Synthetizer learning books or sites

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verslecture
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Synthetizer learning books or sites

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Hi,
1. Any good books or site on Synthetizer essentiel, learning and sound programming.
2. Any good oscilloscope vst (free or cheap) to help learning different components or modules.

Thanks,
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huggermugger
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From Sound on Sound...
https://www.soundonsound.com/series/syn ... ound-sound

A simpler explanation of many synth concepts...
https://stikeys.co/tutorials/the-basics ... nd-design/

A more academic resource, but it covers many topics, and the examples for the Nord G1 can often be adapted to VM...
https://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~clark/nordmo ... tml#vector
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verslecture wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 3:11 pm 2. Any good oscilloscope vst (free or cheap) to help learning different components or modules.
Voltage Modular Nucleus is free of charge. It has a dual-channel oscilloscope as standard.
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I watch some videos on youtube by Underdog Electronic Music School
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The Basics of Granular Synthesis (contains references to third-party products of which at least some is now discontinued) :
https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/the-ba ... hesis.html

Granular Synthesis Resource Site
http://granularsynthesis.com/

Chaosynth
http://chaosynth.granularsynthesis.com/
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StudioAndromeda
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Re: Synthetizer learning books or sites

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Btw, I'm new on this site.

I have to suggestions to synth-learning books and tutorials,- both books: They both cost quite a bit, unfortunately:
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SYNTHESIZERS Devarahi - For many this can be regarded as the bible in synth-learning, but very old, and expencive second hand.
Number two is Rob Papen's 4-Element Synth, which comes with dvd's, and extra video-material,- very informative and good instructions.
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I would agree $200 for a used, out-of-print book is expensive. If the book is really the best guide there is, someone should reprint it at a more reasonable cost.

FYI: Before spending $200 or more, I encourage anyone interested to borrow the book from the Internet Archive. It might be worth the money to someone for the historical information (tons of pix) and the for explanations, sample circuit drawings, etc.

If available, it can be borrowed and browsed and then returned so someone else can look through it (or even read it) for up to an hour at a time, with renewals possible if no one else requested it. From cover to cover its under 300 pages, so looking through the book to see what's there can take 10 minutes or less.
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Hi, I forgot to post this yesterday, the last book is here :
http://thesnowfields.com/manuals.html
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