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> I was spending some time looking through "Synth Secrets" articles 
in Sound
> On Sound web site yesterday, and I think it is great.  


Yeah, I'd recommend this too. You'll find shortcuts to the relevant 
articles here:

http://www.ork.yucom.be/modular.htm

Look at items number 5 and 6. 

The only book I'd recommend is called Synthesizer Technique. It is a 
volume in the Keyboard Magazine Library that came out in 80's. It was 
made out of seminal articles in Keybaord magazine, collected and 
arranged topically. Since getting this book, I have stopped looking 
for more synth education. It covers lots of topics from basic sound-
design (the various types of sound and standard techniques for 
achieving them) to more exoteric discussions like frequency spectra, 
formants etc. They also have about one quarter of the book somewhat 
dedicated to a topic you may not care for: leads and pitchbending. 
Still the other 75% of the book makes it worthwhile for any 
synthesist IMO. 

The book shows up on Ebay from time to time.

Jerry