This episode demonstrates a number of ways that one can use distortion techniques to create rich and dynamic sounds. The sound that is created in this video is a lead that has a drone supporting it. It has a complex tone due tot he distortion techniques used. The color of the distortion changes continuously, providing more interest. The sound utilizes two oscillators, one is connected tot he other via the sync input. The synced oscillators are then go through a number of changes to their frequency settings, wave shapes, and ultimately a number of flavors are explored. Once the parameters are selected, an LFO is used to modulate the filter cut off frequency in a way that brings more distortion to the sound and provides a drone frequency that supports the lead sound. The same LFO is also used for amplitude modulation. Finally, the sync oscillator also provides frequency modulation tot he carrier oscillator. The resulting timbre is rich with harmonics. Some compression and equalization are applied to finalize the sound.
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