Yes, we definitely need more hands-on videos that take a practical approach from the perspective of musicians, rather than the condensed information for tech-savvy early adopters we have now. That's much, much harder than I ever thought.
Before someone can appreciate the potential of "you can do everything", they must first have experienced a number of small rewards in digestible increments. Think about how almost everyone today has learned to create and edit sounds for synthesizers with VCO, ADSR, LFO, VCA, wavetables and whatnot, which was once esoteric niche knowledge. That took a very long time to become mainstream. I don't expect it to be different with semi-algorithmic music composed from parameters.
Synfire has a virtually unlimited supply of "how to" and "wow" topics, which is both good and bad (agony of choice). To sort that out we'll have to sit down with beginners first hand to be able to return to that perspective.
Sat, 2025-08-23 - 20:33 Permalink
SJ1, this is an old video, but it should give you an idea of the basic idea
Sun, 2025-08-24 - 16:01 Permalink
Yes, we definitely need more hands-on videos that take a practical approach from the perspective of musicians, rather than the condensed information for tech-savvy early adopters we have now. That's much, much harder than I ever thought.
Before someone can appreciate the potential of "you can do everything", they must first have experienced a number of small rewards in digestible increments. Think about how almost everyone today has learned to create and edit sounds for synthesizers with VCO, ADSR, LFO, VCA, wavetables and whatnot, which was once esoteric niche knowledge. That took a very long time to become mainstream. I don't expect it to be different with semi-algorithmic music composed from parameters.
Synfire has a virtually unlimited supply of "how to" and "wow" topics, which is both good and bad (agony of choice). To sort that out we'll have to sit down with beginners first hand to be able to return to that perspective.
Tue, 2025-08-26 - 14:34 Permalink
Thank you blacksun for linking to that excellent video - right on target!