So I kinda leaned towards more general ear candy in my answers, but it's true you asked about making synth specific noises.
For that.... Try the following.
Take you lead synth sound, make a copy of the preset/sound you have.
Add some notes (held accents on your melody, spots for FX, or little musical fills) on a new track with the same sound. Loop the bit you want the ear candy and basically mess and experiment with the sound, add LFOs, vibrato, sweeps etc, perhaps applying more reverb and delays, and also perhaps bouncing down and reversing. Repeat many times.
By starting from the same sound each time you'll be able to get more sonic consistency across all the FX fills and FX.
Personally I don't feel the need to keep these FX and fills in the same voice, so to speak. I might do it with call/answer type melodies and parts.
I tend to lean into texture and contrast for FX and ear candy, but I can see instances where it would be very effective.
For that.... Try the following.
Take you lead synth sound, make a copy of the preset/sound you have.
Add some notes (held accents on your melody, spots for FX, or little musical fills) on a new track with the same sound. Loop the bit you want the ear candy and basically mess and experiment with the sound, add LFOs, vibrato, sweeps etc, perhaps applying more reverb and delays, and also perhaps bouncing down and reversing. Repeat many times.
By starting from the same sound each time you'll be able to get more sonic consistency across all the FX fills and FX.
Personally I don't feel the need to keep these FX and fills in the same voice, so to speak. I might do it with call/answer type melodies and parts.
I tend to lean into texture and contrast for FX and ear candy, but I can see instances where it would be very effective.
Statistics: Posted by _leras — Sun Jun 30, 2024 8:46 am