THE SYNTHESISER AS AN OVERALL

Now, explaining a bit in more detail, but at the same time general topics, we would discus about the components that modify the sound of our synth. For example, the two envelopes placed on the right hand side and the middle of the synthesiser. The kinds of envelopes we used here are ADSR envelope, as for our final sound purpose; it would give us the options we need to modify the basic parameters. Now, the main role of the envelope placed in the middle of the synthesiser is to modify the signal coming out from the gate and then sent to the components; concerning VCO, VCR, the 2 LFOs and the simple scope.

The other envelope is mainly the filter envelope; in this case, it would modify the signal of the VCF and produce a wha wha effect.

 

ADSR ENVELOPES

This synthesiser is designed with two LFOs, and the main reason why we chose two is mainly because of the modulation it gives to the sound; so by turning some knobs on the LFO 1 would give us certain modulated sounds; then by adding to that an LFO 2, would make the sound much more interesting with facing changes and something more than just a simple vibrato. The one in charged of combining the two LFOs is the LFO selector knob placed on the left hand side of our synthesiser.

LFOs

knob selector between the LFOs

Although, some of the effects and modulations we want to achieve with the two LFOs are not noticeable enough, we will do some more research in order to make it sound properly; just as we want it to do.

So far, and generally, these are the main components that we have managed to build up on our synthesiser in order to create as much modulation as possible for the signal and the sound.

Summing up we could say that we have a Tremolo and a pair of LFOs that modulate the sound in terms of a fluctuated gain. Apart from that, an envelope that modifies the signal that comes out from the gate and which is split to the rest of the components. Also a second envelope that affects the frequency of the VCF having as a result a wha wha effect.

Some of the options and features we would like to add to our synthesiser and of course after going deeper into more information about synthesiser effects and components would be a 4 band EQ that can be easily seen, understood, and easy to use.

It would also be very useful to have some dynamic effects such as compression, some others like reverberation, delay, doublers and so on, which are features that would also make a synthesiser much more interesting.

By adding graphics for each of the effects and components that are added to the synth will make it more easily to be understood, and also would give it a nice looking.