Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Sounds require curves, so sound designers need envelopes. In this hands-on tutorial, we build a set of basic patches and then refine them, all to better understand ADSR. We'll also see other envelope generators and a handful of universal sound design tips, using Bitwig's Polymer and The Grid. Let's put in our reps and get better. ✉️💪
Contents:
0:00 Every sound has an envelope, and moving control signals like it too
3:11 How does ADSR work? 🤔
6:13 Sustaining examples (organ, strings, brass)
12:47 Non-sustaining examples (drum, piano, backward sounds)
17:44 If short notes make long sounds, then we really understand ADSR 🎓
22:04 Amplitude & filter envelopes, working together 🎺
24:08 Repeating envelopes, sequences, and polyphonic patterns 🥁
31:47 Tip 1: Doubling² an envelope gives it punch
36:09 Tip 2: Stretching an envelope with an envelope follower makes it last
38:46 A twist: How about only the last note has a long release?…
Watch more Modular Concepts videos: bitwig.com/learnings/modular-concepts-lets-build-an-everything-42
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Sounds require curves, so sound designers need envelopes. In this hands-on tutorial, we build a set of basic patches and then refine them, all to better understand ADSR. We'll also see other envelope generators and a handful of universal sound design tips, using Bitwig's Polymer and The Grid. Let's put in our reps and get better. ✉️💪
Contents:
0:00 Every sound has an envelope, and moving control signals like it too
3:11 How does ADSR work? 🤔
6:13 Sustaining examples (organ, strings, brass)
12:47 Non-sustaining examples (drum, piano, backward sounds)
17:44 If short notes make long sounds, then we really understand ADSR 🎓
22:04 Amplitude & filter envelopes, working together 🎺
24:08 Repeating envelopes, sequences, and polyphonic patterns 🥁
31:47 Tip 1: Doubling² an envelope gives it punch
36:09 Tip 2: Stretching an envelope with an envelope follower makes it last
38:46 A twist: How about only the last note has a long release?…
Watch more Modular Concepts videos: bitwig.com/learnings/modular-concepts-lets-build-an-everything-42
Learn more about Bitwig Studio at bitwig.com
Follow Bitwig:
Instagram ➡️ instagram.com/bitwig
Facebook ➡️ facebook.com/bitwig
Twitter ➡️ twitter.com/Bitwig
#Bitwig #BitwigStudio #musicproduction #musicproducer
