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FigureofFiend



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:07 am    Post subject: A good synth book...? Reply with quote

anybody have a hidden gem they wouldn't mind sharing?

I've decided to start doing some independent research of my own to figure out all this oscillator and filter business you guys keep talking about Laughing . Would really like to get a good text book and dive into it all...and maybe even start making my own sounds one day!

This one by Martin Russ seems good:

http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Synthesis-Sampling-Third-Technology/dp/0240521056/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235468030&sr=8-1
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have a look at this freebie Smile

http://www.netbks.com/programming/general-programming-programming/sound-synthesis-and-sampling-third-edition_17263.html

http://rs104.rapidshare.com/files/174423521/Sound_Synthesis_and_Sampling__Third_Edition.rar
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WARNING!

The first link above lead to a website contaminated with a virus.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've just been back onto the site and my Virus Checker picks up nothing. Very strange - Eset [nod32] Business edition V3.0.669.0 Confused

Just click on the small red download button at the bottom which takes you to the Download page..........OR the second link for Rapidshare to Download.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There was a virus when I went there. I'm not going back.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What browser are you using? Firefox here...

My scanners didn't warn me of any tracking cookies or viruses. If people are still using IE for a browser, dump it, you'll wish you did so a long time ago.

Anyone try Google Chrome?

Sorry, got off topic! Shocked
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Xenomorph wrote:
What browser are you using? Firefox here...


I use IE here. It was a strange incident yesterday.....I rarely have any problems with the Internet. I immediately received a warning from AVAST, and tried to exit that website. The window wouldn't close.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Synthoid. IE has been suffering of late as it had a security fault that allowed in malicious code to web pages. It has been suggested that you use Firefox. It's the Browser of my choice as it's far more secure. You can get details of a patch to fix IE at Microsoft if you wish and it depends on the version you use. Help here:

http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?catalog=LCID%3D2057&query=ie+patches&mode=r

Here's the 'Book' from my BoxSite...

http://www.box.net/shared/5qh2ivc6je
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've read through a few books in the past couple of months that have really helped me.

Welsh's Synthesizer Cookbook
http://www.amazon.com/Welshs-Synthesizer-Cookbook-Programming-Universal/dp/B000ERHA4S/ref=pd_cp_b_3?pf_rd_p=413864201&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0240521056&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1R8V7HTYJYRB67WAVC08
It's a great introduction book. Plus it has a large amount of actual "recipes" for synth sounds that you can use on nearly any analog-modeling synthesizer.

How To Make A Noise
http://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Noise-Simon-Cann/dp/0955495504/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235867836&sr=1-1
This one goes a little more in depth and is quite cheap for that amount of information inside. The only downside is that it uses examples on 6 or 7 different virtual synthesizers that cost hundreds of dollars to purchase.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

+1 for Welsh's cookbook.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

chinard wrote:
+1 for Welsh's cookbook.


+1 for the Invader Zim avatar

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

awesome...thank you for all the replies!

First off that link for rapidshare worked great...you rock for that one. Very cool.

ok and I saw that Welsh's synth cookbook one before as well, and it looked pretty interesting...now for sure I am going to pick that one up.


What would you recommend for creating all these sounds on? I've mostly been tinkering around with .vst plugins like absynth and kontakt 3...and using Sonar as the...what would you call it..."main interface"....
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