Why Ableton's Operator is Better than Serum (for FM) | Sound Design Tutorial
Sweet Serum is an amazingly versatile synth, but a little lacking in terms of FM synthesis. In today's lesson, we learn what FM means and how we can use Ableton's Operator with Serum FX to create a sweet wumpus. Let's get started.
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I have a four year degree in audio production. And this was oddly the best way I've ever heard/seen FM explained.
@Neilien
5 жыл бұрын
YOU DRAW THOSE DICKS
@b26awesome
4 жыл бұрын
I’m starting my major in audio production very soon. Anything you’d like to share about it?
@nobodys2358
4 жыл бұрын
Please don't share dicks
@ericharp2294
4 жыл бұрын
@@b26awesome Don't do it
@alivesalad4064
4 жыл бұрын
@@ericharp2294 dew it
This video should be used in schools to teach kids about sound design.
@stoneagealienz874
5 жыл бұрын
and dicks
@isaacb77
5 жыл бұрын
Dave Lawlis 🤔 hmm
@f67739
5 жыл бұрын
debating whether or not i should have my synthesis professor show this in class
@SirUncleCid
5 жыл бұрын
And should be promoted for the entirety of Autism Awareness month.
@daviddunkelheit9952
3 ай бұрын
Maybe cut the dick references to be less alienating
That video killed me in less than 12 seconds.
@Nokitron
5 жыл бұрын
beautiful woman steve doodoo
@typacat1893
5 жыл бұрын
winky dinks
@daemonelectricity
5 жыл бұрын
surrrm
@RhettAnderson
5 жыл бұрын
@@daemonelectricity "Sir Umm."
@LEVRAN
5 жыл бұрын
Mann secondary dicks
marry me
@Zorax2144
3 жыл бұрын
I love your videos dude!
A beautiful, family-friendly tutorial again, love you ;)
@_boof
5 жыл бұрын
Michael Batchelor What kind of moisturizer ya using mike? You’re glowing in that picture
"Beautiful woman Steve Dudu" instant like.
Holy shit. This was funnier than most of the standup I see on Netflix.
lol, "The Fundamental Phallus and The Secondary Dicks." great band name. (dibs?)
@DjGoBestMusicEver
5 жыл бұрын
HARD CORE, sound design!!!!!
Mixing the humor in with legitimate knowledge makes for an engaging tutorial. Do a sound design series with the Wavetable and other live synths.
for the midi routing part, you could easily make an instrument rack with the operator, add a parallel "External Instrument" Device and route the midi to SerumFX, no additional messy midi track needed.
I have never heard sound design described in "harder" terms... ;) You, sir, have earned a new subscriber.
@fencefirst2722
5 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the club.. Watch his older stuff.. SOOOO FUNNY
WOWZERS, the phallus meta has modulated once again
Subscribed for the phallio-centric synthesis.
You're a very impressive educator. I really think you've found your calling in life.
Very great concept man! Please do pad/ambient sound design with the Operator or anything else!
@toton543
5 жыл бұрын
afxxxx
@birdy702
5 жыл бұрын
I second this
@WEF2030SLAVE
5 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@larrylynch8113
5 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah pads !!!!!
@gyrus1902
2 жыл бұрын
nice aphex twin
dude, your videos always put me in a good mood. And then on top of that, your teaching skills are top class. Woot that's a solid 2 in 1. Much love
Next Video: Ableton's Analog is better than FM8 (For Subtractive Synthesis)
@soul_yt7842
5 жыл бұрын
Lol from this guy's "simplicity is better" standpoint Sytrus blows Operator out of the water. But seriously, the whole point of wavetable synths is to *not* sound the same as everyone else, like using saw basses...
@shinmai
5 жыл бұрын
my thoughts exactly
@BLAZE45
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah he'll probably use FM8 FX to demonstrate too.
@trashhold
5 жыл бұрын
Dude, who needs fm synthesis when you pull out winky dinks…
@kn00tcn
5 жыл бұрын
@@soul_yt7842 however, most wavetables sound weak or muddy
Bro I been binging your videos for a just week and it has already drastically upped my game (sometimes I have to rewatch bcuz I was laughing too hard). Thanks so much for the plain English, super informative and hilarious tutorials. Much respect. Wowzers.
This is possibly one of the most enjoyable tutorials i've ever watched. Really hoping all the other videos are like this.
@fillthepill7236
2 жыл бұрын
I bet you've seen more but they all are truly funny
Finally! A video that actually explains how to synthasize sounds as opposed to just showing what knobs to tweak to generate a certain patch. Nice one!
My brother isn't a producer or even a musician and he is over here dying of laughter. Thanks for this!
