Learn Synthesis
The basics: (coming soon)
Types of Synthesis:
Analogue (Subtractive)
Additive (Fourier)
FM
Wavetable
Sample + Synthesis
Transwave
"How To" Articles: (coming soon)
More Cool Links:
Programming Analogue Synthesizers tutorial
Access released this 132-page PDF to support users of their Virus synthesizer - however, this tutorial gives an excellent background into the classic analog synths and how they are used to make some of the well-known synth sounds of the last few decades.
Synth Secrets
A series of 64 synthesis articles from Sound On Sound Magazine. This series is an incredible resource - read through all these articles and you will have a really good general background in all types of sound synthesis. The first 23 are about specific synthesis methods and techniques, the rest deal with attempts to emulate real instrument sounds using synths.
Synth School
Another series of synthesis articles from Sound On Sound Magazine - this time, 12 articles from Paul Wiffen. Another great resource.
Synthesizer Books
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Welsh's Synthesizer Cookbook: Synthesizer Programming, Sound Analysis, and Universal Patch Book
Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer
The Art of Digital Music: 56 Visionary Artists and Insiders Reveal Their Creative Secrets
Vintage Synthesizers: Pioneering Designers, Groundbreaking Instruments, Collecting Tips, Mutants of Technology
Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying- from the legacy of Moog to software synthesis
Dance Music Manual, Second Edition: Tools, Toys, and Techniques
Music Theory for Computer Musicians
Fm Theory and Applications: By Musicians for Musicians
Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming: The Ultimate Reference for Sound Design
Modulations: A History of Electronic Music
The Rock Synthesizer Manual: A Revised Guide for the Electronic Musician
The Complete Guide to Remixing: Produce Professional Dance-Floor Hits on Your Home Computer
The Csound Book: Perspectives in Software Synthesis, Sound Design, Signal Processing,and Programming
BasicSynth
Mathematics of the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT): with Audio Applications
Roland Corporation: The Synthesizer (2ND Edition, 4 Volumes)
Real Sound Synthesis for Interactive Applications
Synthesizer Programming (Keyboard synthesizer library)
Programming Synthesizers
Sound Synthesis and Sampling, Third Edition (Music Technology)
Computer Sound Synthesis for the Electronic Musician
