Synth Pad Tricks: How to Create Tension, Increase Intensity | Film Scoring | Sampling and Synthesis

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In this video from Berklee Online’s Sampling and Synthesis in Film Scoring course, instructor Michele Darling demonstrates a few tricks to create tension in a synth pad sound in order to increase the intensity of a scene. She accomplishes this first by showing how to use multiple oscillators and detuning, using a low pass filter to create movement, then finally by adjusting the pitch through pitch bend.

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About Michele Darling:
Michele Darling is the assistant chair of the Electronic Production and Design department at Berklee College of Music and an instructor for Berklee Online. An accomplished sound designer, composer, recording engineer, and educator, Darling worked for many years as part of an Emmy-winning production team at Sesame Workshop, where she composed music, worked on sound design, and recorded voice work for Muppets characters.
Her career highlights include sound work for several animated television shows such as Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh!, online media, games, and applications for clients such as 4Kids Entertainment, HBO Family, the Learning Channel, Moshi Monsters, and Toca Boca, among many others. She is a founding member of Aerostatic, where she, along with Terry Golob, composes and designs audio environments for films, installations, and music performances featured in galleries and festivals around the world. Currently, she is a member of the Ableton sound design team, making Ableton Live sound presets for multi-genre music producers worldwide.
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