I love those awkward pauses where he just stares at the camera, like they missed an edit point. Combined with his sidelong glances and that painted on beard, and this is just golden.
I think the pauses are a lecturer technique to allow the previous information to sink in a little bit, something the people watching the video on high speed will be missing out on.
Escobar Manchulo Maybe, but they just look like missed edits to me. Editing VHS back in the day was not as simple as editing digitally today. Unless you had good equipment, it was hard to get the points exact. The stuff we had downtown would always be off by about a second.
While he wasn't an expert at hosting educational videos back then , I think the knowledge he represents and shares is what makes it golden. Thank you, Dean
I'm not sure if it was an actual course or if they just distributed the VHS cassettes. The person that actually sent me the videos was in Switzerland of all places so somehow he got a hold of a copy. I asked Dean if I could upload the videos and post them on my site MATRIXSYNTH. He gave me the thumbs up and later sent me a VHS video manual they did for the DX7-II. It's still shrink wrapped and it has the New York School of Synthesis dude/art on it.
Very informative, very clear and very comprehensive. The fact that it was made 30 years ago is irrelevant: marketing aside, the changes on the basic synthesis structures are close to 0, and the newest syntesis methods were implemented in the late 80s/early 90s...we still largely use subtractive synthesis paradigms. I recommend this series of videos to anyone new to synthesis or with the intention of deepen their knowledge. Is also nice that it's not edited like a Jet Li movie, and Dean Friedman is one of the best teachers you could ever find.
This is surprisingly good. Today most tutorials are 10 minutes long, fast-paced information avalanches, so it's really nice to see a lession where time is taken to really explain everything, let it sink in, and then repeat it later on for safe measure. Yes, its ~1h long, but you don't have to pause every 5 seconds to rewind because you missed something so I'd still call it a time saver. Thanks for uploading these!
i did a 4-year course in sound production and went on for years not even knowing the fundamentals of sound and synthesis, but i just learned it all here! it's incredibly liberating: i feel like i may finally understand what im actually doing now. thank you so much for this! ❤
@@gaiabeleza The course focused so much more on production methods and exercises and foley than on teaching us the fundamentals. I guess they wanted to skip that whole step!
mega props for uploading this, the fact that it was so hilariously dated kept me 40 times more engaged than i would have been if it were new. also much more relevant for my synth, since it's from '86
Charlotte Sarah That's exactly the reason I chose to watch it lol, I wanted an in depth refresher of the basics of synth, the 80'sness of it kept me dialed in! Having a basic understanding of synth this video certainly helped solidify my grip, having such a busy and jumbled mind...
This is so aggressively '80s I almost can't believe it. The text graphics, the shirt and poster, the demonstration of "painting," tracking slips, adjustability of roller skates... just, wow.
Hey Folks, You can now order your very own New York School of Synthesis T-Shirt in the ORDER section of www.DeanFriedman.com Syntherely, Dean Friedman NYSS dean@deanfriedman.com
I play guitar and have been trying to learn synths by going around as many synth sites as i can stand. Invariably, people on these sites are NOT trying to teach anything, but rather, are showing off their knowledge. Sort of like a teacher of basic math talking calculous to students who can barely speak English. Makes the teacher feel smart, but the students end up letting the air out of the tires of teachers car as a metaphor for taking the air out of his or her ego. So, as a rebel against calculous, I deeply appreciate this very basic video that explains things so i can understand. There, i hope I pumped your tires up.
Awesome video. Crystal clear explanation, weird pauses and cheesy jokes included ;) Perhaps one of the best lessons on synthesis available on YT. Glad to be brought almost 30 years back and see again those great machines! Thanks +matrixsynth!
something that finally distilled all of those myths for me. Being blind I was really glad with the provided descriptions along with the sound examples and the way things were presented. It was dumbed-down enough for me to understand. I love it! thanks thanks thanks a whole bunch for posting.
I grew up listening to his great song "Ariel" on one of my father's 8-track compilations. I never would have thought he'd be teaching me the ins and outs of synthesis.
