FAT BERRY DSP — ONE CONTROL, ONE AUDIBLE DECISION
30-minute synthesis lab for tutors and adult learners | 31 October 2026
https://fatberrydsp.com/plugins/synth-berry

Learning objective: explain how one documented sound parameter changes
a fixed musical phrase, then justify a choice in the arrangement.

BEFORE CLASS
Check the current product page, supported format, OS and DAW version.
Use an existing entitled installation or a trial where available.
Each person uses the appropriate individual account and licence.
This worksheet does not grant classroom, shared-user, institutional
or future-catalogue access. Teaching arrangements are agreed separately.
For a free alternative, adapt the exercise to FB-60 and its own controls.

0–5 MINUTES — ESTABLISH A REFERENCE
Load a working patch and play a short phrase. Save the patch name,
version and starting settings. Keep output at a comfortable level.
Use a phrase you own or our original first-session MIDI with its terms.

5–12 MINUTES — MAKE ONE CHANGE
Choose one documented filter, envelope or oscillator parameter that
is present in the selected product. Predict what will change.
Play exactly the same phrase. Change only that parameter.
Record the actual parameter name and both values; do not guess a range.

12–20 MINUTES — COMPARE AND EXPLAIN
Record the reference and changed versions in the DAW.
Compare the full phrase. Describe a concrete audible difference.
If output level changed, document the comparison method and trim.
Do not call a comparison loudness-matched without measuring/matching it.

20–27 MINUTES — GIVE THE SOUND A JOB
Place the part in a small arrangement or imagined scene.
Choose the original, changed or a revised setting and explain why.
Check that exports play and that the work recalls in the saved session.

27–30 MINUTES — LEARNING CHECK
Ask the learner to name the parameter, show the two actual settings,
describe the difference and justify their choice against the brief.
There is no requirement to prefer the changed sound or buy a product.

OPTIONAL FOLLOW-UP
Use https://fatberrydsp.com/listening-room for practical examples and
the private-feedback route. Do not share learner identities or client
recordings. Public reuse requires a separate explicit choice and rights.

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