I will admit the I have not won any month's round yet. You need to apply best knowledge of synthesis to get the DESIRED SOUND for THE SONG IN YOUR CHOSEN GENRE. That's when you apply some basic knowledge of synthesis and gradually master the art. You need to make COMPLETE SONG with ONLY that synth. There are rules set for using the effects. It is a very very friendly monthly competition running since so many years now. So, I got best resource as KVR One Synth Challenge. When I started, my idea was to have "training on the job". If you notice the people showing their distaste about the nowadays musics, you'd find out what I'm saying. I'm not against the sonicly inspired way of composition but lacking the musical ideas and trying to glorify your music with just sounds is a significant weakness. Most people do not go that way because working with sounds is more seducing, hypnotizing and pleasant and they love to make music with mostly turning the knobs rather than wisely putting their fingers on the notes.
Yes maybe some time, those sounds would be fairly uninteresting to you like me but till that time, spend more of your energy on knowing the definitely established essentials and principals of music and they are not the sounds of course. My suggestion is doggedly stick to the presets and adequately prepared sounds and wisely invest more on your music making if your goal is that.įor more than 5 centuries, composers have devoted almost their whole time to making music with just limited amount of available instruments' sounds and as you see they've created the best musics ever.