It took me about six hours to work through this video. It's really well made and those pauses that some people like to laugh about really help in bringing the idea home (whether or not they are intentional or for cue cards or whatever). I'm finishing up Part 2 right now (estimation is 4 hours). And I must say that I'm amazed that so many people only stay for Part 1, there's yet so much to learn! As for outdated or not. I only have to say "L+O+L". If you don't see the point, maybe it's not for you ;) If you do, I'm very happy for you! Good videos, thanks a lot and respect to Mr. Dean Friedman.
This is great! Not sure why anyone would say it was boring or looks funny. It was made in the 80s, people! I've been getting into creating patches from scratch and find this a really informative intro/review so far.
Produced in the late 80s or early 90s probably, uploaded in 2012, and here I am watching it at the second last day of this year, and ooo boy! did it help....!!!
This video series is totally wonderful and extremely educating to all. Please stop (those guilty) of ruining this comments board with foul language and idiotic remarks. Someone has taken the time and trouble to convert and upload these very long videos.
Love the intro tune with the animated keyboard player... super 80s retro, yet catchy. In all seriousness, this video series is awesome for learning the basics... props to Dean for putting this together back in the day!
F*ck! Why in the hell in my 30s I'm starting to understand the value of new knowledge? I've watched few synth tutorial videos and with every new knowledge I was getting my old world view was dramatically changing. Kids! Don't shit away you time and do study - it's an amazing world we are living in!!!
This video is so insanely helpful, well-paced, and clear, and wasn't boring for a second. Thank you do much for uploading this, and thank you to the people who original made the series! :D
just goes to show how knowledge like this is still applicable, since the basic concepts never changed. I'm still using the stuff hes teaching me, but just instead of with actual knobs, its in a DAW
Whether you like this video or not is irrelevant. The fact is if it wasn't for guys like this back in the 80's and earlier; a lot of our favourite music today would not exist and none of us would have the capabilities to produce music at home (or anywhere for that matter)
Dean is an awesome instructor. He has a unique delivery that creates an engaging learning environment on what many consider a very boring topic. Don't let the 1980's production quality fool you; this is a very educational series that is still relevant, today.
Thanks, Dean. I've used synthesizers before and I've known what most of the functions do, but I've been looking for someone to it explain to me the way that you just did in this video. The shear clarity of the information given is something extremely nice. Now, I feel that I have a much stronger grasp on what the scary little knobs do and they're not really scary anymore.
THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST EXCITING VIDEO ON UA-cam!!!! no other video beats this one, no other master beats this guy!!!!! he really makes me put total attention, he is not boring, he is not confusing, hes got talent!
This is so amazing and so comprehensive I would guess this was probably made before I was born or probably while I was crawling but I'm watching this in 2012. Goes to show that knowledge is timeless and even though you may have new "improved" technologies thrown around every other day, the basics are what make you who you are and determine how good you are So glad to have stumbled upon this treasure thanks uploader (:
Thank YOU! once dependent solely on presets i can add or make my own you just opened doors that were once closed due to ignorance now i have an idea "how to" make sounds on my Dave Smith Prophet 08' and Prophet 12'
Hey Folks, You can now order your very own New York School of Synthesis T-Shirt in the ORDER section of www.DeanFriedman.com Syntherely, Dean Friedman NYSS dean@deanfriedman.com
Thank you very much for this video! Nowadays times are different and I can instantly open dozens of synths right on my iPad, but after hours of (more or less) pointless knob rotations you are starting to understand that you need to go deeper to see what your synths can do. That's what this video all about.
Superb, not only is it Dean Friedman - which on its own is great to see - but it's also the most useful and easily accessible introduction to Synths. UA-cam more like this please. Dean Friedman- no way are we worthy, we're not worthy :) all the best
33:38 has anyone else noticed there's a quiet voice speaking in the right channel, radio interference perhaps? might be fun to try to isolate and amplify it by extracting the centre channel
This video is so crazy good to watch. If there was a top 10 all time synth tutorial list this would top them all. "Pulse wave is sort of like adjustable roller skates", hahah, classic
coincidentally, before he said "lets take a break and eat a bowl a cheerios" I took a break and, well I didn't eat cheerios, but I started messing around with my synthesizer applying everything I learned from before.
