Pringe
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Links to Essential SOS Sound Design Tutorials
#869468 - 20/10/10 02:38 PM
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I have been working with synths in varying degrees for a few years now as a keyboard
player but would like to read up more thoroughly on the technical aspects behind
synthesizers and the different types (FM especially) and possibly effects. I have had a
quick look on amazon and seen a huge amount of publications - can anyone recommend any
that stand out from the rest?
Cheers
Edited by Martin Walker (29/11/10 02:14 PM)
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Hugh Robjohns
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Re: Synth books?
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#869484 - 20/10/10 04:33 PM
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Try working your way through Gordon Reid's superb Synth Secrets articles which are all
available on the website here.
Hugh
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Martin Walker
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Re: Synth books?
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#869489 - 20/10/10 04:49 PM
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Here’s the collected list of links to the SOS 'Synth Secrets' series, written over five
years by someone who REALLY knows his synths  www.soundonsound.com/sos/allsynthsecrets.htmEnjoy! Martin
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gryfyx
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Hugh I asked a similar question, but a bit clandestine. I'm still waiting for the answer.
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gryfyx
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Re: Synth books?
[Re: Pringe]
#869551 - 21/10/10 01:42 AM
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This thread might have the treasure. Sorry I
didnt dig in to find the specific FM synth that you're looking for.
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Pringe
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Re: Synth books?
[Re: Pringe]
#869593 - 21/10/10 09:16 AM
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Hugh / Martin - wow, looks amazing. Should keep me busy for a while! Thanks.
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alexis
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Quote Martin Walker:
Here’s the
collected list of links to the SOS 'Synth Secrets' series, written over five years by
someone who REALLY knows his synths
<a href="/sos/allsynthsecrets.htm"
target="_blank">www.soundonsound.com/sos/allsynthsecrets.htm</a>
Enjoy!
Martin
I remember plowing through (most of) these a few years ago. Recommend making this
a stickie -
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Re: Synth books?
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#877434 - 26/11/10 11:57 AM
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Sticky it now is Martin
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vinyl_junkie
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Re: Link to Gordon Reid's superb SOS Synth Secrets series
[Re: Pringe]
#877513 - 26/11/10 04:23 PM
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If you would like to know more about FM I suggest googeleing John Chowning or reading some
of his books http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_talk_john_chowning_2/
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Shreddie
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Re: Link to Gordon Reid's superb SOS Synth Secrets series
[Re: Pringe]
#877617 - 27/11/10 06:10 AM
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I think Steve Howell's Lost art of Sampling is an essential read for anyone wanting to get
into, or know more about sampling. As a sticky, maybe this thread should be
titled "essential synthesis tutorials" or some such instead?
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Martin Walker
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Re: Links to Essential SOS Sound Design Tutorials
[Re: Pringe]
#878048 - 29/11/10 02:21 PM
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Now we’ve amended this thread to provide various links to SOS sound design tutorials,
here are a few of mine to add to the list:
Convolution Processing with Impulse
Responses
Warmer Sounds From Digital Synths
Stereo Image Trickery With
PC Plug-ins
Exploring PC Spectral Multi-band Plug-ins
Hope you find
them useful! 
Martin
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Martin Walker
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SOS Sequencer Effects Masterclasses
[Re: Pringe]
#878054 - 29/11/10 02:33 PM
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Martin Walker
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Re: Links to Essential SOS Sound Design Tutorials
[Re: Pringe]
#878353 - 30/11/10 05:37 PM
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Here’s another good one from SOS December 2005 by Simon Price:
Granular Synthesis: How It
Works & Ways To Use It
And from the same author in SOS June 2004
comes this masterclass:
Beat-slicing Masterclass: What software you need and how best to do
it!
Enjoy!
Martin
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busamania
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Re: Links to Essential SOS Sound Design Tutorials
[Re: Pringe]
#905550 - 02/04/11 10:12 AM
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also I need some good tips and technics about sound designing and synthesis
modelling.until now I have downloaded many e-documents and articles but they all are
telling about mathematical or schematical structures for bowed strings and wind
instruments.I throughly understood the theory but I need something more likely hardware
based practical applications about modelling synthesis...I have KORG M3 with RADIAS
board... 
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