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Ableton's online tutorial is also wonderful! https://learningsynths.ableton.com/

Thanks for this. It is really quite good, especially for a pure beginner.

I'm a Syntorial fan/user, but I think this Ableton link is what I will give to my daughter for her introduction.

Exactly! Great for the kids - my 9 year old son loves it. Even though he's got all the hardware here as well, he much prefers giggling away sitting in front of the computer, so much easier entry point!

100%. Doing a bunch of work in Syntorial is a huge shortcut to "getting it". And once you've done that, a synth is a synth is a synth. Like driving a car, becomes more, "oh yeah, this oscillator is a bit weird/interesting", rather than "wtf does this shit do"

Yes!

> a synth is a synth is a synth

ICYMI this is easily displayed with the recent Radiohead "Everything In Its Right Place" patch matching on r/synthesizers/

Wendy Carlos explains synths in under 4m (1970) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SBDH5uhs4Q

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