Subtractive Sound Synthesis; A Simple Bass Sound - Arturia Minimoog V User Manual

6 A FEW ELEMENTS OF SOUND DESIGN
Here is a series of examples designed to guide you through the creation of a sound and a
sequence. They are classed in order of difficulty going from the easiest to the most
difficult and are organized into 3 parts:
The first part will help you to grasp subtractive sound synthesis. You will start with
the most basic patch (make a VCO oscillator «sound» in an output VCA amp), to
finish by touching on the programming of a more rich sound (several oscillators, the
filter, the frequency modulation of the filter and oscillators)
The second will help you to use the modulation matrix
Finally, the third part will teach you to use the arpeggiator and the effects.

6.1 SUBTRACTIVE SOUND SYNTHESIS

6.1.1 A simple bass sound

To begin we will see how to program a bass sound. As we saw in chapter 3 (Quick Start),
the minimoog V uses 3 oscillators. We will only use the first for this example. It will be
composed of:
• An oscillator
• A low pass filter (Filter)
• An output VCA (Output)
• The envelope corresponding to the filter
• The envelope corresponding to the output (Loudness contour)
You will thus obtain a base patch for subtractive synthesis.
Choose the preset «Blank» in the «templates» bank, sub bank «temp_syn».
This preset does not produce sound ! Don't worry, this is normal.
The following image shows the different knob positions:
So as to hear the sound, click on the first of the 5 blue «Mixer» switches. This
activates the signal coming from the first oscillator.
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