Melody: Part 3 – Envelopes, ADSR, Oscillators & Waveforms 1hr 10mins
In the last lesson, you learned about Fibonacci and why the numbers 1, 3 and 5 are so important in creating arpeggios and chords!
You also worked on one of your first layered melodies with a bassline, accompaniment and a lead!
Now that you know how to use scales, arpeggios
In this final melody lesson, you also get your Hogwarts acceptance letter & learn about the fabled ADSR.
You will also get a crash course on adjusting a synthesizer’s waveforms, glide and other knobs to create unique sounds!
Table of Contents
1:00 – Free Synthesizers & Effects Downloads
1:34 – Introducing MIDI
2:38 – History of MIDI
3:23 – Origin of the “Piano Roll”
3:58 – MIDI Controller Hardware
4:59 – Your Hogwarts Acceptance Letter
5:25 – Envelopes
5:46 – Timbre
6:51 – Introduction to ADSR
7:46 – Timeline of ADSR
8:08 – A – Attack
9:03 – D – Decay
9:25 – S – Sustain
10:28 – R – Release
11:04 – Hold
11:15 – Delay
11:52 – HANDS ON DEMO – Opening the Project File
12:51 – Example of an Envelope
14:58 – Examples of Attack
19:09 – Examples of Decay
23:51 – Examples of Sustain
26:20 – Examples of Release
27:54 – Applying This Knowledge
29:19 – Using ADSR on an Arpeggio With Delay
31:35 – Using ADSR on a Pad to Create Dynamics
34:06 – Using ADSR on a Bassline
36:33 – Using ADSR to Create a Lead
38:11 – What it All Sounds Like Put Together
40:00 – QUIZ!
44:09 – How MIDI & ADSR Work Together
46:37 – Introduction to Waveforms
47:55 – What Waveforms Look Like
49:24 – Sine Waves in Action
50:08 – Square Waves in Action
51:23 – Triangle Waves in Action
52:16 – Saw Waves in Action
54:08 – Oscillators Use Waveforms to Create Sound!
54:35 – Glide
57:23 – Monophonic vs. Polyphonic
57:58 – Voices
59:23 – How Synthesizers Work
1:01:41 – Using the Classroom Forum
1:02:42 – MIDI Recap
1:04:03 – MIDI Controllers in Action
1:06:41 – Time to Take EXAM 1!!!!
Project File Download
Click Here to download the Ableton Project File for this lesson!
Once downloaded, right click the .zip file you downloaded and select “Extract Folder” or “Extract Here.”
Once it is extracted, open the folder and open the file titled “Lesson 2.C – How to Change Timbre With Envelopes & ADSR.als”
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