Sequential TAKE 5 - Creating Synth Brass

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Take 5 User’s Guide
Creating Synth Brass
5. Now repeatedly strike a note on the keyboard as you turn the Filter
Envelope’s release knob clockwise and counterclockwise. Notice how
the note fades out faster or slower as you change the release value.
Now you know how to create a simple synth bass program using the
most essential synthesizer components of the Take 5: the oscillators, the
lters, and the envelopes. Using just these three things you can create an
enormous variety of sounds. Keep experimenting with them and if you
like what you’ve created, save the programs in one of the user banks.
(See “Saving a Program” on page 10.)
Creating Synth Brass
Here’s another easy-to-construct sound: synth brass, with a classic “pitch
blip” effect on the attack. In this example you’ll learn how to use an
auxiliary envelope to modulate the pitch of oscillator 2 to simulate an
aggressively blown horn effect.
To create synth brass:
1. Press the global button.
2. Use the select knob to navigate to the basic program command, then
press the write button to set the synth to the Basic Program.
3. In the mixer, turn Oscillator 2 fully clockwise to maximize its volume.
(Osc 1 is already at full.)
4. In the oscillators section, adjust the pitch knob on Oscillator 2 to
slightly detune it and thicken the sound.
5. In the filter section, set cutoff to a 9 o’clock position.
6. Set resonance to a 10 o’clock position.
7. Set envelope 1’s, amount to a 3 o’clock position.
8. Set envelope 1’s, attack to 10 o’clock, decay to 10 o’clock, sustain to
11 o’clock, and release to 10 o’clock.
9. Enable touch sensitivity by pressing and enabling the velocity button.
10. Play some chords and listen to the sound. Classic synth brass.
11. Use the vintage knob to make the brass sound even more organic by
adding parameter variations from voice to voice.