Subtractive synthesis curriculum.
Five outcome tracks · 17 lessons · 15 concepts
PatchPond teaches subtractive synthesis by doing. Every lesson ends with a sound you'd keep — a clean sub, a snappy pluck, a wide pad, a singing lead, a moving arp. Knobs are explained by ear, over a looping musical bed in a fixed key, not by manual. Play straight through to learn the whole subtractive chain in order; jump to whichever track has the sound you want first.
▸Outcome tracks
▸Concept glossary
Every lesson points at one or more atomic concepts — oscillator waveforms, envelopes, the filter, modulation, effects. The glossary defines each concept once and links to the lessons that introduce or reuse it. Useful as a reference when a knob isn't behaving the way you expect.
▸Oscillator waveforms
The waveform is the source of the sound — before any envelope, filter, or effect. Sine, triangle, saw, square, pulse, and noise each have a distinct harmonic content and a different role inside a patch. Catalog with the characteristics of each.