Everything about this series rules. As a relative newcomer to electronic instruments and an aficionado of vintage gear it's ridiculously helpful and informative. And the funny edits and tracking issues add great character. Completely relevant and super amazing and thank you so much for uploading it! I love everything about it.
I'm just 20 minutes in but love this video. As a long time music tinkerer I have just been trying out Synth One on my iPad and wanted to get back to basics. Then I found this video series. Pure Gold! Back then I was too busy working to follow my passion but now I can take the time to do it and what better way than to follow this series from back in the day. Thanks for giving us this!
This is amazing! Not only do I get to have a chuckle at the references he's throwing out ("It's adjustable, kind of like a pair of roller skates"), but I get information presented by someone who knows it's boring... makes it a bit easier to sit through! I am an amateur music producer and this video series has helped me navigate Sylenth1 and other VSTs. Thanks so much for keeping this alive!
Did anyone listening in headphones notice the super quiet talking in the right ear? Can’t tell what they’re saying but it’s not the same as the presenter.
I mean, this is arguably the best synthesis course I've seen to date. What a great man sharing all his knowledge in such a clear and approachable way. It's such an inslut that the guy had been labeled as "one-hit wonder" for some cheesy song in 1977. Our society hasn't change much since then, celebrating crap, and not appreciating cool things, like the things presented in this video. Of course, as much as I like this video series, I have to point out some missing things. For instance, it would've been very helpful if Mr. Friedman explained the harmonic content of the square, sawthoogh, and triangle waves. Also, he should've pointed out white noise as one of basic weveforms as well. And, I would like to disagree about the 7 main components of synthesis. 5 components is what I believe would be more concise: oscillator, filter, amplifier, EG, and LFO. Not sure why pitch, filter, and amp EG's are being treated as separate synthesis components. EG, same as LFO, can be applied to anything, filter, pulse width, pitch, and amplifier. It's still the same EG, not sure why it's being listed as separate synthesis components.
***** Am I fucking speaking Japense? I mean that EG is the same, whether it modulates amplifier, filter, pitch, pulse width, panning, etc, an do so is LFO. Does does not mean that panning is a basic element of sound? No. And as far as I am concerned, vibrato and tremolo are extensively used on guitar, and these are nothing else than low frequency oscillations for pitch and volume, respectively, and that's without any effects attached, just with pure playing techniques. Although, I still would argue that pulse width could be significant for sound theory in terms of harmonics, because you get different waveform characteristics by making the waveform more rectangle than square; nonetheless, I disagree with your comment completely. We are talking here about sound theory, and creating sounds unavailable otherwise in nature. Piano and guitar sounds are so complex and changing waveform content so much during time, that a synthesizer won't really give you much understanding how acoustic instruments really work. Telling people that pitch-LFO and filter-LFO are two different LFO's is simply misleading, because they might be using the same exact LFO. And that's the point of this video. To bring the sound to its fundamentals, not to finished instrument like piano or guitar.
11:37 No, sound is a MECHANICAL wave, while light is an ELECTROMAGNETIC wave They are not part of the same spectrum, the only thing they have in common is that they’re both waves
I've watched a ton of videos on synthesis basics and details and concepts, and somehow this strange video from the 80s is so much better than all the rest. Clear, concise and approachable. Just his explanation of timbre beats out actual university classes I've taken on synthesis. What the professor couldn't explain in 4 hours, he explains in 30 seconds.
lmfao XD 5:06 "Iets talk shop, just so you don't sound stupid when people at cocktail parties are talking about sound vibrations lol... good joke, cool vid, thnx for that knowledge
This Gentleman is a great teacher... I'm totally stoked to be "auditing" his class... I think I'll have to buy a mug, or t-shirt, as "payment"... :) Thanks!!!
Mark Gooderum Had to be. There were spots where the vertical hold was lost. And the crosstalk wouldn't have happened with a direct to disk or memory recording.
