In the latest edition of Point Blank’s Sound Design tutorial series, Chris Carter shifts his focus to Native Instrument’s Absynth, giving us some tips on how to manipulate external audio in the plugin. In this series, Point Blank course developer and instructor Chris Carter explores a number of sound design tips and techniques to give you a flavour of what to expect on their courses, including their comprehensive BA (Hons) Music Production and Sound Engineering degree, which is also available as an online degree.įor those who want to master their craft in sound design, music production, mixing and more, Point Blank are currently offering a huge 35% discount plus a free copy of Ableton Suite or Logic Pro X on a range of their online courses until July 17th, so make sure you enrol soon! If you like different, ambient, evolving, organic sounding instruments….this is it.Point Blank are back with a brand new tutorial series to help you get the most out of your productions. So go on over to and check it out, or hit up one of the vendors in the sidebar. It’s also part of komplete 6 (I think that’s the best deal) You can get absynth directly from native instruments, or from any only retailer. This is my first time ever playing with Absynth, and I see why it’s so popular, the textures it spits out are amazing. The ambient combination of samples and synthesis in this plugin is straight up dope, period. But they don’t force you there, you can simply create tons and tons of patches right from the front panel, that I love. Sure, Absynth has all the deep menus there for you sound scientists that like to go deep. I don’t want to have to go through tons of menus just to make changes. That’s a plus, I HATE synths that don’t make it easy to create sounds. It’s ready to go out of the box with the amazing collection of presets, but they make it super easy to sculpt your own sounds. I haven’t come across a synth that sounds like absynth, harware or software wise. Like I said, I review tons of products, tons of instruments, but I’m always looking for those that offer something unique. This is a really amazing and inspiring synth If you just want to mutate one oscillator, go for it, only want to mutate the oscillators but keep the fx? Go for it! New sounds pop out like eggo waffles in the toaster.Īnd you can get as custom as you want. You can take a preset, adjust the mutation/random amount, and hit the button! This is the easiest sound design tool I’ve seen, EVER. With over 1700 sounds, I’m sure you’ll find something you love…but the great thing about Absynth 5, and probably the main reason I wanted to check it out… That make it easy to find exactly what you want. There are, according to the website, 1800 sound in this beast!ĭon’t worry, they are “Koresounds” so the browser is based on style, type, and characteristics just like Kore 2. And you can get anything from a sexy silk pad, to a harsh fm lead, to even flutes and guitars…yes…all with that Absynth layer of goodness I’ve grown to love. FM, subtractive, wave-table, granular, sampling, and sample morphing…not to mention all the filters and modulation in there.īottom line is, Absynth has a HUGE collection of sounds. There is a synthesis gumbo in the engine of Absynth. That’s not to say you can’t get some aggressive and harsh sounds out of it, but for me…it’s uniqueness is in the smooth, evolving, “floating” textures you can create. There is something about the “texture” of the sounds that come out of it…they seem to sorta…float. There are quite a few synths out here available for use, but I am always on the lookout for something that provides a unique angle.Ībsynth has a sound that I can’t quite get from anything else I’ve tried. Since it’s my civic duty to provide the musician community with the best info and personal opinion, I spend hours upon hours reviewing and testing various products. What’s more ABSYNTH 5 is not just a synthesizer, but a powerful effect plug-in for treating audio tracks using the unique ABSYNTH 5 effects bank.Īccording to me it’s a monster synthesizer capable of making plenty other-wordly sounds very easily. Its speciality is a limitless spectrum of unusual, evolving sounds created using the powerful, hybrid synthesis architecture and sophisticated modulation and effect system – resulting in sounds far removed from the everyday. Today I’m going to be checking out Absynth 5, one of their newly updated synths that dropped in October, they sent it over for review shortly after it released.ĪBSYNTH 5 is an exceptional synthesizer with unique sonic potential. It’s time once again to spend a little bit of quality time with our friends at native instruments.
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