Essential synthesizer basics every producer should know! Hardware and software tutorial.

I've been looking for a fundamental breakdown of these concepts as I'm breaking into synthesis and this is exactly what I needed, truly amazing and clear instruction, thank you.

I almost never leave comments under yt videos but I had to say THANK YOU!! I have a background in classical piano but not a clue about synthesis, and I just started playing around with a Korg Minilogue, your explanations make it much easier! I kinda know what I'm doing now :) Great job!

Great video! Explained everything very clearly with good examples and visualisations.
Is there anyway you could do a video on compression?

I am just getting into synthesisers after getting a Lead 4. A few minutes to your video, I find it extremely details, simple and I am learning so many things. Thank you very much for putting this up. Hats off to you Sir!

This is so helpful

This is by far the best basic synth tutorial I have ever seen online. Thanks so much!!

Thnx🎉

Thank you, this was really helpful.

Great job. It gave me a refresher on what I learned so far and more clarity. It will help in a long run. Thanks.

I loved how you explain things Jef! Great video!

This video is excellent, your teaching style is thorough yet approachable. The resonance walkthrough being a good example of demonstrating a concept in an easy to understand manner. Thank you for making this!

A+ just what i needed to know

Brilliant video, thank you. You started at the beginning and laid a solid foundation. Very clear and well explained. Looking forward to watching lots more of your stuff.

perfect tutorial.Thx

Do you have a video on the Moog One?? Would love to see it!!

Where have you been my whole life. I’m in Toronto to would love to connect with you. Keep up the great work. Not sure if you teach in person in The 6 but you should. You are a Master of your craft🙏🏾

Great instruction. The demonstrations contextualize the changes in sound. This is the first time I could understand the distinction o Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Release. That filter visual helped a lot. Thanks, Jeff.

❤️ in love with this class. Just got the Cobalt 8 and very excited

PERFECTION! Tutoring ability is on point.

This is such a service. Thank you!

Great tutorial. I learned more about what sound is and what the manipulation of it is actually doing than I’ve ever known. Very well explained.

I love this video! The "Bill Nye of Synthesizers"

What a masterclass!!! Amazing!!!

Perfect. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

Great video - I knew a good amount of this already but I wanted a video which really explained things clearly so that there could be no doubt in my mind. And this video is it. Well done!

yeah this is great. You have a gift for teaching.

I know this video is a couple years old already but this was one of the best synthesizer basics videos I have ever come across (for me personally I should say). It was clear. It was informative. It was interesting. You had chapters. You had overlays with information. You used multiple types of synthesizers (hardware/software/different brands) as examples. You discussed concepts at both a theoretical and practical level without bogging down the content too much. Thank you very much for this resource Jef.

5 stars tutorial.

This was a GREAT introduction to synthesis. I have been playing with Serum and a few other soft synths, still a noobie, but your video helped me understand a lot! Thanks for making this! And as others have stated, great production value, professional video!

Very Helpful Thanks!

Awesome informative session. Thanks Jef!

Thank you very much for this video. I'm kind of new to the synthesis-world, and I "knew" this stuff already, but it's always great to get things actually explained to you to have a better understanding.
Also, I haven't seen a kind of over all "tutorial" kind of video in which someone would make example sounds using the different waveshapes and explaining the "route" to a certain kind of sound. Like a bass, lead and a pad kind of sounds. A video like that would be greatly appreciated. Also a video on simple modulation, perhaps using something else as source than an LFO.

Keep up the great work!

This video is absolutely excellent. Thank you for making it so straightforward.

Great introduction to synths. Thank you.

Great video

anyone else go blind the second the white screen with the four waves appeared lmfao. Awesome content though thank youu!

amazing guide! thanks a lot fo structuring my mind about this all =)

Why are Canadians so classy...

This was explained so well!!

I have a Korg Monolog.
How does one make that sound at @ into the video of Frankenstein by Edgar Winter

thank you!

This was one of the best basic intros to synthesis yet. Easy to follow and understand.
You must have a kickass PC to be able to run all those plug-ins and hardware at the same time. I use Ableton 10 as my DAW and have midi'd in 7 hardware controllers and synths and now my CPU is crunching...time for an upgrade. What are you using?

Such a life saver! A detailed look in to individual Synthesisers would make for great videos... Massive X to start? Then Serum 😍

This is one of the BEST explanations of synthesizers that I've ever seen! Thank you Jef!

Not even MasterClass or PointBlank have the level of production and education quality as you Jef. You have a new subscriber. Thank you so much!

Super helpful, thanks for the effort, clarity and professionalism.

Such fantastic tutorials. Thank you for sharing your knowledge

I think this is one of the best videos about basic synth mechanics and terminology i have ever seen. Great stuff

Totally reminds me of my early days with the Yamaha MT44, and compatible little synth; all the controls coloring the sounds. Thank you for the refresher here, Sir!