It would have been helpful if you had told him to use a new tape in 1988. Did you really post that comment?!! Yeah- this video sucked- I want my money back! :P
Solid gold. Probably the best introduction to synthesis on the web. And it's from the 80s, which means it's legitimate™.
yo this nigga put the trademark on it lol
There's nothing I can contribute here that's as funny as the shit you two just pulled
Yeah I was wondering what year.. look at that monitor 😂.. the DX7 prob was just released
@@norakat but in episode 2 he used the Korg M1 which wasn't released until 88.
bro u like 100 years old xDDDDDD
05:12 Basic Terminology
08:00 3 Elements of Sound
08:20 Pitch
10:01 Timbre
10:45 Harmonics
14:57 *
16:40 Filter Cutoff/Timbre
18:08 Volume
21:53 5 most common Waveforms
22:11 Square Wave
23:21 Sawtooth Wave
23:56 Triangle Wave
24:59 Pulse Wave
27:21 Sine Wave
28:48 *Waveforms as Modulators
30:47 *7 Components of Synth*
32:11 Amplifier
32:43 Oscillator
34:18 Filter
18:53 36:37 Volume Envelope
39:06 Filter Envelope
39:56 Pitch envelope
40:42 **Corresponding Components**
41:54 LFO
44:41 DEMO
52:05 Review
blessing
You da real MVP
you are amazing! thanks a lot!
dude!
Nice one, cheers!
Its 2024... And This is Gold to me. Thank you,
I love those awkward pauses where he just stares at the camera, like they missed an edit point. Combined with his sidelong glances and that painted on beard, and this is just golden.
***** You're just attracted to his spray-on beard. :)
I think the pauses are a lecturer technique to allow the previous information to sink in a little bit, something the people watching the video on high speed will be missing out on.
Escobar Manchulo Maybe, but they just look like missed edits to me. Editing VHS back in the day was not as simple as editing digitally today. Unless you had good equipment, it was hard to get the points exact. The stuff we had downtown would always be off by about a second.
should i learn from this video, I always want to learn how to play synthesizer
While he wasn't an expert at hosting educational videos back then , I think the knowledge he represents and shares is what makes it golden. Thank you, Dean
I'm not sure if it was an actual course or if they just distributed the VHS cassettes. The person that actually sent me the videos was in Switzerland of all places so somehow he got a hold of a copy. I asked Dean if I could upload the videos and post them on my site MATRIXSYNTH. He gave me the thumbs up and later sent me a VHS video manual they did for the DX7-II. It's still shrink wrapped and it has the New York School of Synthesis dude/art on it.
Thanks for doing that, because You did that I can learn faster and easier haha and less scarry :) :)
Very informative, very clear and very comprehensive. The fact that it was made 30 years ago is irrelevant: marketing aside, the changes on the basic synthesis structures are close to 0, and the newest syntesis methods were implemented in the late 80s/early 90s...we still largely use subtractive synthesis paradigms. I recommend this series of videos to anyone new to synthesis or with the intention of deepen their knowledge. Is also nice that it's not edited like a Jet Li movie, and Dean Friedman is one of the best teachers you could ever find.
The pacing in this video is actually really good, makes it easier to absorb the info.
agreed
Han Juri My waifu likes synthesizers!?
35 years and still the best tutorial on the subject!
I think this is from '89
I feel like watching an obscure educational tape from the early 1980s reuploaded onto the internet is the only true way to learn synthesis
This is surprisingly good. Today most tutorials are 10 minutes long, fast-paced information avalanches, so it's really nice to see a lession where time is taken to really explain everything, let it sink in, and then repeat it later on for safe measure. Yes, its ~1h long, but you don't have to pause every 5 seconds to rewind because you missed something so I'd still call it a time saver. Thanks for uploading these!
Agreed!
i did a 4-year course in sound production and went on for years not even knowing the fundamentals of sound and synthesis, but i just learned it all here! it's incredibly liberating: i feel like i may finally understand what im actually doing now. thank you so much for this! ❤
Where?
How is this possible?? Wow!
@@gaiabeleza The course focused so much more on production methods and exercises and foley than on teaching us the fundamentals. I guess they wanted to skip that whole step!
mega props for uploading this, the fact that it was so hilariously dated kept me 40 times more engaged than i would have been if it were new. also much more relevant for my synth, since it's from '86
Charlotte Sarah That's exactly the reason I chose to watch it lol, I wanted an in depth refresher of the basics of synth, the 80'sness of it kept me dialed in! Having a basic understanding of synth this video certainly helped solidify my grip, having such a busy and jumbled mind...
