UV#29 Wolf Shaper: Waveshaping for Sound Design

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unfa vlog #29

WARNING: loud, painful, high-pitched sounds after 30:50 - watch your playback volume!

In this video I'm pushing sine waves (and not only) to the extreme. I'm talking about using Wolf Shaper (a great free and open-source waveshaping plug-in) for sound design - taking the simplest possible input, and transforming it into something completely different. As it turns - out many interesting sounds can be created that way, but even more importantly - it pushes you to be more creative!

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· Timestamps:
00:24 - Intro
00:52 - Blank Ardour session
02:31 - Initiating the first sound
06:08 - Automating the warp functions
09:50 - Initiating the second sound
10:24 - Automating the pre-gain
11:18 - Adding Cross-modulation in Helm
12:21 - Adding reverb
12:53 - Initiating the third sound
13:25 - Explaining DC offset and it's effect on distortion
19:00 - Similarity of FM synthesis and waveshaping
19:53 - Adding noise
22:00 - Initiating the fourth sound
22:47 - Discovering the best sound on the planet
23:58 - Recording "instant party" vocals
25:38 - Explaining how the "Instant party" sound work
22:47 - Discovering the best sound on the planet
28:34 - Distorting "instant party"
30:50 - initiating the fifth sound (watch out for loud high-pitched sounds!)
32:32 - Wet farts!
34:32 - Using a Calf Envelope Filter
35:06 - Playing all the sounds together
37:11 - Summing it up


· Downloads:

Ardour 5.12 Session:
https://is.gd/IhZpR6

· Links:

Wolf Shaper:
https://github.com/pdesaulniers/wolf-shaper

Helm:
https://tytel.org/helm/

Zyn-Fusion:
http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/zyn-fusion.html

Ardour:
http://ardour.org

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