"beautiful woman Steve Dudu" Nearly fell out of my chair laughing lmao
@rotchgwylt
3 жыл бұрын
same man, same
This is inadvertently the best tutorial on FM that I've ever seen.
man, every time I watch your videos, I literally understand how I suck at producing. You're great
First time watcher and you just became my favorite tutor you've got a way with words dude keep it up xD
Another great tutorial, I love FM synthesizers. Though my go to vst is fm8 but I may try operator.
Logic Live is better than FL Tools
@deepakattri9094
5 жыл бұрын
Whaaaaaaaatttttt
@Oversampled
5 жыл бұрын
@@deepakattri9094 didn't you know that? 😳
@dubmoon1476
5 жыл бұрын
what the hell ??
@JeremyMcElhone
5 жыл бұрын
i've used every daw ever created and i can confidently say Garagewalk is the best
@giulioboobzilla
5 жыл бұрын
Check out Cubase‘s Retrologue
Waoh man!!!... I had spend so many hours watching FM tutorials, and this is the firts one that really get me into... Excellent... Thanxs for the good vibes!!! Cheers
I love these videos, great and funny tutorials :D
This is the single greatest tutorial I've ever seen
Best teacher! Don’t stop posting tutorials. It’s entertaining & educational.
Dude! I've learnt more in this video than I have ever in music production! Thanks! Then you killed it at the end! Loved it!
Operator has such a specifc tone. Pitch ramps give it away instantly in tracks. Love it for being lite on cpu and drawing your own waveforms. Cool channel Subbed!
Never in my life subscribed faster. SOCIAL MEDIA.
First time on your channel.... I really wasn't expecting that! Useful, informative and entertaining. Wowsers!
Amazing tips. Lots of learning here, such a dope session !
"Run it through social media!" Brilliant! That line is gonna get a lot of traction! Great name for a distortion pedal!
This is possibly the best, funniest and most well thought-out Operator tutorial in existence. I am passing this on to all my students. You sir, get a like and a new sub.
@kaynehunnam
5 жыл бұрын
shit... i even rang that damn bell.
The intro was enough for me to subscribe 👍 well played, sir.
one of the best tutorials yet! learned a lot about Operator on this one.
Oh man i forgot this channel for a while. Wowsers. Still fun, original content.
Dude, the climax had me actually laughing out loud. Or, lol for short! Excellent toot too man, thank you.
This is by far the greatest production video I've ever watched.
Your videos are brilliant dude, thanks!
Very effective teaching lmao. But really, I learned a lot. Thank you brotha!
The Best FM tutorial I have seen, gr8 humour :D:D:D
@chokichocat3083
5 жыл бұрын
Its Harmor.....like harmonization
And this is how you Sir just earned a new subscriber. Keep on going, amazing job!
thanks for the reminders & put downs about production... keeps us humble.
Look man Im never gonna use operator because I dont have ableton suit but nonetheless this video gave me a better understanding of whats going on in FM and now I can Make even more wubby wubbs in serum, so thanks!
@Dice-Z
4 жыл бұрын
I assume it would apply to sytrus aswell if you use FL.
@Skiamakhos
4 жыл бұрын
I'm kinda the opposite - I shelled out for Suite and can't afford Serum's exorbitant fees having done so. I wonder if there's an Ableton-only equivalent of the Serum effects setup they use here?
@shaunfaesolar
3 жыл бұрын
@@Skiamakhos there is, you can use envelope and lfo max for live devices to fire any knob on any device in the chain. search youtube for Ableton Live is a Modular Synth
The way you teach is just... so amazing even a logic pleb can learn.
@bhaveshtochabbra6853
3 жыл бұрын
Even a fl user.
you've done it, you've found the best explanation of FM synthesis! 💪⚡
Love your tutorials dude❤️❤️❤️
I'm dying this is perfection
In a sea of hipster bedroom producers who think they are masters at their craft when most have not got a god damn clue, this dude knows his shit, and his teaching style is both hilarious and outstanding. Well done sir. Gold star for you, and a sub well earned.
Thank you for your time and existence
This is by far the most hilarious tutorial I have ever watched!! Wowzerzz!! Nice tips too!
I wanna buy this guy a beer. 😅 best channel I’ve found
When will man kind realise that toxic biohazard is the ultimate synth.
Perhaps one of the most helpful videos I've come across.
This is an insanely information dense video. Great vid man.
The next time I mix for my church, I'm going to have to pause for a long time before I say the word "harmonics"
Wowzers! Richard's got a wompus on it's tippy- top! Is this a Rick and Morty episode?)))
Love you vids, an love sound design. You've rekindled our love
Great tutorial, as always!
I'm too busy laughing to watch the tutorial. Too funny.
