Synth School enters its final and most advanced device starting this week. Strap in and get ready because we’re about to tackle the Thor Polysonic Synthesizer. Thor is called “polysonic” because it offers a smorgasbord of various oscillator types, filter types, and signal routing options.

This week we’ll be focusing on the first major oscillator types in Thor. Each oscillator has a specific synth technology behind it and each one has a particular sound that will be suitable for different uses. If you’ve found yourself relying on presets for Thor or if you tend to go straight to the analog oscillator because it’s familiar to you, you’ll definitely want to get to know these other oscillators. They’ll expand your sonic palette and ramp up your sound design chops.

So many times people look at pitch correction from a standpoint of “how extreme can it go?” Understandably, entire sub-genres of Hip-hop have risen out of this mentality. However, this week I decided to show you how MOST of us will probably be using Neptune. This week is all about using Neptune tastefully for perfecting an otherwise nice vocal performance and applying additional harmonies via the voice synth.

Now that Record 1.5 has come out, people are experimenting with the Neptune Pitch Corrector and Voice Synth and some have been asking for tips for lead vocals. Still others have been asking how to activate the Voice Synth for some insta-harmonies. This week I’ll attempt to answer both questions by putting Neptune to the test ON MYSELF! You are about to witness my debut as a singer… and my swan song all the same time.

Get ready to wire up your DJ mixer and sound card together for some killer live DJ sets. Reason and Record’s stability and efficiency make them ideal tools for live DJ mixing. In this week’s tutorial I’ll show you some wiring and creative strategies to blast your mixes up to 11 and crossfade between song files for a non-stop mix.

Layer the FM Pair Oscillators in Propellerhead Reason & Record’s Thor device, and you can create some very large full-bodied synth sounds. When I started layering these oscillators together, I got a really nice organ sound that can be manipulated in a lot of different and useful ways. Here is the way to recreate this sound.

Layer the FM Pair Oscillators in Propellerhead Reason & Record’s Thor device, and you can create some very large full-bodied synth sounds. When I started layering these oscillators together, I got a really nice organ sound that can be manipulated in a lot of different and useful ways. Here is the way to recreate this sound.

Layer the FM Pair Oscillators in Propellerhead Reason & Record’s Thor device, and you can create some very large full-bodied synth sounds. When I started layering these oscillators together, I got a really nice organ sound that can be manipulated in a lot of different and useful ways. Here is the way to recreate this sound.

When it comes to mastering, one of the hottest things right now is a technique known as “mid-side processing.” As a basic description, mid-side processing uses phase cancellation tricks to isolate the mono information in a mix (bass, vocal, kick drum) from the stereo items (guitars, keys, effects) and then lets you master them separately and recombine them for a very nice sounding master.

This week I brought in two special guests to help me design a mid-side mastering patch for you as well as to help describe the technical intricacies of how this is done. Be sure to visit the links in this video, download the patches, and visit the websites I mention.

http://www.propellerheads.se/stuff/JB…

http://www.peff.com

http://web.mac.com/gilesreaves/Giles_…

http://southern.bandcamp.com/track/he…

Big thanks to Kurt Kurasaki, Giles Reaves, and Southern.

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