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Re: OT: Synth Books

Re: OT: Synth Books

2002-07-06 by Yutaka Nakamura

Hi there,

I was spending some time looking through "Synth Secrets" articles in Sound
On Sound web site yesterday, and I think it is great.  They start with the
basic building blocks of synthesis and then goes through various synthesis
technologies.

http://www.sospubs.co.uk/

Go to the article section, and this article starts from May 1999 issue.

Have fun!


-Yutaka

Re: OT: Synth Books

2002-07-08 by tuskermusic

> 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

Re: OT: Synth Books

2002-07-08 by WoofwoofX

Thanks a million Guys,
I am now putting some articles from here and there hope I can come 
out with somthing that covers it. 
Jerry I will check out the KB Mag for the info you've mentioned.

Cheers
Danny


--- In AN1x-list@y..., "tuskermusic" <tuskerfort@h...> wrote:
> > 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, 
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> 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

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