Emulating Analogue Synths | James Wiltshire | Producer Masterclass | Part 1 of 2 

This guy is class. Learn so much every time i see one of his vids

James your knowledge and ability to articulate and educate the process is a gift to all aspiring producers. Thank you.

I'm not even halfway through the video, and I already love it. James is simply great - there is no video of his that I've watched over the years that is not worth it. Great talent for music and teaching.

I swear to go god this dude makes the best tutorials.... and samples & other content too

James is one of my favorite producer gurus on RU-vid. I love everything he does. Someone needs to make a playlist with all his videos. I would watch it

Oh my goodness freemasons like what else was around for party music back in the day super cool dude

Sampled Jupiter 8 raw oscillator with random sample starting point sounds really amazing

Just incredible to hear him dissect sound on such a deep level - and be able to explain it in a straightforward way 🤯

What an amazing man. Extremely detailed, concise and well articulated explanations of principles and techniques. Brilliant.

This video perfectly demonstrates what's possible when you apply insightful, intuitive intelligence. Simply this is a brilliant tutorial on synthesis, hats off James.

I learned more about Serum in this one vid than any of the Serum-specific tutorials I’ve seen.

Oh James, you are simply genius and we don't deserve you.

Such an intuitive, easy to understand lesson. Really opening up some answers on sounds design in general. Thank you so much for these tutorials

According to the Planck constant, the world is stepped as well. It just has a really high resolution.

Love Monsieur Wiltshire's knowlewdge and view !

Mr Wiltshire. You are a genius! I hope you are told that everyday for the rest of your life. I loved the way you explained life and its uncertainties and interpreted that it into audio and music making. Fan for life!

As always great stuff from james. just want to add that Serum has very nice random oscillators in the global tab, you can use those instead of drawing noise on the lfo's and save some time, it's also more random and analog-like sounding as it has other features that can help. downside it takes a significant piece of cpu.

This man is one of the best teachers I've come across on RU-vid.

Can’t wait try this on Massive. Thanks, James.

Big professional, enthusiast. And just good man.

Awesome video!

Just imagine a production school (not online) run by this guy. I'd have to sign up

This is more than a masterclass, this is made by masters for masters.

Love the analogy of of putting vintage filters on pictures.

Such a great video! I love content like this and it’s so important for modern producers to dirty up their sounds! I loved every minute!

Outstanding. Finally I get what analoque really is, and it's such a powerful demo! That massive sound is just gorgeous! Thanks James

I love all the tutorials James does..he is amazing at what he does and truly knows his craft. Legend 👌 Now go watch that Alan Walker in studio and be blown away by the difference in knowledge 😂

James is by far the best tutor out there! All his vids are spot on! Would love to see what he does with Ableton's Wavetable on the same matter.

Thank you James to take the time for making those videos !!!

I wonder how much of the preference for analog sounds comes from nostalgia?Depending when you grew up, you might find the DX7 M1 and D50(The most digital digital you can get!) very appealing, and a "Warm" moog would just remind you of your crazy uncles Yes records.

Fan-tas-tic video. Thanks a million times James!

I recently did some comparisons between softube modular's plaits and vcv rackd version. At first the two sounded slightly different. Softube's sounded better and more analog. then I discovered vcv output was -18 and softube was -12. Softubes Vca though gave a slight amount of additional gain envelope to each even after levels were matched. It's amazing how such tiny details are perceived as being more analog sounding.

Sound imaging in the minds eye is a fascinating experience

James you're a great teacher! Very enjoyable to watch and easy to learn!

extremely well done tutorial which goes into exactly the right depth to not be boring and still be useful! great job!

Great articulate tutorials from this guy.. really good and easy to understand

james is so awesome

wow,cant wait for part 2.please please do more tutorials with him

Always good to hear James!!! Moooore please the children want more!

Once again great video by James! He's a great teacher. Easy to understand and follow

James is a monster. I refer to things he says in everyday conversations. "You know, if you pitch up a 12-bit EMU sampler, it'll sound ace."

Im so glad u take Massive! Im just trying to learn it! Thanks man

More Videos From James Please! This Guy is Awesome!

Awesome tutorial - great techniques, clearly explained with excellent end results…

Really incredible lesson. I’m loving this mans tutorials

Wonderful. Thank you for this upload. Serum is great. I forget just how detailed sound can be shaped in this synth. I always learn something new from the versatile functions that can be applied...

