That's a good idea. Most books on audio synthesis start at "what's a
synthesizer" or are thinly veiled manual's for some manufacturers
synth. I was fantasizing this afternoon about a book where each chapter
was a sound (for example: doppler train effect, explosion, flute) and
the chapter broke down the start to finish construction of a patch. it
would come with an audio CD that would have a bunch of tracks on it,
one could pop the CD in a player and when prompted in the book hit play
for "fig 3: noise", etc.
I like this idea a lot, and wouldn't mind contributing either. I come
from the modern electronic psychedelia back ground. We're all about
morphing, non-conventional sounds out here. I personally thing this
book would best be realized if it covers multiple axis of synthesis. A
section on recreating realistic sounds, a section on sound effects,
etc.
On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 1:42 PM, paulhaneberg wrote:
> One idea I've been tossing around for some time is to try to write
> some sort of guidebook on modular synthesis.
> I have a friend who is a published author who has been giving me
> tips on the mechanics of getting a book published. I'd like to do
> something of a collaborative nature with sections devoted to the
> operations of individual modules as well as a large section based on
> creative patching. Ideally I would like to include a CD with a
> large variety of samples as well.
> The major problem I see with doing this is the limitations of my own
> knowledge and experience. Although I'm very well versed in the
> physics, math and electronics of synthesis, most of my musical
> experience has been in styles other than electronic music. I'm
> classically trained as a musician and consider myself a prog
> rocker. I have a somewhat rigid outlook when it comes to creating
> sounds.
> I would like to have a section on patches that just morph and mutate
> on their own for instance, but this is largely outside of my
> experience.
> I would like to hear from some of the other listmembers about what
> they think about this and whether they would be willing to
> contribute patches and sound samples. I'm willing to share credit
> and royalties (if there are any.)
> I am familiar with most of the books available and have found most
> of them to be either lacking in general or devoted to specific
> synths.
> I think it can be done better.
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