This is so aggressively '80s I almost can't believe it. The text graphics, the shirt and poster, the demonstration of "painting," tracking slips, adjustability of roller skates... just, wow.
Alright, I have to ask - what 1986 synth!
It can't be from 1986, because he mentions the Korg M1 (which came out in 1988) and the Roland D50 (which came out in 1987).
Hey Folks, You can now order your very own New York School of Synthesis T-Shirt in the ORDER section of www.DeanFriedman.com Syntherely, Dean Friedman NYSS dean@deanfriedman.com
HA! the man himself. Thanks for this dude, Much love.
Who is this nerd?
Dude, you are SO COOL!!!! Great video!!!
Hello Dean! This is the best synthesis video I have seen so far. Really appriciate what you did!
PS :: Please give us the intro's credit ASAP!
10 years later and I still send people to this video to learn, you should make an updated version
I play guitar and have been trying to learn synths by going around as many synth sites as i can stand. Invariably, people on these sites are NOT trying to teach anything, but rather, are showing off their knowledge. Sort of like a teacher of basic math talking calculous to students who can barely speak English. Makes the teacher feel smart, but the students end up letting the air out of the tires of teachers car as a metaphor for taking the air out of his or her ego. So, as a rebel against calculous, I deeply appreciate this very basic video that explains things so i can understand. There, i hope I pumped your tires up.
Awesome video. Crystal clear explanation, weird pauses and cheesy jokes included ;) Perhaps one of the best lessons on synthesis available on YT. Glad to be brought almost 30 years back and see again those great machines! Thanks +matrixsynth!
The joke with the bellbutton made me think if he can really see me into the screen...lol..Amazing lesson!
+sugaris He sees into the future, too!!! Dean Friedman, ladies and gentlemen... Dean Friedman! :)))))
Now THIS is a frickin tutorial. Well done and thank you!
IT'S THE GEORGE LUCAS OF SYNTHESIS! I love this man.
something that finally distilled all of those myths for me. Being blind I was really glad with the provided descriptions along with the sound examples and the way things were presented. It was dumbed-down enough for me to understand. I love it! thanks thanks thanks a whole bunch for posting.
I grew up listening to his great song "Ariel" on one of my father's 8-track compilations. I never would have thought he'd be teaching me the ins and outs of synthesis.
It took me about six hours to work through this video. It's really well made and those pauses that some people like to laugh about really help in bringing the idea home (whether or not they are intentional or for cue cards or whatever).
I'm finishing up Part 2 right now (estimation is 4 hours). And I must say that I'm amazed that so many people only stay for Part 1, there's yet so much to learn!
As for outdated or not. I only have to say "L+O+L". If you don't see the point, maybe it's not for you ;) If you do, I'm very happy for you!
Good videos, thanks a lot and respect to Mr. Dean Friedman.
Krafix did you practice while Watching?
i wonder how he looks like now
This is great! Not sure why anyone would say it was boring or looks funny. It was made in the 80s, people! I've been getting into creating patches from scratch and find this a really informative intro/review so far.
It is boring. Did you not look up other videos on this subject? Do you really think this is the only well done video on youtube on this subject?
Love hearing the tape bleed in the right channel, interesting hearing that artifact of the long time this sat in storage.
I'm new to synths and this is exactly what I needed for a basic rundown. The dated nature of this video makes it even better!
Produced in the late 80s or early 90s probably, uploaded in 2012, and here I am watching it at the second last day of this year, and ooo boy! did it help....!!!
This video series is totally wonderful and extremely educating to all. Please stop (those guilty) of ruining this comments board with foul language and idiotic remarks.
Someone has taken the time and trouble to convert and upload these very long videos.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Agreed. It is dated (no need to bring it up - we all know) but the concepts are still relevant.
monsterjazzlicks Boo!
howdy partner
Hi, do I know you HP?!
This is America man c'mon
Love the intro tune with the animated keyboard player... super 80s retro, yet catchy.
In all seriousness, this video series is awesome for learning the basics... props to Dean for putting this together back in the day!
F*ck! Why in the hell in my 30s I'm starting to understand the value of new knowledge?
I've watched few synth tutorial videos and with every new knowledge I was getting my old world view was dramatically changing.
