FL Studio - FM Synthesis (Sytrus) Explained Visually

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Demonstrations of different Waveform outputs from simple FM Synthesis with descriptions of how we achieved it. Very rough examples.

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@MonkeyBroCA 10 жыл бұрын

This is a whole lot better than a "just turn this knob here and it sounds like this" tutorial, which is all I've seen elsewhere so far.

@adriantp_ 9 жыл бұрын

More important than "how" is "why". You cover the "why" very well. Thank you for this.

@agent47crows 9 жыл бұрын

I first saw this video over 5 years ago, and I put it in my favourites. Now I rewatch it and I realise you're the reason why I understood modulation so easily. Thank you so much. You're the perfect teacher.

@christoliver2065 9 жыл бұрын

I've been using FL Studio since 2009 and I've never been able to grasp anything like this. I just watched this video and I feel like I've learned alot man. Great great job

@nano7586 9 жыл бұрын

REALLY good tutorial. Thank you! (Not even Seamless was able to explain it this well)

@flythedragon1559 7 жыл бұрын

Dude, stop throwing dirt at Seamless. Seamless went into WAY more detail about how the sound's frequencies are at play instead of just teaching you a little bit. And he has made WAY more stuff than this guy. I'm not a random fanboy of Seamless, but Seamless's extraordinary detail in certain videos has helped me understand how FM works, in order to create almost every sound I've been wanting to recreate from several big producers. This guy's tutorial was good, but that doesn't mean you throw dirt at Seamless. If there's any guy who can explain frequencies in the amazing detail that you don't find often in many tutorial videos about ANYTHING, about the understanding and logic behind each sound, it's Seamless.

@knotalun3718 6 жыл бұрын

*SeamlessR... sorry

@JaxeferOfficial 7 жыл бұрын

You don't know how many of these I've watched from different people. This was so easy to understand, thank you my man!

@MrSnippety 12 жыл бұрын

This is the best tutorial on Sytrus and FM synthesis I have found so far. Well done!

@xellart 11 жыл бұрын

240p, 4:3 format and no ADS, the good old KZfaq. Very nice video. Very helpful.

@levosing7200 5 жыл бұрын

Spot on man, not as complex as Seamless, but still detailed enough to understand and not just copy.

@l3acil 5 жыл бұрын

finally some person who understands the composure of "tutorial" thanx bro

@trceb 15 жыл бұрын

So i have watched allot of sytrus tutorials and i must say this is the best. you present the information very clear and easy to follow. Great work, i will defiantly be checking out more of your videos! GREAT JOB!

@alvar0pere7 10 жыл бұрын

First vid I've seen to actually explain how fm synthesis works. The visual representation made it all easy to understand. Never thought to use Edison to help me figure out what's going on in Sytrus. Thanks!!

@liquidgordon 12 жыл бұрын

Very informative and easy to follow! Thanks for the visualizations and explanations. I feel like I finally have a grasp on how FM synthesis works. Now I'm off to mess with FM8, which I was previously cowering in fear from.

@JSRF420 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best explanations I have absorbed.

@rodrigueskorn 7 жыл бұрын

For sure, without any doubt, this tutorial is the only one that explains and show on Sytrus, with examples and etc, how FM and RM works. It was Flawless!

@hibobbywoody 11 жыл бұрын

This video was perfect. I started reading on FM Synthesis today and this video made it all clear to me! Thanks!

@chrism-kx3tt 12 жыл бұрын

thats one of the best tutorials ive seen in a looooong time

@gurindersingh7933 6 жыл бұрын

Justin this video is so much educational and I am 100 percent satisfied. actually now I am understand sytrus matrix. thanks for the very best video of sytrus. .keep it up

@mendaliv 13 жыл бұрын

Good demonstration, very straightforward and easy to understand. Almost makes it look too easy.

@evanlaudel594 9 жыл бұрын

that actually was a good representation for me and helped me notice the calc behind it

@bozhidarkn 7 жыл бұрын

Duuude !! This video is 9 years old and this was the best explanation so far !! All of your videos are great ! Aren't you a sound engineer already ? :)

@AlimkhanOV_A 11 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! Finally I realized the FM and RM difference! Thanks!

@martinausdeutschland Жыл бұрын

This tutorial is a bit older, but still makes very clear, how fm and rm work.👍

@ratchetheros 4 жыл бұрын

This tutorial was far ahead of its time

@asrock2577 4 жыл бұрын

You're visualizing it soooooo well! love it

@SlickGriminals 8 жыл бұрын

i like your enthusiasm on your videos. its good for my learning style

@pedrooleao 16 жыл бұрын

Some really advanced stuff here Ace, I'm not much of a synth programmer but I may try my luck at it after seeing this. Thanks

@fishingtrippy 7 жыл бұрын

I am grateful for your efficient explanation. Thank you!

