Touching on the ethics of sampling again

• We talked about the importance of coming to an prearranged agreement before you ask someone for their creative input, going further into the ethics of sampling we looked at another example
• Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side (1972) and A Tribe Called Quest – Can I kick It? (1990)
• Can I Kick Its (1990) main hook baseline was sampled from Lou Reeds Walk On The Wild Side (1972). The two record companies came to an agreement for the sample to be used, there was a mistake somewhere down the line and Lou Reed ended up owning 100% of the royalties for Can I Kick It? (1990)
• This shows the importance of preagreement within the creative industries!

Synthesis

We looked at some hardware thats functions include FM Synthesis, Moog’s semi-modular synthesiser was a affordable synth that has a mini euro rack.

A euro rack was created as a standard board to use for all synthesisers, it acts as a control panel that you can manipulate and change the oscillator by manipulating the euro rack.

I would really like to look more into synths!

Subtractive synthesis

• Subtractive synthesis is a way of sculpting a waveform to create something new, you have to take away certain elements of the oscillator to make it fresh

Oscillators

• Sine
• Saw
• Sawtooth
• Pulse
• Square
• The list continues

The Amplitude Envelope

The amplitude envelope is the path in which the oscillator must pass through

• Attack – How long it takes for the note to come in when pressed on the keyboard
• Release – How long it takes for the note to die down when notes is released
• Decay – Kicks in when you stop playing, the time it takes ti reach the decay level, stays at that level
• Sustain – Keeps it at a certain level it can pass that level

The Filter

LP (low pass) is the most common type of filter

• Filters subtract the sound at a certain volume and frequency
• There are so many type of filters. Its similar to the world of gutter pickups
• HP(high pass) filter cuts out the low end of the oscillator
• BP(band pass) cuts out the highs and lows

LFO (low frequency oscillator)

• Its so low you can’t hear it with the human ear
• It works like water and effects the movement of the oscillator
• It can change the tremolo and the vibrato
• The signal moves the parameter
• Great for dance music