Kids! Don't shit away you time and do study - it's an amazing world we are living in!!!
Amen! Same boat here. You have 5 years on me, though!
I've learned more from this 80s videolesson than from any modern tutorial about specific software or hardware
He is so delightfully douchy in parts. Really good stuff.
This video is so insanely helpful, well-paced, and clear, and wasn't boring for a second. Thank you do much for uploading this, and thank you to the people who original made the series! :D
I was trying to pay attention but I got distracted my my bellybutton lint
6 years later and I still can’t stop playing with my bellybutton lint
Watching this in 2021 and learned more here that in a bunch of other yt videos
what a great video, I learned sooooo much from a video made probably 30 years ago. sensational!!!
Basic electronics knowledge man..30 years ago they were familliar too!
just goes to show how knowledge like this is still applicable, since the basic concepts never changed. I'm still using the stuff hes teaching me, but just instead of with actual knobs, its in a DAW
Dude, the first decent tutorial i found about synthesis back in 2014 trying to learn how to produce edm. This takes me back ;-)
at 3:35 I thought he was gonna say "even if your watching this 30 years in the future"
Love that intro theme. Ear candy!
Whether you like this video or not is irrelevant. The fact is if it wasn't for guys like this back in the 80's and earlier; a lot of our favourite music today would not exist and none of us would have the capabilities to produce music at home (or anywhere for that matter)
Dean is an awesome instructor. He has a unique delivery that creates an engaging learning environment on what many consider a very boring topic. Don't let the 1980's production quality fool you; this is a very educational series that is still relevant, today.
Thanks, Dean. I've used synthesizers before and I've known what most of the functions do, but I've been looking for someone to it explain to me the way that you just did in this video. The shear clarity of the information given is something extremely nice. Now, I feel that I have a much stronger grasp on what the scary little knobs do and they're not really scary anymore.
Dean is a Legend ! Awesome course …my 9 year old is now learning synthesis from this 40 year old video ! AMAZINGLY COOL!
I sooooo want the T shirt!
and im gonna tuck it into my pants
THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST EXCITING VIDEO ON UA-cam!!!! no other video beats this one, no other master beats this guy!!!!! he really makes me put total attention, he is not boring, he is not confusing, hes got talent!
The computer graphics in this are the bomb!
Amiga FTW! (That's an Amiga 500 in the background.)
One of the best intro videos into anything I have ever watched.
This is so amazing and so comprehensive
I would guess this was probably made before I was born or probably while I was crawling but I'm watching this in 2012. Goes to show that knowledge is timeless and even though you may have new "improved" technologies thrown around every other day, the basics are what make you who you are and determine how good you are
So glad to have stumbled upon this treasure
thanks uploader (:
I watched this when I was learning how to make electronic music! Helped tremendously.
Didn't think I'd see you in the comments here. I came here hoping to pick up electronic music myself. Huge fan of your music! ^^
Thank YOU!
once dependent solely on presets i can add or make my own
you just opened doors that were once closed due to ignorance
now i have an idea "how to" make sounds on my Dave Smith Prophet 08' and Prophet 12'
This was the video that me down the road of making electronic music. First, the movie Drive, then I discovered this. I'm so happy this exists
Hey Folks, You can now order your very own New York School of Synthesis T-Shirt in the ORDER section of www.DeanFriedman.com Syntherely, Dean Friedman NYSS dean@deanfriedman.com
Waw this is probably the best tutorial ever made in the history of teaching
Thanks for this, Dean - the subject was broken down in a way that was very easy to grasp.
Wow this looks awesome, ive wanted to take synthesis more seriously!
this dude is the best
Thank you very much for this video! Nowadays times are different and I can instantly open dozens of synths right on my iPad, but after hours of (more or less) pointless knob rotations you are starting to understand that you need to go deeper to see what your synths can do. That's what this video all about.
Hey, it's 80s SeamlessR!
Superb, not only is it Dean Friedman - which on its own is great to see - but it's also the most useful and easily accessible introduction to Synths. UA-cam more like this please. Dean Friedman- no way are we worthy, we're not worthy :) all the best
33:38 has anyone else noticed there's a quiet voice speaking in the right channel, radio interference perhaps? might be fun to try to isolate and amplify it by extracting the centre channel
I was just thinking of this as I heard it!
