Granular Synthesis CrusherX Version 6 Tutorial

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CrusherX the next tutorial is online!

It is about the new Version 6 of CrusherX and gives an overview: The new GUI/Layout, the new functions and the changes of some old functions.

Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
00:50 The GUI
00:55 Modulation Overview Window
02:30 Changed Layout
03:53 Spline Window Changes
04:35 New Functions
05:05 Spread
06:15 Diffuse
07:00 Sweep Modes
09:10 Sweep linear
10:58 Phase Sliders
11:55 Step Modulation
12:50 Random Each Grain and Sample and Hold
14:28 Pitch Follow
15:17 Autotune
15:40 Some Words at the End
Have a great day and a good time!

Rolf

 

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I´m working on Tutorial 17 about CrusherX (the new version, of course). It´s all about the new SWEEP functionalitry and it´s going to be huge! If you can´t imagine a video talking about SWEEP for far more than an hour (!), well, let me surprise you! And if I told you, that even more than an hour doesn´t suffice to go deep into every exciting aspect of sound design using SWEEP, would you believe me? Well – you should!

I hope to have it all done by the end of April (perhaps a bit earlier).

I´ll publish a trailer in “VSTs in depth” then.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCI2wXmOToiaYrYzVBLOAvw

Stay tuned!
Have a great day and a good time!
Rolf

 

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Und es ist geschafft! Tutorial 17 ist jetzt erhaeltlich. Es ist ein Monster von Tutorial geworden. Fuer Details lest bitte die Timeline. Hier ist der Link zum YouTube Trailer:


Timeline:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:20 The Importance of SWEEP
0:03:10 The Linear Mode and the System of SWEEP
0:04:00 The Frequency of SWEEP
0:04:54 SWEEP and the Length od the Grains
0:05:56 SWEEP and Frequency Modulation
0:08:45 Interaction 1: SWEEP and SPEED
0:09:55 The SWEEP Mode “Steps”
0:14:15 Shaping Sound
0 15:36 Universal Step Patterns (Save and Load)
0:17:08 Reset, Create, Mirror, Invert
0:18:20 Values and the Heights of the Steps
0:21:30 Limited SWEEP Offset
0:22:22 Values, Values, Values …
0:24:58 The SWEEP Mode “Spline”
0:27:15 A Kind of FM again
0:28:11 Creating “Sawish” Sounds
0:29:30 Creating “Squarish” Sounds
0:31:28 Getting Rid of the Original Wave
0:38:50 Some Sci-Fi Sounds from the 1950s
0:43:17 Modulating SWEEP
0:45:45 In-Depth now: SPEED and SWEEP interacting
0:46:39 A Kind of Analogue Sequencing
0:51:30 Modulationg SWEEP again: the Values
0:53:00 Wiping Out SWEEP by Adding Modulations
0:55:54 SWEEP and Different Classes of Sound
1:01:29 Source 1: Melody and SWEEP
1:01:32 Melody and Long Grains
1:10:11 Melody and Short Grains
1:14:20 Melody and Very Short Grains
1:18:13 Source 2: Soundscapes and SWEEP
1:18:18 Soundscapes and Long Grains
1:27:18 Soundscapes and Short Grains
1:31:23 Soundscapes and Very Short Grains
1:34:16 Source 3: Waterfalls and SWEEP
1:34:18 Waterfalls and Long Grains
1:39:34 Waterfalls and Short Grains
1:40:40 Waterfalls and Very Short Grains
1:47:10 Source 4: Percussion and SWEEP
1:48:17 Percussion and Long Grains
1:51:58 Percussion and Short Grains
1:54:29 Some Aspects of Synchronisation and Rhythms
2:02:30 Persussion and Very Short Grains
2:08:57 Some Words at the End

Viel Spass!
Habt eine gute Zeit!
Rolf

 

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Thank you for 7,407 minutes of watching my 17 tutorials about accSone´s granular sound engine CrusherX in the last 365 days.

Enjoy your time!

Rolf

 

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Tutorial 19 about granular synthesis with CrusherX is available now.


It deals with the question: how to extract new exciting future sounds for our sample players from all kinds of sound sources (including field recordings) using granular processes. After a bit more than 98 hours of work this video has got the longest one I´ve ever made: 3 hours and 12 minutes (I´ve split the video in two parts to make downloading easier). And it´s packed with approaches, rules, facts, tricks and hints and a lot of practical examples including a complete case study.

Here´s the

Timeline:

Part A
0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:25 First Approaches
0:04:22 Finding the Right Parameter Constellations
0:05:43 Manipulating Sine Waves
0:09:49 Dealing With Volume Oscillations and Aliasing
0:22:16 Which Type of Grain Window?
0:37:32 How Many Generators?
0:41:18 Some Tricks to Make Life Easier
0:44:51 Dealing With Saw Waves
0:47:35 Dealing with Chords and Chord Progressions
0:58:15 Dealing With Choirs
1:10:27 How to Emphasize With Grains
1:19:59 Dealing With Field Recordings, Part 1: Voices
1:30:29 Dealing With Field Recordings, Part 2: A Shopping Center
1:39:20 Dealing With Field Recordings, Part 3: Rain and Thunder
1:53:34 Dealing With White Noise
1:55:05 Magnifying Sound far Beyond Reality
(or: Diving Down the Mariana Trench of Sound)

Part B
0:00:00 Investigating a Single Grain
0:08:11 Sources of Sound for Granular Manipulations
0:10:30 A Complete Case Study (incl. some words about working systematically)
0:27:16 Finishing Touches
0:44:24 Some Words at the End
0:45:15 Some More Examples and a Complete Little Granular Composition
0:53:02 The End

Enjoy your day!
Rolf