I’ve followed EricBowman’s tutorial before on how to recreate sounds before, but it’s pretty clear to me I still don’t know enough about sound synthesis or it’s practices to really effectively use SPAN for that purpose.
So what I am asking is: how do I use the information in SPAN to make informed decisions when trying to recreate sounds.
For example, there’s a sound from Mega Man Battle Network 3, a synth from the Roland JV1080, that I want to recreate. Yes, I could just get the cloud stuff and peruse all the presets and find it that way, but I want to the challenge of trying to recreate the sounds themselves. For me that’s the whole point.
But I need guidance, clearly. Can you help me?
The only reason I have no posted screenshots is because I do not know what anyone might need, to help me.
Is there anything you’re struggling with in particular?
Remember, span is just one tool you use, recreating sounds is often a continual process, moving backwards and forwards in progress as you slowly circle closer and closer to recreating the sound - all while using multiple tools to reference, created, and all that
Not sure if that might help with a perspective or something
But more literally, it’s about where the frequencies are, id even recommend using an eq instead since you can isolate stuff to get a better listen. You’re looking at it and then listening to it and trying to figure it out yknow?
For example, focusing in on the low end so you can listen, ah maybe this sounds like a square wave pluck? Let’s try - tries - hmm not quite, repeat
Understanding what I am seeing on SPAN is the biggest issue I have right now.
This is the first note of the sample. And for reference. Here’s the video I got the sound sample from:
I’ve tried numerous times to match the harmonics and I have a very hard time recreating it.
I want to say it sounds like a Hammond organ, but I’ve had others say it sounds like an electric piano that’s been sampled and looped. There’s a very similar sound in this video:
Overall… the advice I really need is understanding what I am seeing on an oscilloscope and SPAN. Cause I’m realizing my lack of knowledge is really hindering me here.
So span won’t help you much in that way, youll need to experiment with what you’re hearing.
Definitely, to my ears, this is yes either an organ or epiano sampled and looping. It could also be a synth chord stab (like a house stab) as well.
Span is just telling you there’s not much low end and it’s not too bright
But with tuner or span it might help you pick out the main notes
Then I would experiment with dropping different samples - like organ, piano, chord stabs - into a sampler in looping mode, and filter it a bit.
Important to remember you’re trying to use “all your sense” to help recreate the sound, how it sounds, how it looks, the texture, the ‘shape’ or env, etc.
Hope this helps! You’re totally on the right track I just think it’ll take some experimenting with a sampler to get, don’t aim for 100% recreation that’s almost always impossible think of it as aim to as close as you can be 