@groundless 16 жыл бұрын

THanks for doing this! A very straightforward introduction.

@Joshua_Est96 9 жыл бұрын

been looking for a tutorial like this 4 a long time! thanks! :D

@sjlevine29 12 жыл бұрын

Excellent and very clear explanation - good idea recording the waveform in edison. Thanks for posting!

@DreamForecastMUSIC 9 жыл бұрын

You explained everything very clearly, thank you!!

@adastra123 16 жыл бұрын

Nice one , thanks for taking the time out to explain the interface .

@utsavmondal07 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you justin.... this is one of the best tutorial on sytrus....through out youtube...

@KSanofficial 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome tutorial. Very good to understand!

@treehann 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the great explanation :) this was a good refresher on the basics

@hans_____ 15 жыл бұрын

OH. MAN. That was awesome!! Thanks for breaking that down for us!

@OdaKa 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I'm just trying to get into FM-based music, and this has been a great introduction to the concept.

@CreativeZofficial 5 жыл бұрын

thank you you helped me understand how to answer my own question of stopping the delay on different presets

@DrTMoneyDog 7 жыл бұрын

Very very good tutorial. Explained it very well in an easy to understand manor

@distantfloats 13 жыл бұрын

Very clear, good, and undesteandable. Thank you!

@Nomadjackalope 14 жыл бұрын

It's so helpful and I haven't even finished watching!!!!

@smlefo 16 жыл бұрын

Whoa man, thanks! That makes a LOT more sense now. 5 stars.

@rayzer1981 14 жыл бұрын

good video, makes sytrus a lot easier to understand.

@ThePapanachitos 7 жыл бұрын

Best frequency modulation tutorial I've found so far! Thanks! Subbed! Cheers to the weekend ;p

@AcePincter 7 жыл бұрын

:) Thanks. I doubt I'll have anything to add to this topic, though. It's been years and I'm in a totally different career to music!

@TehDawg 2 ай бұрын

Quality video for the time it was uploaded.

@ElectronicRehab 8 жыл бұрын

This is a bit old now, but still an awesome introduction to FM. Something clicked since I saw it last that may help others. When you're talking about the slope of the operator being the determining factor, not the position, I didn't quite get it before. Now, after taking Calculus, I get it. All you really need to understand (probably not even use, just understand) is derivatives. Kinda cool where math pops up. :)

@shiouhsu4869 5 жыл бұрын

very clear explained thank you!

@gtmr3070 2 жыл бұрын

Very well explained! Thanks!

@DjSunexx 12 жыл бұрын

this is the best sytrus tutorial on youtube thanks for that :D

@AcePincter 16 жыл бұрын

click on the plug-looking icon on the top-left of any instrument. You'll see a submenu called Presets, which has sample knob settings to get you started. In the case of Sytrus, the presets page is HUGE and categorized. Click on a preset to load up the configuration to make that sound.

@dukenukon6397 11 жыл бұрын

like the name, LOVE it tutorial. thanks for your time and effort, you have clarified exactly what i was having trouble visualizing. the use of edison really helped out and will definitely come in handy for my future synthesizing, regardless of the generator. GENIUS! haha thanks again ace

@dk_jack 7 жыл бұрын

Its 9 years old but still useful.. Thanks man

@neptungaming7112 6 жыл бұрын

Very good and helpful explanation! You're filling a gap on the tutorial-market ;)

@TheOfficialSirJin 11 жыл бұрын

Gosh, I know that this video is old, but I'm glad I finally stumbled upon it. :) Great explanation :)

@EliInk 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time!

@AcePincter 16 жыл бұрын

for example, boosting the high frequencies above 8Khz will really make the snare "pop", while you can drop the freqs around 250 Hz to eliminate that "cardboard" sound of a kick drum. The EQ shapes the sound in a distinct way that is quite subtle. But you'll have to work on it to be able to hear and predict it.

@AcePincter 16 жыл бұрын

Advice to learn the answer to your question: Send your drum/sample to a mixer track, and on that mixer track place a free filter and an EQUO in that order. Keep the EQUO visible all the time, and play your drum while tweaking the filter in various ways. You'll be able to actually SEE the effect, in realtime frequency display, and you'll HEAR what those frequencies sound like.

