On todays’s class we’ve been learning about synthesis and also playing in group some of the synths on the synth room. We have learnt about the basics of synthesis as: oscillators, envelopes, filters, wave shape, pulse width and much more. We started this practical study with the Moog Mother-32 and after we went to the Korg MS-20 mini, both of them great analog semi-modular synthesisers with classic synthesis methods and countless patching capabilities.

After that we started to play some other synths, I started with the Korg Minologue, this is an amazing polyphonic analog synth with a great sound and capabilities. Then I was lucky to be playing the ARP Odyssey, this desktop synth is a vintage classic and it recreates very interesting textures through plenty of modulations. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to record any of these experimentations but the experience was very enjoyable.

Finally, we were exploring the Korg Volcas a bit, I chose the voice Kick, which surprisingly came with the Korg NTS-1 as well, and I was able to try some sync capabilities as well as some compositions.