{"id":144621,"date":"2024-09-11T12:23:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T17:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=144621"},"modified":"2024-09-12T18:42:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T23:42:09","slug":"how-to-get-started-with-synthesizers-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2024\/09\/11\/how-to-get-started-with-synthesizers-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Get Started With Synthesizers For Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learn to Use Most Synths: A Guide for Beginners\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yGyJVBN83Dc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@windowbed\">windowbed<\/a> video offers an introduction to getting started with synths. <em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The video is intended for beginners. It focuses on getting started with synths, and understanding elements that are fairly common to most synths that beginners might typically encounter. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Topics covered include:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">0:00 Who this video is for<br \/>\n1:11 My example synths<br \/>\n2:00 Keys &amp; pads<br \/>\n3:58 Why only 2 octaves?<br \/>\n4:46 The octave buttons<br \/>\n5:30 Volume &amp; gain staging<br \/>\n7:30 Types of knobs &amp; encoders<br \/>\n11:00 Sound engine parameters<br \/>\n12:42 ADSR envelopes<br \/>\n16:50 Polyphony settings<br \/>\n18:05 Why would you use a polyphonic synth in mono mode?<br \/>\n18:35 Glide\/portamento<br \/>\n19:23 Legato<br \/>\n20:06 Unison<br \/>\n21:11 Filters<br \/>\n24:43 Modulation &amp; LFOs<br \/>\n28:34 Outro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video focuses on getting started with synths, and understanding elements that are fairly common to most synths that beginners might typically encounter.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2024\/09\/11\/how-to-get-started-with-synthesizers-for-beginners\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How To Get Started With Synthesizers For Beginners<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4387],"tags":[303],"class_list":["post-144621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reference","tag-synthesis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/getting-started-with-synths.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144621"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144626,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144621\/revisions\/144626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}