yeah well, even if this isn’t strictly linux related, linux is obviously missing some variety in the synth sector, so i thought i’ll put together a little guide in how to use zynaddsubfx as a very good subtractive synthesizer. note that this isn’t even scratching the surface, zyn is way more powerful. but sometimes one just wants to create a basic subtractive patch, so here you go. (if you have already created some patches in zynaddsubfx you’ll probably be pretty bored with this video.)
ps: nvm the crackly audio, it’s camtasia + my shitty cpu + audio processing, also note that i only did this on windows because i needed a desktop recorder fast. normally i use zyn in linux (:
here is a good one for the alsa modular synth (ams): Alsa Modular Synth Tutorial
it doesn’t just help you with the ams in particular, but in understanding synths in general. in some way ams is a very educational synth o: (in a good way)
ams pros: you can controll (and therefore automate) pretty much every parameter via midi and you can use pretty much every ladspa plugin there is and just build synths of them. and of course it’s very retro and cool to build patches in ams >_>
ams cons: perhaps slight stability issues (:s)
edit: actually the “original” documentation of ams seems to be pretty good, too: ams docu