Very nice! Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.

We are "analog" people! this is crazy! I love him!

Thanks James for this great tutorial, Im creating patches in Serum with a greater understanding of sound design.

This is fantastic.

I've met this guy real inspiration.

Thank you for such a well presented and informative video.

A master of his craft

Really great tutorial. Thanks James and CM

Interesting debate about analogue vs digital at the start of the video, Mr. ”I love analog” :P :D One issue you forgot to mention and got onto my mind almost immediately (after I have watched ”Loudness War” videos in RU-vid) was: How lousy loudness all of those (or rather: ”These”, as all RU-vid audio is almost always packed too) internet streaming service is. On one of those videos someone negate the original (digital) CD-quality song out of streamed one, and all what was left was some wierd hissing!? So what we listen nowadays with our computers, smart devices is song+hissing. That we dont consiusly perceive as hissing, but do we at subconcious level? Not a big issue though as few of us have pretty shitty loudspeakers attacked or onto our smart devices/computers, but if you have better ones (like I on my computer) you really start to spot difference, say Spotify, and CD quality music. Where we conviniently get to another aspect You didn’t mention, that is: In music end of the chain is always analog, as no one (as far as I know) has invented yet fully digital loudspeakers. And amps that feed them are usually analogue too. Solid state for normal mortals, and valve ones for hi-end ppl. So depending those ”end of the line” kits we have, we all ”hear” that end product a bit differently? I was wondering that there might be also potential to automate that ”Drift” macro to a MIDI note velocity that picks different amount of it depending on how hard you hit the key? Or even keyboard follow if you want more/less that analog grittiness on your low-/high end? But absolutely awesome tricks that I’m gonna be using all the time now on! Thanks a lot.

Great info. Would buy the issue if I could watch it on my MacBook.

AMAZING! thank you, James and CM!

Cheers for the lesson! And i downloaded your f9 sample pack and it was good! Cheers...

Amaizing tutorial, very interesting explanations!

Thank you so much. It's very useful.

@3:10 Max Plank, Niels Bohr and all the Quantum Physics say that we, and everything else in the universe is digital :))) Just a side joke for the half phisicists/half music producers out there :))) High quality tutorial from James Wiltshire! Thanks!

Absolutely Brilliant !! your a Master James !!!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

still great

hey guys,where is the second part of this series?

Glad he showed Serum also

Wowwww this is some good stuff. Great tutorial.

massive sounds really good!

Absolute professor! Great vid

At some point it was too loud for me, so I reached for the master knob in Massive)

22:02 This is so much Blade Runner issh..💯💯👏👏

33:55 man those progressions with that sound..

Great stuff, James.

Wow he made that Prophet sound soo analog!

Great tutorial!

Phil Mitchell saves the day. Thank you!

I love this guy.

James is a true black belt ; )

Very nice set of tools you've got there... You've told me almost nothing new, but it's really useful for people who are getting into synths by using a computer. Really helpful. Using some analogue outboard helps immensely, too. Especially to avoid incredibly annoying digital aliasing, by using analogue compressors and limiters. I also love my analogue console. Everything goes through it. No digital emulation sounds like it.

Lovely stuff

Digital is good when it's not trying to mimic an analogue signal. I like what korg did with the minilouge XD, it has digital and analogue so you get the best of both worlds.

Loved this!

A non-musical question - while I'm watching with Cubase & Ableton on my main screen - : What glasses are you wearing? I'm looking for a new frame... Thanks for the video!

That Man... LEGEND

still waiting for the second part

Thank you

Awesome! I use a similar process in Helm (free vst) and I can get pads pretty much like this. Thanks for sharing!

This is really special... thank you and where I can see the part 2 video....

Excellent

such a chief. thx so much

this man is craaaaaaaaazy

Great Video!! 👏👏👏

in his definition in the beginning, even energy is quantified, as discovered by max planck, and therefor everything can be understood in terms of energy, and therefore everything is digitial. I could be wrong...

James Wiltshire, my idol.....Great producer, nice person...I'd like to know 1% your knowledge

I wish everything had a Slop control.

Amazing

Legend

Would this not be necessary with something like uhe bazille since it already emulates analog?

Best man!

True Words. Well said. Like !