BS1 Bass · Pick a wave
Pick a wave
Bass · Lesson 1 of 4 · BS1
Exercise A/B sine, saw, and square over the bed.
Result A clean sub.
The 1st step of the bass track in PatchPond's subtractive synthesis curriculum. Foundations; the filter is the star — and this lesson is where you meet oscillator waveforms for the first time.
▸What you'll learn
Teaches Oscillator waveforms
Think of waveforms as raw lumber — different grain, different density, before any cuts are made.
An oscillator is the source of the sound. Before any envelope, filter, or effect, something has to vibrate, and the waveform decides what that vibration looks like — and therefore what it sounds like. Read more →
Build this lesson live in the PatchPond studio. Web MIDI in, on-screen keyboard otherwise. The patch you make here loads back into iOS later on — same patch format.
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