Ask Video – Sugar Bytes 101 – Aparillo Sound Design (TUTORIAL)

By | November 9, 2025

 

Release Year: 2018
Production Website: askvideo, macprovideo
Author: Rishabh Rajan
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes
Type of Material Shared: Video Lesson
Language: English
Example Files: None
Video Format: MP4
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920×1080 30fps 1047kbps [V: vide (h264 main L4.0, yuv420p, 1920×1080, 1047 kbps)]
Audio: AAC 44100Hz stereo 96kbps [A: soun (aac lc, 44100 Hz, stereo, 96 kbps)]

  • 266 MB

Description: Aparillo by Sugar Bytes is unlike any other synthesizer. In this course, synthesizer expert Rishabh Rajan will lift the veil on this unique instrument!

Aparillo is based on FM synthesis, but it’s definitely not your standard digital synth plugin. A quick glance at the user interface may leave you confused… and when you switch to the Orbit tab, you might feel like you’ve been teleported to the controls of an alien spaceship. Luckily, sound designer Rishabh Rajan is here to clear things up. Description: Sugar Bytes’ Aparillo is unlike any other synthesizers. Demystify this very unique instrument in this course by synthesis expert Rishabh Rajan!

Sugar Bytes’ Aparillo is based on FM synthesis, but it’s definitely not your standard digital synth plugin. A quick glance at the user interface may leave you confused… and when you switch to the Orbit tab, you’ll probably feel like you’ve been teleported to the control board of an alien spaceship. Thankfully, sound designer Rishabh Rajan is here to demystify everything about this very special instrument!

Content :
Section 1: Intro
1. Introduction (1:03)
2. Synth Overview (3:52)
Section 2: The Synth Tab
3. Per Voice Modulation (3:55)
4. FM Synthesis (2:55)
5. Ratios (2:43)
6. Algorithms (4:18)
7. Ratio Modulation (3:53)
8. FM Index Modulation (2:21)
9. Shift (5:28)
10. Form (2:29)
11. Jitter (2:48)
12. Bright (1:46)
13. Op Balance (3:01)
Section 3: LFO & Arpeggiator
14. LFO 1 (3:58)
15. LFO 1 per voice (4:13)
16. LFO 2 (3:49)
17. Arpeggiator (5:25)
18. Arpeggiator With LFOs (3:17)
Section 4: FX Tab
19. The filter (3:16)
20.Effects (5:12)
Section 5: Env Tab
21. Envelopes (3:41)
Section 6: Orbit Tab
22. Orbit (3:55)
23. Orbit modulation (4:33)


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