[sdiy] newbie needs help getting started

[bmc at email.arizona.edu]

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>Gane Sha wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I was wondering if someone could recommend me some
>> good books on building synths. I have very basic
>> electronics knowledge so please let me know if you
>> think i'd be better of bying some books on electronics
>> before going to the synth subject. I would however
>> prefer it if I could learn  electronics whilst
>> experimenting on synthmodules.
>>
>> regards, kris
>>
i've been using books by a guy named delton horn to help me. his 'music synthesizers:a
manual of design and construction' has been particularly helpful. the best
place to go, i've found, is the music library at the local university. of
course, it helps if you're a student like me and can check them out :P i
just typed in 'analogue synthesizer' and the like and came up with a bunch
of fairly useful books. in my like-minded newbie quest, i've found it's best
to get several different books, because some will invariably explain different
things better than others, and it helps to know exactly what a VCO actually
does before you just go and copy the circuit diagram. hope this helps.

-bc