Bitwig's video: Let s Build a Powersynth Bitwig Studio

Synth design time. 🔌 We've got modulators, polyphony, voice stacking, and creative FX paths… but where to start? Let's walk thru the sound-design process, talking about the choices as we make them. [Today's powersynth is modeled after the "Destitution" preset, which can be found with other warm-hearted synths in Bitwig's "Perfect Drift" package.] Contents: 0:00 Check out the warm sounds of Perfect Drift, including today's inspiration, "Destitution" 1:30 … but it starts with a blank Polysynth 2:36 Modulation starts with the built-in filter and its envelope 3:25 A polyphonic LFO can push the waveshape 5:29 How about unison, for 4x each of our oscillators 6:15 Let's think: what parameters might we modulate? 8:54 First, each note's velocity can adjust various envelope speeds (and filter FB) 10:15 Second, a new envelope to animate oscillator Blend (with velocity moving the maximum) 11:43 Third, use Keytrack to give low notes Drive, and high notes some Noise 13:34 And fourth, with voice stacking, each note can trigger multiple oscillator Blend modes 15:34 Exploring the harmony-crushing/-enhancing quality of distortion 16:59 Bitwig's nested device chains mean: powerful signal routing, and even inserting anything into a feedback loop (!) 20:22 When is a volume knob fun? When it sets itself. 21:51 Easy Macro mapping for building top-level controls 23:24 Finally, Random will be unique for each note in a voice stack Learn more: https://www.bitwig.com