Sort of like how I talked about in a previous article about modulating the synth’s volume or filter cutoff, adding some out-of-tuneness to your sound can create motion.Īnother symptom you can be encountering as a result of not using detune is that your sounds are too thin. If you’ve already begun messing around in your synth then you may have noticed that your patches aren’t quite interesting. So if you’re having hang ups about synths being lifeless, mechanical, or cold then listen up because this article is for you. Hang on, it’s almost like I just described everything a synth can do. When you overuse the whammy bar, the whole guitar goes out of tune. When you hit a string hard, it goes up in pitch a little bit. Guitars allow you to bend strings, add distortion, and play very expressively. In the past, I always thought synths were less cool that guitars.
As you may have guessed, adding detune also can create problems of it’s own. However, sometimes by modifying the pitch of our oscillators, we can create some very unique, analog, and even human tones that make the mechanistic synth more palatable to hear. Yes, that’s true that we should strive to be in tune. I mean, this is music so shouldn’t everything be in tune? You might not even know why you would want to detune your synth. If you’re new to synths then you might not know about the detune feature. It’s a free download which includes 22 lessons on topics like oscillator identification by ear, mastering the intricacies of filter modulation and so much more. Make sure to check out Syntorial before proceeding. All you need to do is click your heels and detune your oscillators. Luckily for you, it’s actually pretty easy to take that simple buzz and transform it into a swirling, or pulsing, or even wobbling masterpiece. There’s nothing worse than opening up a synth, hitting a key and being greeted by the most boring and annoying sound in the history of man: the unfiltered saw wave.
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