Patches |
Instructions at bottom of page |
KEYBOARDS Celeste Clavichord Electric Piano Harpsichord Organ Piano |
STRINGS Banjo Cello Double Bass Dulcimer Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Harp Hurdy Gurdy Kora Lute Mandocello Mandolin Riti Sitar Standup Bass Viola Violin |
VOICE Angels Choir Vocal, Female Whistling |
PERCUSSION TUNED Bell Bongos Conga Glockenspiel Marimba Timpani Xylophone |
WOODWINDS Bass Clarinet Bassoon Clarinet Conch Shell Contrabassoon Didgeridoo English Horn Flute Oboe Piccolo |
PERCUSSION UNTUNED Bass Drum Castanets Clap Claves Cowbell, analog Side Stick Snare Drum Tambourine Wheels of Steel |
BRASS Harmonica Penny Whistle Saxophone Trombone Trumpet Tuba |
BASS Detroit Bass Deutsche Bass Digital Bass Funk Bass Growling Bass Rez Bass |
LEADS Mellow 70s Lead Mono Solo New Age Lead R&B Slide Screaming Sync Strings PWM Trance 5th |
SOUND EFFECTS Cat Digital Alarm Clock Journey to the Core Kazoo Laser Nerd-O-Tron 2000 Ocean Waves (with fog horn) Positronic Rhythm Space Attack! Toad Wind |
PADS Android Dreams Aurora Celestial Wash Galactic Cathedral Galactic Chapel Portus Post-Apocalyptic Sync Sweep Terra Enceladus |
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PATCHING |
| Many of the values in the Synthesizer Cookbook are given as both discrete quantities (decibels, hertz, etc) as well as percentages of the full setting. These percentages should only be used if your synth doesn't display decibels and hertz. Every synthesizer has settings that behave slightly differently, especially filters, and therefore these percentages are intended as a rough estimate. The percentages work reasonably but you will likely have to make some adjustments. Audio samples are provided with the book that make it possible to calibrate a synthesizer in decibels and hertz for greater precision |
| Oscillators: Pulse Width (PW) is given as a percentage of the full pulse width where a width of 50% is a Square wave. This percentage does not necessarily indicate the position of the dial. Some synths have pulse width values that do indeed go from 0-50% but others have 0-100% and sometimes 50-100%. For those synths that go from 50-100%, just subtract the values listed in the book from 100 to get correct value. Check your synthesizers documentation if you aren't sure what it's pulse width range is. |
| If your synth lacks a triangle wave then sustitute a square wave and decrease your low-pass filter a bit (square waves have the same harmonics as triangle waves but stronger high frequencies). |
| Oscillator mix is given in decibel values from -40 dB (minimum) to 0 dB (maximum) as well as a percentage of the full dial position |
| Osc 2 sync - This syncs oscillator 2 to oscillator 1. Check to make sure which one of your oscillators syncs to the other when you turn the sync on. Sometimes osc 1 syncs to osc 2. Pay close attention to whether or not the Osc 2 sync setting should be on or off. Having this in the wrong position will butcher a patch! |
| LFO: Lfo frequency and depth are given as discrete values as well as qualitative suggestions (slow, moderate, fast, shallow, deep etc) |
ADSRs Attack, Decay, and Release are given as fractions of a second while sustain is given as a percentage of the full dial position. 100% is full sustain, 0% is no sustain. |
Email me at fred_v_welsh@yahoo.com if you have any questions. Have fun!! |