Refining Sound : a Practical Guide to Synthesis and Synthesizers.

Refining Sound is a practical roadmap to the complexities of creating sounds on modern synthesizers. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of learning to create sounds on a synthesizer is understanding what all the individual synthesizer components contribute to the complex finished sound. Author and ve...

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Main Author: Shepard, Brian K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • Synthesis and synthesizers : digging beneath the surface of your synthesizer
  • 2. Oscillators : mining the raw materials of your synthesizer
  • 3. Oscillator combinations : creating exotic compounds from your raw materials
  • 4. Amplitude envelope generators : shaping your sounds
  • 5. Audio filters : refining the color of your sounds
  • 6. Internal modulation sources : dynamic shaping of your sounds modulation matrix
  • 7. External control sources : shaping your sounds with playing techniques
  • 8. Effects processors : polishing your sounds
  • 9. Putting it all together : creating and refining your own synthesized sounds.