@bioburden
5 жыл бұрын
Me too man, I'm in bits laughing here - "You're still the biggest dick in my heart Richard!" Lol!
Maybe this is really basic but I'm wondering how I can trigger LFOtool in the same way he triggers Serum FX here? I tried the same technique with LFOtool but I'm not able to get it to work.
Incredible teaching, what a great laugh this has been! Thankyou 😂😇
Finally, the tutorial I’ve waited and asked for all my fan-life. Thanks underbelly, you really do listen to us (‘:
Thank you Underbelly I love your videos! I have a question too; Is Serum FX separate from regular Serum? Or can I run operator through regular Serum as well? :)
From this day forth, FM shalt be known as Richard Synthesis
Subscribed! Keep up the great work!
the humor kept me engaged and wanting to watch it again to absorb everything I missed the first time around. "Wowsers"!!!!!! lol 🙂
when he casually slipped in the f bomb haha genius
8:33 I'm dead 😂
@KonstantinoPolizois
4 жыл бұрын
Let’s calm down a bit 🤣🤣🤣
brilliant video, learning made fun n simple! nice one dude!
Great. I suggest doing the same thing with a drum rack, great results with drums going through quick filter/distortion serum envelopes!
I think Image-Line's sytrus is Better than Ableton's Operator (for FM) inb4 dexed7
@murdahshewrote9251
5 жыл бұрын
+Reaction :angry:
@nudirt1274
5 жыл бұрын
Sytrus murders operator in fm and as a bonus in rm, as an a priori ableton user.
@eXpas04
5 жыл бұрын
Fax
@VeganKebabDoRuky
5 жыл бұрын
Sytrus has really great FM, RM matrix, true that
Underbelly, I come to you as a humble student. I use Ableton to record live instruments primarily. I’m in the market for a diverse synth plugin to use for auxiliary keyboards and interesting textures for my music. Should I get serum? What do you recommend to blend live instruments with midi? Thanks!
@INADRM
5 жыл бұрын
You can try Serum in a rent-to-own thing from Splice.com
@thehappypine
5 жыл бұрын
Wowzers! I’ll check that out, thanks!
Very clever moves btw. The best quality guides over here!
Super dope video bro, learned a lot. 🙏
FM FROM 🅱
@eXpas04
5 жыл бұрын
Add some 🅱istortion
@urigeheadmot1196
5 жыл бұрын
🅱️ump up the saturation
@dubmoon1476
5 жыл бұрын
🅾TT
@method_uk
5 жыл бұрын
Just add some 🅱️everb
This tutorial is awesome I learnt a lot of useful things while laughing my ass off
incredible tutorial, more of this please
this is content. i'm being entertained and educated at the same time. i'd watch whatever you make
*W O W Z E R S* This is the fucking greatest Ableton tutorial I've ever seen.
This video made me bought abelton the next day.
@chrisdawson8252
4 жыл бұрын
How much was it?
Please do more video like this, it’s so interesting and useful
Awsome tut broo!!
_Let's take another waveform and run it through Richard_
12:22 is all you need
You are a gift that keeps on giving.
You earned a subscription sir. So good on multiple levels.
@NKRDBL
5 жыл бұрын
Peter Serrano same
what's the difference between Operator and Wavetable?
@nudirt1274
5 жыл бұрын
wavetables sample minute instances of a waveform(any sound of thy choice) and with fm, you have continual control of how a carrier manipulates an output. ( ps: in serum and such, a wavetable can be manipulated by a wave or waveform/tableof thy choices via fm too) Sorry for much basic info. Both are are kick ass to surprise thy selfy.... Duckface.click Nw lemmewatch video.mpg
@eXpas04
5 жыл бұрын
XD
@eXpas04
5 жыл бұрын
XD
@bomiller7908
5 жыл бұрын
Think of a wavetable as a wav or mp3 file. If you fast foward or rewind you will hear different parts of the song. Just as if you sweep through the wavetable you will hear different sounds. an operator is a static wave that can't be swept through but can be modulated tonally by other waveforms.
the language in this :O
BEST teacher I have ever seen. Really, I learned something that I can actually use.
First video of yours I’ve watched, your channel was recommended in a random Ableton article, I was in two minds about checking you out as it’s super early and I want to go back to bed. Anyway, I did, and I’m glad! So fucking funny and super educational! Great fucking effort man, I’ve liked and subscribed, I’ll be checking all your vids out now. Keep up the good work dude, have a good day!
Social media.... I just spilled my late
Awesome video and u got a funny phallus. Those same things can be done within Serum tho 😊
My new favorite ysap vid!
this is the best sound design tutorial i've ever seen in my life