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Posted by clubkidnycnyc on Mar-08-2006 00:17:

morphing leads

this question may have been posted in the archives
but i have not seen it.

I just would like to know how you go about morphing leads.
this for example usually takes place in the beginning of the track or during a breakdown what takes place is one lead is played then ,other leads morph from this lead into new leads,into breakdowns,into the chorus etc.

the thing is whenever i try this ,your unable to hear the second lead cause they are usually playing on the same grid ,or the first one is over powering it.

I know how to make leads ,just would like to know how to morph them.

Posted by Eldritch on Mar-08-2006 01:07:

Adjust the mixer level faders, filter frequency of the synths, add compression or/and EQ.

Posted by WiKKid sKiLLz on Mar-08-2006 01:15:

thats how i do mine, filters and faders at the same time

Posted by DJ Shibby on Mar-08-2006 04:39:

Volume out for your first synth...

volume in for your morphed synth.

:x

Posted by djglacial on Mar-09-2006 19:07:

I prefer actually changing the actual instrument via midi control. You can get pretty exciting effects out of careful filtering on a supersaw.

Posted by MERiDiAN5i2 on Mar-09-2006 20:54:

try using sine or triangle wave LFOs, out of phase from eachother, on both synths. not sure what your tracking with, but real easy to do with orion

your probably best off modulating the synth's filter cutoff - such that you would essentially be EQing the synths out of phase, so they come in and out of the mix -- this would be smoother than simply modulating the volume level of the synth channels.

Posted by LENG on Mar-17-2006 20:03:

can u elaborate more on LFO? i can understand all the other stuffs on a typical vsti, but not LFO..

Posted by nytrox on Mar-17-2006 21:10:

another idea is to work with a lopass filter on the first lead and with a hipass filter on the second lead. automate the cutoff frequencies of both filters to reduce the frequency-amount of the old lead (turn down cutoff of the lopass, sound gets duller and duller until its faded away) and raise the frequency-amount of the new lead by turning down the cutoff-frequency of the hipass (from the maximum-point to the desired one e.g. at 300 hz or so). this way the new lead will take the place of the old lead bit by bit - but the sounds don't fight because they lie in different frequency ranges. of course you can do it vice versa, exchange the filters (new lead comes from the bottom, old lead fades away to the top).

you can combine this with manipulation of volume-levels (old one fades out, new one fades in) or even with automation of reverb-amount (more reverb: sound is "behind")