of synths). Synth1 is an absolute joy to use and it's a great tool to learn the basics of synthesis.
I direct everyone interested in getting started to Mattias' articles and encourage them to join SC for further questions.
As for templates. I'm still fighting with mine. It's a rather individualistic process, I'm finding, and it certainly isn't static. Things change all the time. "Rome wasn't built in a day" as the saying goes.
And I think I use more freeware synths than any that I've paid for excepting the Kontakt library stuff (which is technically samples of synths). Synth1 is an absolute joy to use and it's a great tool to learn the basics of synthesis.