If you liked the airy clarinet from last week, you'll love the airy lead this week! This patch really cuts through a mix. Play around with the resonance to increase the 'bite' of the sound. Have fun.
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If you have been following along, we are presenting variations on an analog style patch inspired by a certain classic synth whose name starts with the letter 'M'. Hint: it rhymes with 'tube'. This classic synth had a noise oscillator on it, so this week we add the noise oscillator to our Thor patch. It vaguely resembles a clarinet, albeit one with a lot of breath noise. Note to clarinet students: breath noise is NOT desirable when you are playing a real clarinet. This is not a supposed to sound like a real clarinet. It sounds like a square wave synth oscillator with some air added to it. Clarinet or no, enjoy.
Building on last weeks patch, we present another one in the same family, but using the analog square waveform. Same responsiveness and analog warmth, different feel. This sound sounds a little like an accordion - a fitting tribute to Cleveland native Frank Yankovic. Yip! Yip! And all we did was change the oscillator waveform. Hope you like it.
I've been interested in classic analog sounds lately. You know the kind - the ones that our favorite EWI players always seem to use and the ones that sound so fat and satisfying. I like the sounds on the EWI4000s - I think these sounds are pretty big and full, but alas, the synth on the EWI4000s is VERY particular to the wind controlled instrument for various reasons. Until I come up with a 'proper' emulation (which would probably need a Combinator and more than a few Thors) I thought having some basic Thor patches that come close would be in order. This patch is the culmination of many hours of experimenting with creating a basic Thor patch that is 'preset' for breath control. Expect to see a series of Thor patches in the coming weeks based on this one patch. Anyway, this is a big fat patch that I really like to play.
Sound of the Week is on Holiday. See you in 2011! Don't forget this is the last week you can save $10 on Cyclone - Sale ends December 31! Yet Another Brecker Lead - one from the master! I never get tired of watching the Brecker video above. Michael Brecker was an undisputed master of the EWI and did a lot of innovative things with the instrument. I thought I would attempt to recreate the lead sound (that comes in around 2:30) from this video using just Thor. I think I got around 90% there. Hope you dig it. This patch has a hint of a muted trumpet (courtesy of the wavetable oscillator) and you can control the balance of this and the synthy sound with Rotary 1.
I'm working on a new project, and am creating a bunch of fairly standard Oberheim style patches. Here is one of them - well, actually a work in progress. It uses the State Variable filter in Thor to give it that Oberheim sound.
This is a classic 'synvox' sound like you might hear in one of those 80's electronic bands. I used to love this sound when I was young. Anyway, this sounds great layered behind another sound - it really adds some depth and breathiness to the sound. Just put it in a Combinator with another sound and mix it in accordingly, or play it stand - alone.
I thought of doing something silly for Thanksgiving, like a super hi tech turkey gobble, but then I came to my senses. I'll be sharing some (old fashioned? vintage? classic?) synth sounds that I'm creating for a project I'm working on. This is an Oberheim style trumpet-y sound. Actually, it doesn't sound like a trumpet at all, but in the higher register it kind of reminded me of one, so there you go. Luckily, the State Variable filter in Thor is modeled after the Oberheim filters, so you can get an Oberheim style sound pretty easily. Just remember - State Variable = OB, Low Pass Ladder = Moog. You can have a lot of fun with this patch just by changing the oscillator waveforms around. (I'll be posting regular mp3 files along with the flash enabled player for our iPhone and iPad friends).
This is one of the harmon trumpet samples from the Orkester sound bank, included in Reason. Unleash your inner Miles!
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