- Published Nov 5, 2013 in Music 101
You know you want the sound of a 70's funk band on your next track. A good analog synth is just the thing you were looking for. Lets start with the oscillator.
Get your head around the common oscillator waveform types and the controls, filters, and envelopes that let you create an amazing variety of awesome synth sounds. In this case, Howie Gordon is using the Subtractor synth in Reason, but the theory applies to all of them. So go ahead and choose your weapon. It's time to make some badass music.