[sdiy] Good Books

[The Proteus]

Here's my list:

Musical Applications Of Microprocessors - Hal Chamberlin.
The Computer Music Tutorial - Curtis Roads, Et Al.
The Art Of Electronics - Horowitz + Hill
IC Op-Amp Cookbook - Walter Jung
Electronotes - Bernie Hutchins, Et Al.

That should get you through the analogue side. Electronotes is one of the
most important ones to have - but it's also the most expensive. *IF* you
can get a copy, Bernie charges $300 for the lot of electronotes
publications. It's worth every penny, as I know many an undergrad who have
cut their teeth in electronotes and wouldn't have graduated
otherwise. The Computer Music Tutorial has more music synthesis theory in
it, but it carries a lot of weight. 
	Chamberlin's "Musical Apps of uP's" is one of the other lexicons
out there - half the book is dedicated to analogue synthesis, while the
other half is dedicated to digital synthesis. THe good thing is that this
book does a great job at teaching complex signal theory in a very basic
way. The bad news about this book is that it's out of print - but you can
find a few copies floating around at used bookstores.
	For a general EE reference, The Art Of Electronics is a very good
book - and when accompanied by Jung's IC Op-Amp Cookbook, give you
everything you need to know about active electronics in a hobbyist
capacity. Everything else is just reading schematics and getting familiar
with the different topologies of audio synthesis and signal processing
circuits. 

Hope this helps,

The Proteus

- - - T h e  U n d e r g r o u n d  W a r e h o u s e - - -
- - - Subversive - Tools - For - A - Chaotic - Planet - - -
-  h t t p : / / w w w . u g w a r e h o u s e . o r g /  -
--<T h e  P r o t e u s>-<Musician>-<Producer>-<Engineer>--

On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, JP wrote:

> Rene wrote:
> 
> "...Read the CMOS cookbook and some CEM datasheets instead..."
> 
> anybody have any other good reading material to suggest?  I've got alot of
> the Mims stuff but I'm looking for more of the "why does sticking a
> capacitor here in the circuit cut down on feedback" than "stick a capacitor
> here to cut down on feedback" - more of why and how a circuit works than
> simple schematics w/ a footnote or two.
> 
> I've also got Craig Anderton's book "Projects for Musicians" or whatever
> it's called - I'm looking for something along those lines (it goes more in
> depth as to how/why a circuit works).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> JP
> 
> 
> 
>