I made an Electric Piano using Ableton's Operator
March 18, 2020
Hello! I’ve been diving into sound design and specifically FM synthesis lately with Operator and the Elektron Digitone. Today I made a fairly convincing electric piano in Ableton Live and I wanted to share it / post it to this blog for archiving.
I followed this tutorial from Doctor Mix, which shows you how to make a classic EP sound using a Yamaha DX Reface. I’m surprised I was able to take the instructions and apply them to Operator, but I guess that shows I’m making good progress in learning general sound design concepts.
The sound is a little weak on the low end (any suggestions?), but I made a nice instrument rack with lots of controls so you can get get a wide variety of EP sounds fairly quickly. I even color coded the macros — Enjoy!
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Written by Kevin Chau, an artist who lives in San Francisco. Follow him on Twitter