Sound designer / trance tutorial here

[MBTC]

Every now and then a question is posted asking for info on where to learn more on synth programming. I ran across some videos here that may be of interest, especially to those interested in trance (there is some general synthesis and sound design theory though). What's interesting is they are based on sound design examples from Adam Szabo, who is a fantastic artist / producer.

http://sdc1.trancemusicmastery.com/

One thing that's kind of interesting is that Zebra2 is used as the tutorial synth, and also in the interviews on www.adamszabo.com, he mentions Zebra2 several times as his preferred goto synth. Yes, Adam owns a Virus, it is visible in some of his studio photos, but I understand why Zebra2 is still his goto synth; it is my overall favorite softsynth as well. It's also the synth that Howard Scarr now works on (the gentleman who gained a lot of fame for his Virus programming). There are some synths that are easier to learn, initially, and I've still never understood why they continue to release it without presets that truly do it justice, but I've been using it for over 3 years and its one of those gems that turns out to be like a prized piece of old analog gear -- except this one never wears out