Good read about sound design / synthesis

Sorry if there's already a dedicated thread. What would you recommend ? (Online, books, subtractive, FM, everything) 

The Computer Music Tutorial by Curtis Roads. There is supposedly a 2nd edition coming out, which is so awesome if true.

This is a great lecture detailing the birth of FM synthesis from one of the DX7 patch designers. (yeah the volume is super low, still worth it)

Howard Massey's The Complete DX7. https://archive.org/details/thecompletedx7

I like the occasional DSP read, good for late night learning what's under the hood and most of it can be directly applied in environments like PD or Max. 

The definitive primer on DSP: https://www.dspguide.com/ch1.htm

Vadim Zalishin basically invented virtual analog ZDF filters and wrote a great book about filters and their designs: https://www.native-instruments.com/fileadmin/ni_media/downloads/pdf/VAFilterDesign_2.1.0.pdf

  On 12/2/2020 at 9:39 PM, Taupe Beats said:

The Computer Music Tutorial by Curtis Roads. There is supposedly a 2nd edition coming out, which is so awesome if true.

i wonder what it'll add to the 1st edition? it seems comprehensive already but i guess there's always more. maybe it'll have "sgn pls tnks rob" chapter. 

  On 12/2/2020 at 10:04 PM, ignatius said:

i wonder what it'll add to the 1st edition? it seems comprehensive already but i guess there's always more. maybe it'll have "sgn pls tnks rob" chapter. 

I mean, it's incomplete without it, right?

  On 12/2/2020 at 9:39 PM, Taupe Beats said:

The Computer Music Tutorial by Curtis Roads. There is supposedly a 2nd edition coming out, which is so awesome if true.

Seconding this, there's stuff in there that I still haven't found any information about online.

I haven't read it in a long time but I remember this being really good:

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/digital-mantras

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3308580-electronic-music

vol 2 if you can find it. it's been out of print and quite expensive but there is a pdf on the net. also supposedly a reprint happening someday.

btw - i found the computer music tutorial for $22 randomly searching on line. practically new at some random book store. so, don't jump on it for $78 or whatever it costs from mit press or wherever. 

the pdf of the nord G2 manual is a good read about the functions of modules for modular synthesis. 

the max/msp books have a lot of info.. obviously centered around max but there's a lot to pick up with some of the books as they go into detail about delay lines, various filters, oscillators etc.. 

if you're ok reading on line the rob hordijk stuff is great... and vast. 

https://rhordijk.home.xs4all.nl/G2Pages/index.htm

also a lot of stuff here.. from fundamentals and beyond. 

http://synthesizeracademy.com

and frode beats has tons of sound design recipes for synthesizing lot's of things. 

http://www.frodebeats.com/drums.html

Gordon Reid's "Synth Secrets" series for Sound On Sound is at least as good as any synthesis course I took in college.

https://www.soundonsound.com/series/synth-secrets

  On 12/3/2020 at 6:32 AM, TubularCorporation said:

Gordon Reid's "Synth Secrets" series for Sound On Sound is at least as good as any synthesis course I took in college.

 

https://www.soundonsound.com/series/synth-secrets

Thanks this is perfect !