Yes, just noticed it listening with my earbuds. Did you extract it?
This video is so crazy good to watch. If there was a top 10 all time synth tutorial list this would top them all. "Pulse wave is sort of like adjustable roller skates", hahah, classic
Still relevant today.
This course is worth its weight in GOLD. Thank you so much for uploading these videos.
I want that t-shirt!
*I was thinking about that too*
He is still selling them on his website!
@@SupaBubbaMusic Could we get a link please?
@@welcometothecrumplezone7911 www.deanfriedman.com/paypal/order/order-nyss-02.htm here you go
@@bunkrboi2716 Yes I did I got the black one! I received it within a week or so (I live in Europe though)
So glad analogue has made it’s way back big time!! And funny that the best video to teach the basics is from the 80’s (or early 90’s)
coincidentally, before he said "lets take a break and eat a bowl a cheerios" I took a break and, well I didn't eat cheerios, but I started messing around with my synthesizer applying everything I learned from before.
The guy knows about the rate of learning! ☝️
This is fascinating. At last a completely fundamental introduction to synthesizers
Aye this tutorial went hard..
Everything about this series rules. As a relative newcomer to electronic instruments and an aficionado of vintage gear it's ridiculously helpful and informative. And the funny edits and tracking issues add great character. Completely relevant and super amazing and thank you so much for uploading it! I love everything about it.
I wasn't done with my Cheerios when he started back up... :(
I'm just 20 minutes in but love this video. As a long time music tinkerer I have just been trying out Synth One on my iPad and wanted to get back to basics. Then I found this video series. Pure Gold! Back then I was too busy working to follow my passion but now I can take the time to do it and what better way than to follow this series from back in the day. Thanks for giving us this!
It's like a cooking show, "cooking sounds with Dean Friedman "
Or painting with sounds
This is amazing! Not only do I get to have a chuckle at the references he's throwing out ("It's adjustable, kind of like a pair of roller skates"), but I get information presented by someone who knows it's boring... makes it a bit easier to sit through! I am an amateur music producer and this video series has helped me navigate Sylenth1 and other VSTs. Thanks so much for keeping this alive!
Did anyone listening in headphones notice the super quiet talking in the right ear? Can’t tell what they’re saying but it’s not the same as the presenter.
Yeah, I can hear it. Maybe this tape was recorded over something and that's just remnant of that?
Praise this man. He is making the world happier
I mean, this is arguably the best synthesis course I've seen to date. What a great man sharing all his knowledge in such a clear and approachable way. It's such an inslut that the guy had been labeled as "one-hit wonder" for some cheesy song in 1977. Our society hasn't change much since then, celebrating crap, and not appreciating cool things, like the things presented in this video. Of course, as much as I like this video series, I have to point out some missing things. For instance, it would've been very helpful if Mr. Friedman explained the harmonic content of the square, sawthoogh, and triangle waves. Also, he should've pointed out white noise as one of basic weveforms as well. And, I would like to disagree about the 7 main components of synthesis. 5 components is what I believe would be more concise: oscillator, filter, amplifier, EG, and LFO. Not sure why pitch, filter, and amp EG's are being treated as separate synthesis components. EG, same as LFO, can be applied to anything, filter, pulse width, pitch, and amplifier. It's still the same EG, not sure why it's being listed as separate synthesis components.
***** Am I fucking speaking Japense? I mean that EG is the same, whether it modulates amplifier, filter, pitch, pulse width, panning, etc, an do so is LFO. Does does not mean that panning is a basic element of sound? No. And as far as I am concerned, vibrato and tremolo are extensively used on guitar, and these are nothing else than low frequency oscillations for pitch and volume, respectively, and that's without any effects attached, just with pure playing techniques. Although, I still would argue that pulse width could be significant for sound theory in terms of harmonics, because you get different waveform characteristics by making the waveform more rectangle than square; nonetheless, I disagree with your comment completely. We are talking here about sound theory, and creating sounds unavailable otherwise in nature. Piano and guitar sounds are so complex and changing waveform content so much during time, that a synthesizer won't really give you much understanding how acoustic instruments really work. Telling people that pitch-LFO and filter-LFO are two different LFO's is simply misleading, because they might be using the same exact LFO. And that's the point of this video. To bring the sound to its fundamentals, not to finished instrument like piano or guitar.
