At 8:46 AM -0700 5/17/05, Mike Estee wrote:
> > I'd pay $100-150 for a nice book well written on the subject. I have some
>> reading material, but none of it was written from the well rounded
>> experience with patching that Ken has shown us
>
>I'd agree with that. A well illustraited, clearly written book on the
>topic of analog synthesis as it pertains to creating realistic simulations
>would be worth ~100$ to me as well.
This might take some work, but if you could dig up the old issues of
Keyboard Magazine (or maybe under the older name of Contemporary
Keyboard) and look up Roger Powell's columns you'd get a great
introduction to simulating acoustic instruments. I still remember his
description of all the bits of a drum sound (i.e., stick tap, head
vibration, shell resonance) and how that opened my eyes to listening,
in a sense. I think there were some columns or articles around that
time by Larry Fast as well that went in the same direction. While not
a $100 book, those columns will certainly be a good start if you can
find them.
Seth