That's a good question. I think it's helpful to know the first few notes of the harmonic series in at least one key like C. If you play an instrument, it's easy because most of the first partials are notes from a a major triad. The first 6 partials are (from low to high) C, C, G, C, E, and G (only 3 unique notes). So I can tell which partial is playing because I can tell if it's a different note. So If I'm playing a C and hearing an E, I know it's the 5th/10th/20th...harmonic because those are the only harmonics where there's an E (when playing a C). I can tell it's an E because of how it resonates with a C underneath. It sounds bright and kind of happy. Then I can tell whether its the 5th, 10th or 20th harmonic based on how far up it is from the note I play. The G is found at the 3rd, 6th, 12th...harmonics and it sounds less "colorful" and more stable and heavy sounding. If I hear a C, I can tell the note is the same because the "color" doesn't change. Then I have to guess whether it's the fundamental, 2nd, 4th, 8th...partial based on how high above the fundamental it is. This was a long explanation, but I hope it helps. I made a video on how to setup a guessing game with partials that's a little more reasonable in my "Ear Training for Sound Design" video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d76FbMmC16qZkWw.html

My later preset tutorials explain a little more of the "why" behind my decisions. This video covers the types of modulators. Subsequent videos in the series discuss the types of parameters you may want to modulate and why. Which modulators you use and how much modulation depends on the situation. As far as the mod map goes, it's a little hard to explain without an example. Let's say you're modulating filter cutoff with the mod wheel. In the mod remap, the x-axis represents mod wheel position and the y-axis represents filter-cutoff. You can change the shape so that the mod wheel doesn't simply modulate the filter cutoff in a linear way. I demonstrate this in my modular transitions video, where I use a square wave to turn the mod wheel into a switch: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p9Gin8p0m77doqM.html Pretty soon I'm going to make a Vital vs. Serum video where I go more in depth on the possibilities of mod remap since it's one of Vital's best features IMO.

Thanks! You're right about the harmonic series-the intervals get smaller and smaller. If you're playing a C the first 16 harmonics are C, C, G, C, E, G, Bb, C, D, E, F#, G, Ab, Bb, B, C but not completely in tune with those notes played on a keyboard.

I explain it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d76FbMmC16qZkWw.html Try starting with just the first 2 or 3 harmonics and work up from there.

That's very similar to the Dubstep Bass tutorial I did here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p8ClbM6UnqnPg5c.html Just turn up the rate of the LFO

I'll definitely mention ways of using the sampler in upcoming videos. Also my Dulcimer, HVAC Guitar tutorials both go pretty in-depth on that topic. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fuBjiaeHrtDYdnk.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/opeelNGa1cidg30.html

Because most resonant sounds and synthesized sounds are simply varying amplitudes of different harmonics. The rest are inharmonic frequencies and noise.