design of patches

You know... there's been, of course, so much discussion of tuning on
this and the other "sister" list, but very little discussion of patch
design...

Does anybody have any comments on this? I find, for myself, that
it's very easy to create "bizarre" or "effect" patches, but not
necessarily to come up with anything that's much better than *some*
presets... not all, but *some...*

Anybody have any further commentary on this. What do you look for in
your design of patches??

Thanks!

Joseph Pehrson

--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., jacky_ligon@y... wrote:

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> --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., jpehrson@r... wrote:
> What do you look for in
> > your design of patches??
> > Joseph Pehrson
>
> Joseph,
>
> Hey!
>
> I like to make them sound organic by routing velocity and or other
> controllers to various sections of the synth. The TX81Z has no
> filters, but can do very filtery sounding thing when you route
> velocity or aftertouch to the operator volumes.
>
> Some modulation is good, but don't overuse pitch mod, because it
will
> obscure yer tuning.
>
> Study the way some of you favorite patches are made - especially
how
> the operators are detuned, and the algos being used in the TX. Make
> small changes to see how they effect the timbre. FM is hard to
learn
> but worth it in the end - it is totally different that having
filters.
>
> One thing I would recommend is that during your sound design
> sessions, to use your sequencer to record and loop play some midi
> into the synth while you twiddle the settings. I find it especially
> valuable to use this method with something I have played with my
> hands, just a simple melody - or whatever. One important thing to
> remember with patch design, is to think about what kind of music
> gesture will be intended for the patch. Will it be a "pad" with a
> slow fade in (go to the evelope section if so, and slow the
attack),
> will it be for a virtuoso/solistic performance? Think about wide
> expression in your creative routing to things that will make you
> sound respond to velocity - like the brightness of the timbre.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Jacky

Thanks, Jacky, for your response on this!

Joseph