The Power of FM Workshop 2

About algorithms and their structure, about reflected sidebands and rules of FM/PM and about Whitney Houston´s beloved preset "Piano 1". (Please use the timeline below to jump to individual chapters.)

Timeline:

0:00:00 Introduction

0:02:04 Thank you, John Harrison!

0:02:38 Column 1

0:02:45 Envelopes (again)

0:02:45 Stage Skip

0:03:38 Echo

0:04:42 Delayed Notes

0:05:30 ADSR Simulation

0:06:07 Algorithms

0:06:45 Groups of Algorithms

0:08:00 5 Basic Constellations

0:08:56 HOMEWORK 1

0:10:03 Algorithms Spreadsheet

0:13:09 Constellation: Feedback

0:23:16 HOMEWORK 2

0:26:02 Constellation 2: Modulators in Series

0:38:42 Constellation 3: Parallel Carriers

0:42:01 Constellation 4: Parallel Modulators

0:46:26 Keyboard Rate Scaling

0:48:45 Keyboard Level Scaling

0:50:35 Column 2

0:51:00 Upper and Lower Sidebands

0:52:45 FM Rule 3a

0:53:25 Reflecting Sidebands

0:55:42 Amplitudes of Sidebands

0:57:32 FM Rules 3b and 3c

0:59:12 Inaudible Carriers

1:00:32 Structuring by Ratio

1:03:50 Column 3

1:03:55 Whitney Houston and “Piano 1”

1:06:03 The Thud of the Hammer

1:08:55 Some Words about Piano Strings

1:11:14 The Body of the Sound

1:21:45 Some Words at the End