Any tips or guides for programming Absynth?

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I'm thinking about getting Absynth mainly due to the fact that users can load their own sounds into it and use them as oscillators. I'm figuring I could probably scour the net and get me some square, saw, triangle, pulse, noise etc... base sounds from vintage synths and use those as a basis for creating some new, unique sounds.

But....

I know that Absynth is a formiddable opponent and has a notoriously difficult learning curve.

So...

I wanted to know if anyone has come across any tutorials or guides for creating sounds on Absynth. Now, mind you, I will read the manual, as is my usual fashion with any new synth I purchase, but manuals hardly ever give you the necessary skills needed to create patches.

I guess, in general, any synthesis guides would be great. This will be my first foray into synth programming. I have read most of the SOS Synth Secrets series and How To Make A Nosie, both of which are great for describing the parts of a synth, forms of synthesis and providing a general overview of how a patch is created, but still left me with a blank face when it came time to get to patch creation.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.
 
i dont know if that helps, but make sure you have a powerful machine because absynth is a notorious cpu whore, haha!
 
^^ word!!! lol i just got it myself so im learning how to use it n stuff
 
That's good that u will read the manual, but to suggest that it doesn't give u the skills to build patches is relative to your mind-frame.

It boils down to your imagination/experimentation, basically. Just like any other synth/sampler.

You could show a kid in detail how to use a crayon or u could just give him a crayon and paper and let him figure it out for himself. Sometimes in music u just gotta think like a kid. Kids don't care if they break anything. they don't care if they're doing it "the wrong way". They just wanna know "what'll happen if I push this button?".

That's basically spectrasonics' approach to sound design. They're a bunch of grown - up kids setting fire to pianos and recording what comes out. Might be successful, might not.
 
I honestly don't think Absynth is especially hard - it just looks a bit intimidating. The actual signal flow and the elements included are pretty basic; at heart it's a rather normal subtractive synth with very flexible envelopes and an unconventional effects section.
 
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