Synthesizer Basics: Amplitude, Oscillators, Timbre | Music Production | Berklee Online

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In this video, Berklee Online instructor Erin Barra explains the synthesizer basics on amplitude, filters, envelopes, oscillators, frequency, timbre, LFO, and modulation. She goes into detail about how amplitude works, how an envelope shapes the evolution of a sound, how oscillators work in synthesizers, and how frequency is really just the number of times a waveform repeats each second and is measured.

About Erin Barra:
Erin Barra is an educator, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and music technology consultant. She is an associate professor in the Songwriting department at Berklee College of Music and is one of the leading product specialists for the Berlin-based music software company Ableton. She works with artists and bands looking to integrate laptops and digital technologies into their writing, production and stage setups, and has developed and taught several music technology curriculums.

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