Andrew Piatek What's Japense?
mikiex Justin Bieber
you need to take it easy Piatek.
Andy Parle I don't have to. I am persistent in what I believe in.
Once set up, this should be the first video any electronic musician should watch
~A little slow, but genuinely useful for someone starting out.
This video series is how I first got a grasp of Synthesis back in 2012! Thank you!
Long before he did weekend update on Saturday Night Live, Seth Meyer was teaching people how to use synthesizers. With a beard.
BEST SYNTH TUTORIAL IN 2020
STILL THE BEST ... #2022
At 18;43 thumbs up if you also see a black helicopter about to land in a swimming pool...
opening to AirWolf? I heard a distinct amount of talking in the background audio as well.
lol
Fantastic! I love the dry humor. And, when you don't look at him, he sounds like Big Bird.
He didn't leave the email for the New York School of Synthesis... What's a PO Box?
This video was made before email was a big thing.
Sorry... That was my attempt at sarcasm
@@matthewtoledo3675 lol
I'm here to learn. Been playing with synthesizers for two decades now not knowing what I'm even doing. I just turn knobs and cross fingers.
You should insert a gate to remove garbage from the right speaker hehe. All in all, it is really great video
This is probably the dopiest VHS cassette tape ever made in history of mankind.
Thanks for sharing man.
Love this stuff!
11:37
No, sound is a MECHANICAL wave, while light is an ELECTROMAGNETIC wave
They are not part of the same spectrum, the only thing they have in common is that they’re both waves
Excellent, the best simple explanation of how a synthesizer works and to operate on the net! Good Job, very helpful!
The "ancient analog" synthesizer he is demonstrating on, is a Sequential Circuits Prophet 600. The little brother of the famous Prophet 5!
Learned so much.
I like the t-shirt, someone should start selling it!
Funny you should ask. Dean just announced they are for sale again along with coffee mugs. See the link in the description.
matrixsynth
Wow! The font and fit of the shirt on his site seem slightly different from the original, but I'll buy it anyway.
I've watched a ton of videos on synthesis basics and details and concepts, and somehow this strange video from the 80s is so much better than all the rest. Clear, concise and approachable.
Just his explanation of timbre beats out actual university classes I've taken on synthesis. What the professor couldn't explain in 4 hours, he explains in 30 seconds.
Tunnel vision setting in on this nice beard.
THE BEARD IS SO FUCKIN NICE
You put into words precisely what I was thinking/feeling. Bravo!
Very happy to sit here and watch this sort of stuff.
Is anyone else wondering what the lecture next door is about?
Obviously funk dancing for self-defence
I've been struggling with understanding synthesis for a while until I found this. You are a great teacher!
21:33 that fly.
you're not supposed to review the video more than once ;-)
that was a flying tank actually.
It's an example of a living violin envelope.
were was this guy when i was learning - Blending comedy and knowledge my two favorite things !
lmfao XD 5:06 "Iets talk shop, just so you don't sound stupid when people at cocktail parties are talking about sound vibrations lol... good joke, cool vid, thnx for that knowledge
This Gentleman is a great teacher... I'm totally stoked to be "auditing" his class... I think I'll have to buy a mug, or t-shirt, as "payment"... :) Thanks!!!
Good content, but next time try using a blank tape to record on. The previously recorded material was still audible in the background.
Tape?
Mark Gooderum Had to be. There were spots where the vertical hold was lost. And the crosstalk wouldn't have happened with a direct to disk or memory recording.
I had to take my headphones off to check if my gf had turned the tv on or something because I started to hear quiet voices in my right ear. :S
As in "the next time he uses a dead medium to record a program off tv"? :D
It would have been helpful if you had told him to use a new tape in 1988.
Did you really post that comment?!!
Yeah- this video sucked- I want my money back! :P
This is the best synthesis tutorial ever, It's easy to understand and most importantly IT'S NOT RIDICULOUSLY BORING