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John Hull

John is Head of Production for Soundfly. He’s directed, produced, filmed, and edited more than 50 online courses, including courses made in collaboration with major partners like Carnegie Hall, NYU, and Splice. Collectively, his videos have over 1.6 million views on YouTube. John’s background is in engineering, composing, and mixing. However, the love at the molecular level for all these things is synthesis. He’s produced music for ads for major commercial production houses for major brands and has mixed major film soundtracks, such as the indie hits Experimenter and King Jack.

John Hull is the instructor for Soundfly’s Advanced Synths and Patch Design course.

  • A Brief History of Synthesizers (Video)

    A Brief History of Synthesizers (Video)

    In this brand new video from Soundfly, we explore the history of synthesized sound from the 19th century to the present, with many stops in between.

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  • Make It Grain: An Intro to Granular Synthesis

    Make It Grain: An Intro to Granular Synthesis

    Granular synthesis is a fun, expansive way to produce a world of sound from any snippet of a sample — capture, warp, and play around until it sounds right.

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  • What Is Granular Synthesis?

    What Is Granular Synthesis?

    + Learning about synthesis? Soundfly’s got a definitive new online course called Advanced Synths and Patch Design For Producers! Preview for free and subscribe for access.  When it comes to sampling and Ableton, there are an overwhelming number of methods for turning almost any recorded sound into a functional musical tabula rasa. From simply dragging and dropping a…

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