@cycla 16 жыл бұрын

this sure helps as a step up from 3xosc, nice vid, thanks man

@dopepoo 12 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, really good explanation.

@VoodooGMusic 10 жыл бұрын

Good tu8torial :D I knew how to use this but I still watched this video... it is very informative.

@AcePincter 16 жыл бұрын

Largely, Subtractive synthesis relies on filters. It's much simpler than it sounds. An oscillator makes a bright sound, you "subtract" out the unwanted bits with a filter, and that gets sent to an amplifier (usually with an ADSR Env.) So, you can have a subtractive synth with just 1 osc.

@ENTShred 12 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Great explanations. Thanks!

@MultiHogleg 11 жыл бұрын

excellent & in depth - thanks!

@ThisIsAslan1213 13 жыл бұрын

Man, Thank you sooo much. This is the only understandable tutorial on FM Synthesis. X)X)

@Ni7ram 9 жыл бұрын

greaaaat tutorial! im an experienced producer and it was really helpful to me. thanks man :)

@sSPACEBALLSs 9 жыл бұрын

wow, wish i found this months ago... would of saved SOOOO much time. When i first started playing with sytrus i had no idea how fm (or any) synthesis worked. I started reverse engineering presets to try and understand what was happening to the wave forms. It was a slow process with lots of headaches

@jimothyflex21 12 жыл бұрын

GREAT tutorial! Very very very helpful!

@JustBeachyGuy 15 жыл бұрын

Makes much more sense now thanks good job

@justmenate 9 жыл бұрын

Man I love this stuff!!!

@sublimeobfuscator3376 3 жыл бұрын

Finally thanks man for explaining the matrix

@kalbossa 12 жыл бұрын

very informative! thanks for making this

@ryashock 12 жыл бұрын

This helped me SO MUCH. Thank you!

@kingtoadius 12 жыл бұрын

sytrus is a fucking beast, thanks for shining some light on fm syntheses!

@toddweller 13 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Thanks!

@AcePincter 15 жыл бұрын

Exactly right. I think the reason people are mystified is that it's very difficult to conceptualize the sound you are going to get - FM synthesis adds complexity in surprising ways. It's as though we want to "pre-hear" our sounds as we create them. Don't you agree?

@edwinhager1353 8 жыл бұрын

great video! thanks for sharing!

@nyetmnyet 13 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you so much man, this really helped me out a lot.

@flamedub 16 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial, made things much more clear. peace!

@OldWarrior 16 жыл бұрын

thx for the tutorial dude, keep them coming.

@tabovilla 12 жыл бұрын

awesome explanation! thanks!

@GamingCrazed 7 жыл бұрын

it all makes so much sense now

@sollikethesun6819 7 жыл бұрын

Great Great much needed tutorial

@LehdaRi 14 жыл бұрын

Helped me a lot, thank you.

@ent2186 13 жыл бұрын

thank you so much... i really had no clue how to work sytrus.

@scenesteraccess 14 жыл бұрын

@AcePincter Ring modulation is the multiplication of two bipolar audio signals by each other. Amplitude modulation is similar to ring modulation, except it works with a unipolar modulator.

@P0cketfull0fsunshine 14 жыл бұрын

very interesting stuff. I've always been pretty baffled by Sytrus

@fladoodel 11 жыл бұрын

This has helped me a lot thank you so much

@drewhuff447 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Well explained.

@d3p3ch3mod3 16 жыл бұрын

Also the arpeggiator needs a piano roll-one in the playlist would be nice too. You can do it now with pitch automation but could be more intuitive, which is FL's strength-the ability to bring sounds directly from music lamens imaginations into audio existence. The direction that Reason is going in just emulates the limitations of real equipment (although the display of the final sample wave is something FL needs to emulate) FL should do for composing what Macromedia did for visual animation

@Astohoriian 11 жыл бұрын

Very useful ! Thank you

@hier0phant336 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. Very helpful.

@Kujar3Music 14 жыл бұрын

I´m happy that I understand to 3xOSC Now I can be more happy that I understand to sytrus! Thanks a lot

@shredmunga 14 жыл бұрын

this is brilliant cheers!

@OfficialSiriusmusic 9 жыл бұрын

son insightful thanks !

@Aqlor 13 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. You are a very good teacher :D

@Niteworksband 14 жыл бұрын

Some FM synthesis does rely on the instantaneous voltage of the modulating waveform to control the frequency, not just whether the voltage is increasing or decreasing.