"SHARDS" Live Granular Synthesis Experiment from Gattobus on Vimeo.

Stereo headphones recommended.

The audio is sampled live from Nord Modular G2 audio inputs and reduced to bits, stretched, and compressed by a patch of my creation.
The button that I press on the modular is for capturing audio fragments.
The captured sound sources are the Nord Modular itself, Elektron Monomachine and the Elektron Machinedrum.
Nothing is pre-recorded, everything is sequenced LIVE and processed in real-time time.

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Simon Cann has released an excellent video series "Synthesizer Boot Camp".

Here is a nice tutorial video on creating a JP-8000 super saw patch within Sylenth1. Video by sergiofrias25.

Here is an interesting video on how to train your ear with White Noise. The video uses ES2 inside of Logic.  But you could do the same thing with any virtual instrument that has a noise oscillator and a filter.