Sound Design

Sound design for music, film and games — synthesis, sampling, foley, field recording, and crafting sound effects and textures from scratch.

How to Design Textures and Atmospheres

Learn to design textures, atmospheres and ambient beds — layering, granular synthesis, reverb and modulation for evolving moods in music…
How to Use Granular Synthesis

Learn granular synthesis — grains, position, size, density and spray to turn any sample into evolving pads, textures and ambient…
How to Use Wavetable Synthesis

Learn wavetable synthesis — scanning wavetables, position modulation, warp modes and effects to design evolving basses, leads and pads.
How to Use FM Synthesis for Sound Design

Learn FM synthesis sound design — operators, carriers, modulators and ratios to build metallic basses, bells, e-pianos and gritty digital…
How to Make a Wobble Bass

Learn how to make a wobble bass — LFO-to-filter modulation, tempo sync, distortion and rhythm tricks to build that classic…
How to Make Risers and Sweeps

Learn how to make risers and sweeps — noise, pitch automation, filter rises and reverb to build tension transitions into…
How to Design an 808 From Scratch

Learn how to design an 808 from scratch — sine oscillator, pitch envelope, glide, distortion and tuning to build a…
How to Make a Pluck Sound

Learn how to make a pluck sound from scratch — fast envelopes, filter snap, short decay and effects for a…
How to Make a Pad Sound

Learn how to make a pad sound from scratch — slow envelopes, detuned oscillators, filtering, modulation and reverb for a…
How to Design a Lead Synth Sound

Learn how to design a lead synth sound from scratch — oscillators, detune, filter, envelopes and effects to make a…