Music & Audio

Sound Design & Synthesis

Stop scrolling presets and design your own sounds

12 lessons4 modules10h 10m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

This course teaches you to build any sound from the ground up instead of relying on presets. You will master the universal building blocks (oscillators, filters, envelopes, LFOs) and then apply subtractive, wavetable, FM, and sampling techniques in real synths like Vital, Serum, and Ableton Operator. Every concept is tied to specific parameters, frequency numbers, and step-by-step patch recipes so you can recreate and invent professional sounds.

Curriculum

Module 1: The Building Blocks of Synthesis3 lessons

What a Synthesizer Is and How Sound WorksPreview45m
Oscillators and Waveforms🔒50m
Filters, Envelopes, and LFOs🔒50m

Module 2: Subtractive and Wavetable Synthesis3 lessons

Programming a Subtractive Patch From Scratch🔒55m
Wavetable Synthesis and Evolving Sounds🔒55m
The Modulation Matrix and Routing🔒45m

Module 3: FM Synthesis and Sampling3 lessons

FM Synthesis: Operators, Ratios, and Index🔒55m
Sampling: Turning Recorded Audio Into Instruments🔒50m
Layering Synthesis and Samples🔒50m

Module 4: Designing Sounds for Music and Media3 lessons

Designing Bass, Leads, and Pads for a Track🔒50m
Sound Effects, Risers, and Cinematic Textures🔒55m
Effects Processing, Workflow, and a Sound Library🔒50m