A book about synths

[shad0wfax]

Hi all,

It's been a while since I posted a message here (too busy ), although I visit the forum quite often.

I wanted you to know that I've recently published an introductory book about synthesizers, in lulu.com. You can access it here: http://www.lulu.com/content/3394169

You can download it for free in pdf format, or if you want, you can order a professionally printed paperback. In the latter case, the book is not for free, but the price is strict production costs (that is, I don't earn a single cent). My aim is not to make money, but to help people in knowing a bit about those fascinating instruments. Please forgive whatever grammar or expression mistakes in the book, as English is not my mother tongue. I'd appreciate a lot that you could read it (it's not very long, about 60 pages) and share you opinion.

Best regards!
David

[porjay]

Thanks Dave!
I really want to get into composing midi music for games but i'm still new to the subject, I do have a a little experience with cubase recording directly from my guitar then adding midi drums using real samples. However due to not having a soundcard, it is all done from my motherboard on board sound so their is just too many complications such as delay etc.. I fix computers for a living so I have a basic idea of how midi and Synthesizers work.

After reading do you mind if ask questions at parts I don't understand? Also If anyone knows of any tutorials or anything to get me going, don't hesitate to post.

Thank you,
Jay

[shad0wfax]

Thanks Jay for your comments! I'm afraid, though, that the book is more about what synthesizers are and how they work, rather than a kind of guide to use them, and by no means is a tutorial. Anyway, I hope someone could find it interesting and of course I'd love to answer any questions!

Regards

[November]

Bought a copy. Price plus shipping was clearly under my impulse buy threshold. Also your follow up post sounded more like it was a technical look, which sold me. Look forward to reading it!

[shad0wfax]

Bought a copy. Price plus shipping was clearly under my impulse buy threshold. Also your follow up post sounded more like it was a technical look, which sold me. Look forward to reading it!

Thanks a lot for your purchase. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did writing it. And yes, the book has a technical look, although at a very basic level.

[Dustin]

I think the book is excellent. You explain all the various forms of synthesis in simple terms. FM synthesis was tough for me to understand at first. Then I understood after someone defined it for me using the DX7 as an example. I then bought a DX5 and was able to program some of the finest patches I've yet heard. The D-50 isn't all that apparent either. Again, you explain its principles of samples for the attack and digital synthesis for the sustain with simple elegance. Hats off to you for creating a simple, yet comprehensive guide to synthesis. I really enjoyed reading it.

 

[shad0wfax]

Thanks a lot Dustin! 

A bit more seriously, I'm very glad to see that the book can be interesting/useful for someone.

Cheers!