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Hi all.

I'm still here with al my synth noobishness.

I'm fighting my way to prepare this song but I'm not able to find it with my own (and very bad) ears so I thought to check on youtube if a kind guy prepared something for me.

I was quite lucky:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lEtpHd8c3g

I just can't understand what he does when he does the final part of the intro with bending.

I've found a very similar sound in Microkorg's patches, tweaked it a little and started to try the song which is, of course, quite simple.
I still can't achieve the effect.

When I hear the youtube example it sounds like the main pitch is taken (I suppose) 2 octaves higher.
When I do the same thing on my r3 I do low Bb with my right thumb and high Bb with my pinky.
Almost at the same time I do the switch I pull my bend as high as I can but to me it seems like one oscillator is bending and the other not.
I don't know how to explain this better but to me it seems like not the whole note is bending but just one component of it.

Any kind of help and suggestion is really appreciated.

Are you using the software editor to examine the program? Most newbies try to edit using the knobs and menu diving, without using the editor. That's like trying to drink a swimming pool through a straw. The software lets you see a lot more parameters all at one time. If you look at the program from the editor, you'll probably see very quickly that there's a virtual patch connecting the pitch wheel to the OSC1 pitch, but OSC2 is not sync'd to OSC1.

That's tasy info, my friend!

I'll look into it

The rest of my "analysis" was right in your opinion?

Well, you're in complete control over what bends when you move the pitchbend wheel, if you know what to do. The software editor make's it more obvious what you can do. Another analogy is that using the knobs and menus is like trying to explore a big house with just a small flashlight, with one hand tied behind your back and your feet in chains, while using the editor is like turning on all the room lights so that you can easily see everything, with full use of your arms and legs to get around. That's why I always recommend getting the software editor working before trying to do anything else. You're working with a severe handicap if you don't use the editor.

I did my job easily with the software!

I am satisfied with the result!

Awesome.

Thanks

Glad you got the program working the way you wanted! You'll probably make a lot more progress using the editor to learn, too.