Boss Dr. Pad 3 Circuit Bending

Posted by Luca Capozzi on Nov 18, 2009 in Tutorials | 1 comment

Here is a picture I took while bending a Boss Dr. Pad III, highlighting some cool spots. Here’s the...

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Ozric Lead

Posted by Luca Capozzi on Mar 2, 2009 in Tutorials | 0 comments

by Carlo Castellano In this tutorial I will explain how to recreate a lead sound I realized inspired by Ozric Tentacles sounds. Technically speaking, this lead is very simple to achive (is a sync-based lead) and do not require particular skills to program it. This lead can be extremely metallic and “spacey” but it requires realtime controls to play at it best. For the creation of this lead sound I’ve used a VA, XioSynth from Novation Ingredients 3 oscillators (even 2 are good enough) sync between oscillators a 4 pole (24db/Oct) Lowpass filter 1 LFO some realtime...

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Hammond Organ Emulation

Posted by Luca Capozzi on Mar 19, 2006 in Tutorials | 13 comments

Prepare yourself for remake the sound of the most popular electromechanical instrument in the world. In this article we will explain you how to emulate the famous Hammond organ on your synthesizer. The Hammond Organ is the most famous electromechanic instrument we know. It is an electric organ designed to give a low cost alternative to church pipe organs. How it works The Hammond Organ uses additive synthesis to generate its sound via tonewheels instead of electronic oscillators. Each of the 91 tonewheels generates one of the pitch of the fundamentals or overtones, of the many stops. Each...

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