listennext: shape it
empty so far
nothing in it yet. this lesson adds the lead
three wave shapes
numbersspeakerairyour ear
tap one to hear itsoft
Big synth leads are rarely one oscillator. Two or more play the same note, pulled very slightly out of tune with each other. They drift in and out, and your ears hear a thick, wide, moving sound. That's detune. Glide is the other trick: notes slide into each other instead of jumping.