Best place to learn all about synthesizers?

sps1 · Post by **sps1** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 5:16 am

I want to learn about synths from the ground up, any good sites or books that are easier to digest or must reads??? Also sampling as it relates to synthesis?

JacksinMS · Post by **JacksinMS** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:05 am

Once I got my Virus KC, my girlfriend got me a book called "Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming by Jim Aikin".

Really nice book, covers the history a lil bit & gets heavily into:

Oscillators, Filters, LFOs, Envelope Generators, Modulation, & Effects Processing.

It also comes with a cd full of examples.

As for sampling as it relates to synthesis..... I don't quite know what you mean by that, mabe....

Sampling is to Live as Synthesis is to Reason.

redrabbit · Post by **redrabbit** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:19 am

Here's one link:

http://www.theprojectstudiohandbook.com/articles17.htm

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Mididreamer · Post by **Mididreamer** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:25 am

link: http://www.synthzone.com/

Leander_Techno · Post by **Leander_Techno** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:13 am

JacksinMS wrote:Once I got my Virus KC, my girlfriend got me a book called "Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming by Jim Aikin".

I have read that book as well and it really helped me to understand what I am doing while programming synths

suburbanbather · Post by **suburbanbather** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:37 am

www.vintagesynth.com the site covers current equipment as well they cover software.

rEalm · Post by **rEalm** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:35 pm

www.soundonsound.com

Search for the articles called "Synth Secrets". Everything you ever wanted to know about synthesis (and then some). 3 years worth of articles for free.

sps1 · Post by **sps1** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:15 am

awesome thanks guys! there are some good links here and many more once I dig into it I am sure.

adhmzaiusz · Post by **adhmzaiusz** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:29 am

if you have a synth the best place to learn about them is in your own patience

from there your imagination will teach you the rest

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:29 am

I highly recommend getting your hands on something like a nord modular.

the old micro mods are probably pretty cheap now, (got mine for about $400 US new several years ago)

Playing with a highly programable synth like that will give you the experience and understanding you need to use anything. Personally, i learned synthesis (and electronic music in general) by playing with hardware modular synths. I strongly believe that it has given me a serious leg up on other electronic musicians who don't know signal flow as well.

As far as how synthesis relates to sampling, most samplers have the same architecture as synths (y'know - filters, envelopes, LFO's) the only difference is that your sampled wave replaces the oscillator.

-lm

Best place to learn all about synthesizers?

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