Synthesist David Bessell is probably best known to the electronic music world for his role in the synth supergroup Node, alongside Flood, Ed Buller and Mel Wesson.
But Bessell also holds a Phd in classical composition, and teaches and does research at Plymouth University in the UK.
He’s started a new series of videos that explore intermediate to advanced synthesist topics. In the first video, above, he demonstrates a cymbal patch on a Mos-Lab MU-format modular synthesizer and shows it can be used to create a variety of sounds.
In his second video, he discusses a patch used to create wood block type sounds:
In his third video, he takes a look at snare synthesis:
You can find out more about Bessell and his music at the DiN Records site.
Dave! Thank you! Fantastic and clear!
Very good. Well explained and easy to follow.
Cheers, thanks for these demos! The noise gate makes it hard to hear some of the very brief examples, surely it itsn’t needed on the output of the synthesizer?
Derp, I just realized that’s a “feature” of my new bluetooth speaker and not in the videos themselves. Sorry!