[sdiy] "Music Synthesizers: A Manual of Design & Construction" book - is it any good?

[Stewart Pye]

Hi Tom,

In my opinion it's not a good book. It was at my local library in the 
days before the internet. A lot of the badly drawn circuits are just 
noise makers or random voltage generators. It's been over 15 years but 
when I think of that book I think "bird chirp" and "steam train". I'm 
pretty sure he didn't test all the circuits either.

The library also had "Build a Better Music Synthesizer" by Thomas Henry, 
which was a good book but used obsolete parts like CEM and SSM chips.

Regards,
Stewart.

On 5/31/2012 3:08 AM, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
> Does anyone have a copy of:
>
> Music Synthesizers: A Manual of Design&  Construction
> by Delton T. Horn
>
> It *sounds* like an interesting book, but I'd like a recommendation from someone before I go spending money on one. If it's rubbish, help me save my pennies.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
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