ANA 2: Sound Design Vol. 1
Synth guru Thomas Cochran presents an in-depth ANA 2 video tutorial series! Follow along with Thomas and see how to create awesome, powerful sounds and presets for the ANA 2 virtual synth. These videos are great for those who know their way around ANA 2 and some basic synth terminology.
Bass
• Nasty Bass Stab (16:08) - This sound design video shows how to create a distorted stab baseline using the wavetables and distortion effects of the ANA 2 virtual synthesizer.
• Metallic FM Bass (13:12) - Learn how to use the frequency modulation features on ANA 2 to create a metallic sounding bass.
• Nasty Reese Bass (15:04) - See how to combine wavetable synthesis and notch filtering to create heavy modulated bass with ANA 2.
• Distorted Womp Bass (09:15) - Learn how to create an evolving high frequency bass through automating the frequency modulation controls on the ANA 2 synthesizer.
Pads
• Dark Synth Cellos (09:44) - Watch how the ensemble effect can be used to add modulation to a simple wavetable to create acoustic sounding instrument patches.
• Lo-Fi Sampled Pad (08:17) - This video makes use of the sampling features of the synth to create a cinematic lo-fi pad.
• Reverse Guitar Pad (09:14) - Learn how to use the instrument wavetables to transform a guitar sample into an ambient pad.
• Dreamy Chorus Pad (11:23) - Discover how to create an smooth pad that can be used as a melodic backing for your projects and songs.
Leads & Plucks
• Synth Trap Horns (08:37) - This video shows how to create a distorted synth horn stab that is commonly found in electronic influenced trap music.
• Distorted Lead Synth (10:18) - See how create a lead synth with sync modulation for additional texture and distortion.
• Classic Lead Stab (08:55) - Thomas now shows you how the analog wavetables on the ANA 2 synthesizer can be used to re-create a classic analog stab sound.
• Kalimba Arp Pluck (14:56) - In the last video, Thomas explains how to create a polyphonic arpeggiator patch using the onboard arpeggiator in ANA 2.