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On 5/24/05, elhardt@... <elhardt@...> wrote:

 I looked up the book Andrew Sanchez mentioned and it lookslike that one is out of print (don't know whether it is very goodanyway, only Andrew can answer that).

Hi Elhardt,
 I'd say the book (my original post is copied below) is a winnerin terms of recreating the instruments it covers. I'd have to dig it upto be sure, but going from memory, it listed basic formant frequencies,talked about envelope shapes, etc., and mentioned how playingtechniques of the instruments could vary the harmonic makeup.

 In a nutshell, it covers the main components of sound needed toemulate the original instruments. Of course, the detail is nowhere asthorough as what you've shared with us the past few years.

 I think it's a worthwhile investment if you can pick it up at areasonable price, and don't mind the fact that only one third of itrelates to subtractive synthesis.

 Andrew

My original post is below...

 Hi,
 Another good read on this topic is "A Synthesist's Guide to Acoustic Instruments" (ISBN: 0825610893).

 This book, (by Howard Massey, Alex Noyes, Daniel Shklair),discusses the basic sonic makeup of various instruments, and describeshow to re-create these sounds on a DX7, a Phase Distortion synth(Casio), and also a subtractive synth. There was even a plasticsoundsheet with audio examples.

 Some of the patches were a bit complex using mutiple LFOs, EGs,or what-have-you.  I remember back then (1987) being a bitfrustrated trying to patch some of these sounds using an a Roland SH-1.;-)

 Andrew