Ableton Provides Free Learning Synths Resource

Ableton announced they have launched a new, free resource for learning synthesis, Learning Synths: https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/learn-synthesis-in-your-browser/

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Synthesizers are at the foundation of many different kinds of music. They’re musical instruments that can make a huge range of sounds. But they can be hard to understand.

Learning Synths is a new, interactive website that puts a powerful but easy-to-learn synthesizer right in your web browser. It’s free, sounds great, and works on any internet-connected device. Best of all, it comes with its own step-by-step lessons so you can explore and learn the fundamentals of synthesis at your own pace.

The lessons in Learning Synths start with the very basics, so they’re perfect even if you’ve never used a synthesizer before. Or dive right into sound design with a rich-sounding instrument that's built for exploration and play.

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https://learningsynths.ableton.com/

Thanks for posting this. I’ve been looking for a resource just like this so I can brush up on the basics. Awesome!!

Yeah this is pretty cool - nice step by step development through the concepts of synthesis broken down into bite sized pieces. Tops!

Unrelated to ableton but also worth a mention is this classic vid for learning about synthesis (srsly it's prob one of the best even though it's like friggin' 30 years old by this point)

Is that Luke Vibert?

good catch. it totally is. 

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