Sonic Academy has announced the next release in their video tutorial series, Making a Synth in Reaktor. In this course we show you how to get to grips with Native Instruments REAKTOR and show you step by step on how to create your very own synth.

REAKTOR is a music software program that turns your computer into an incredibly powerful and versatile audio processing system. REAKTOR can be used as a synthesizer, sampler, effects processor, groovebox, step sequencer, and much more. It's completely modular structure ensures that no limits are imposed on your imagination in creating and utilizing electronic instruments and sound effects.
In this first course we cover the very basics and show you how to create a simple 2 oscillator synthesizer.

The course consists of 22 videos:

Part 1 - Introduction
Part 2 - Reaktor Setup
Part 3 - Adding An Instrument
Part 4 - Tool Menus
Part 5 - Importing An Oscillator
Part 6 - Oscillator Types
Part 7 - MIDI Gate and Master Gain
Part 8 - MIDI Note Pitch
Part 9 - Envelope Setup
Part 10 - Creating Multiple Oscillators
Part 11 - Switches
Part 12 - Switch Menu Styles
Part 13 - Macros
Part 14 - Macros Continued
Part 15 - Adding Volume Control
Part 16 - Pan Control
Part 17 - Adding Octave Control Using Lists
Part 18 - Semi Tone and Fine Pitch Control
Part 19 - Using Knobs instead of Lists
Part 20 - Creating A Filter With An On Off Switch
Part 21 - Duplicating Oscillators And Adding Retrigger Control
Part 22 - Comparing Our Created Synth With Sylenth1