5 ES P

You got your feet wet with ES M and learned a couple of new tricks with ES E. You’re gaining a good understanding of the fundamentals of synthesis, but before we can start getting into some of the very deep and powerful synthesizers in Logic, there are a few more fundamentals you need to learn. In ES P, we’ll discover many of the remaining fundamentals of traditional subtractive synthesis. Figure 5.1 shows the ES P Graphic Editor window.

ES P is an eight-voice polyphonic synthesizer with a very flexible oscillator and an envelope generator that offers the four essential envelope parameters for advanced synthesis. You can create a very wide range of sounds with ES P, thanks to the power of the oscillator and envelope generator, which we’ll begin to explore right now.