FMPM 2

The theoretical part of this second workshop sets forth looking for a system of FM/PM sounds enabling us to predict what we get when we tweak our synths. Part 2 dives deeper into the handling of “DEXED” and part 3 constructs Whitney Houston´s piano sounds.

Timeline:

0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:04 Thank you, John Harrison!
0:02:38 Column 1
0:02:45 Envelopes (again)
0:02:45 Stage Skip
0:03:38 Echo
0:04:42 Delayed Notes
0:05:30 ADSR Simulation
0:06:07 Algorithms
0:06:45 Groups of Algorithms
0:08:00 5 Basic Constellations
0:08:56 HOMEWORK 1
0:10:03 Algorithms Spreadsheet
0:13:09 Constellation: Feedback
0:23:16 HOMEWORK 2
0:26:02 Constellation 2: Modulators in
                    Series
0:38:42 Constellation 3: Parallel
                    Carriers
0:42:01 Constellation 4: Parallel
                    Modulators
0:46:26 Keyboard Rate Scaling
0:48:45 Keyboard Level Scaling
0:50:35 Column 2
0:51:00 Upper and Lower Sidebands
0:52:45 FM Rule 3a
0:53:25 Reflecting Sidebands
0:55:42 Amplitudes of Sidebands
0:57:32 FM Rules 3b and 3c
0:59:12 Inaudible Carriers
1:00:32 Structuring by Ratio

1:03:50 Column 3
1:03:55 Whitney Houston and “Piano 1”
1:06:03 The Thud of the Hammer
1:08:55 Some Words about Piano
Strings
1:11:14 The Body of the Sound
1:21:45 Some Words at the End