d-a-m-o Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 Sorry if there's already a dedicated thread. What would you recommend ? (Online, books, subtractive, FM, everything) Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100330-good-read-about-sound-design-synthesis/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taupe Beats Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 The Computer Music Tutorial by Curtis Roads. There is supposedly a 2nd edition coming out, which is so awesome if true. d-a-m-o, EXTRASUPER81, mawpf and 1 other 4 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Taupe Beats's signature Hide all signatures Mix thread (go here, listen, enjoy): https://forum.watmm.com/topic/95058-very-old-member-idi-amin-new-mixes/ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100330-good-read-about-sound-design-synthesis/#findComment-2839076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taupe Beats Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 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) d-a-m-o, neurone and chim 2 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Taupe Beats's signature Hide all signatures Mix thread (go here, listen, enjoy): https://forum.watmm.com/topic/95058-very-old-member-idi-amin-new-mixes/ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100330-good-read-about-sound-design-synthesis/#findComment-2839077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 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 d-a-m-o and Braintree 1 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100330-good-read-about-sound-design-synthesis/#findComment-2839079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignatius Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 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. Taupe Beats and d-a-m-o 2 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ignatius's signature Hide all signatures Releases Sample LIbraries instagram Cascade Data Mastodon Reveal hidden contents "All I know about you is what a knock off Autechre lite artist you are, how many you put out?> same with your fucking mindset, vanilla...........goodnight." - arti Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100330-good-read-about-sound-design-synthesis/#findComment-2839080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taupe Beats Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 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? ignatius 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Taupe Beats's signature Hide all signatures Mix thread (go here, listen, enjoy): https://forum.watmm.com/topic/95058-very-old-member-idi-amin-new-mixes/ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100330-good-read-about-sound-design-synthesis/#findComment-2839104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 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 d-a-m-o and Taupe Beats 2 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide TubularCorporation's signature Hide all signatures Lagoon City (from here to eternity/when I'm sick of it) Codemus2x43 (2013-14) Golfhammer 40,000 (2014-15) Tubular Corporation (2016-17) THawkins' archive of our livestreams since 2020 Instagram (new releases, music bullshit, non-music bullshit and sometimes photos of my lunch) Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100330-good-read-about-sound-design-synthesis/#findComment-2839153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitonly Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 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. d-a-m-o 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide exitonly's signature Hide all signatures https://exit-only.com https://ravenation.club/@exitonly Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100330-good-read-about-sound-design-synthesis/#findComment-2839154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignatius Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 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 d-a-m-o and Taupe Beats 1 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ignatius's signature Hide all signatures Releases Sample LIbraries instagram Cascade Data Mastodon Reveal hidden contents "All I know about you is what a knock off Autechre lite artist you are, how many you put out?> same with your fucking mindset, vanilla...........goodnight." - arti Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100330-good-read-about-sound-design-synthesis/#findComment-2839156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 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 d-a-m-o, ignatius and iococoi 1 2 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide TubularCorporation's signature Hide all signatures Lagoon City (from here to eternity/when I'm sick of it) Codemus2x43 (2013-14) Golfhammer 40,000 (2014-15) Tubular Corporation (2016-17) THawkins' archive of our livestreams since 2020 Instagram (new releases, music bullshit, non-music bullshit and sometimes photos of my lunch) Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100330-good-read-about-sound-design-synthesis/#findComment-2839161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-a-m-o Posted December 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 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 ! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/100330-good-read-about-sound-design-synthesis/#findComment-2839284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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