Surge XT MPE sound design tutorials

[shutterdownmax]

https://youtu.be/ZaOdOYe0po4

[Roger_Linn]

Thanks for all of these helpful videos, Max.

[lemondek]

Thank you shutterdownmax

Really enjoying your tutorials.

[FranklyFlawless]

Here is the unmentioned subsequent episode in the series, "Making Epic Tribal Drums in Surge XT":

https://invidious.franklyflawless.org/w ... 32hiofAUK0

[shutterdownmax]

Here is the unmentioned subsequent episode in the series, "Making Epic Tribal Drums in Surge XT":

https://invidious.franklyflawless.org/w ... 32hiofAUK0

Thanks FranklyFlawless. I wasn't sure whether to mention this one because it's 0% MPE. But the modal resonator makes great drums.

Thank you for the thanks, lemondek

[FranklyFlawless]

The episode is part of the "MPE Sound Design for Surge XT" playlist, so it would be silly to omit it now.

[D3sertDog]

Max, Thanks for these great videos. When I first I opened Surge I thought I was staring at the controls for a Galactic Starcruiser! Your videos have made everything so much more intelligible.

[Phil_B]

Max, thank you for these tutorial. They are really great and useful in order to understand how to use Surge XT.

I'm not sure you'll be interested in these kind of sound but if so could you please help me to the right direction in order to reproduce some King Crimson sound (Mellotron, Electric Guitar) we can hear on the "Starless" title : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfR6_V91fG8
- Mellotron can be heard at the begining of the song
- Electric Guitar (Robert Fripp) start at 00:26

Phil.B

[shutterdownmax]

I'm interested in all kinds of sounds!
For the mellotron, I would use a sampler, not a synth. For this sound, I think any factory string ensemble would work fine. I'd process the samples themselves with a tape emulator (my favorites are u-he Satin, expensive, and Aberrant DSP Sketch Cassette, cheap), then I'd put another tape emulator on the output. Treat with some more old-timey effects like a spring reverb or space echo. I might not use any MPE control on this sound, maybe not even velocity, depending on how "authentic" i want to be. The mellotron was more of very complicated tape player than an expressive instrument.

There are probably original mellotron sample libraries out there.

For electric guitar, I'd build a basic mono pluck sound, use seven of it in channel-per-row. Save the low row for restrike mode. Group the channels and treat it like one electric guitar. Distortion, Amp sim, cabinet sim, whatever other effects you like on the group. I have a video on a similar setup here, but it isn't the cleanest presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXs06ApnaV4

[Phil_B]

Many thanks for all these advises Max !!!

[shutterdownmax]

https://youtu.be/7oQrkEG_xqw