Hi! I'm pretty new to VSTis and have some background on audio programming theory, but it would be a great help getting some hints on programming specific kinds of sounds, i.e. flute like sounds, bell like sounds etc... can you give any references to books/tutorials/urls where one can find any related info? Also it would be great if you could give out some tips about what helped you the most to learn all this rather complicated stuff, analog sound theory and the like.

Thank you very much for your time and comments.

I moderate a sound design forum over at www.virtualsoundstudio.com. I am sure that if you put any requests up there, people (myself included) will help you figure out any specific sound you might want...

Welcome Fantomm,

Aside from echoing what Scot said (which was good advice) you might also check out studiocovers.com (the synthesis section). I also find it incredibly useful (still) to load up some presets of the kinds of sounds you're looking to create and get familiar with what makes them make the sound they do. Change some of the parameters, tweak some knobs and listen to what that does to the sound. With a bit of time and patience that's not a bad way to learn.

Some synths are better than others for this, of course, since they provide a more interactive or visual experience. Some of the manuals provided with many synths will also give you some information of this nature.

Best of luck,

Hey you want to check out the Synth Secrets series over at the Sound On Sound site. Some of the newer ones are for subscribers only. But if you do a search for "Synth Secrets" then it should pull up quite a few previous articles.

SOS is a good mag much more for the professional than the hobbyist.

enjoy

Harry

Scot: I knew virtualsoundstudio but haven't heard of your forum. Took a look and looks great! I for sure will be looking for some help there in the future, I hope!

Gargoyle: Awesome link the one you provided. Simply incredible the amount of good stuff to be found there. Thank you very much for it, and also for the rest of your comments, I totally agree with you. As for the manuals, you know, I try to collect all the ones my hands get on!

Harry: I took a look at the series and is amazing, thank you very much!

Thank you very much to all of you for your replies and time.

to harry_palmer: thanks for the link to Synth Secrets at SOS. This is *exactly* what I've been looking for. I've been searching for a book etc to learn Audio. This series has 30 articles (starting with May99); each building upon the previous.

Sound on sound is a quality mag. So much so that some other well know mags have chosen to "borrow" parts from it and reprint them as their own

Check this most embarasing appology:

http://sound-on-sound2.infopop.net/2/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=215094572&f=594 090574&m=5753010696&r=5753010696#5753010696

Anyway it is all about sharing the knowledge, but copyright is copyright.

enjoy

harry

have just realised that this link is so much better:

http://www.sospubs.co.uk/futureapology.html

I must say that those bath boys have really been very naughty. I mean they say that it wasn't their fault but surely they are under some kind of legal obligation to check what they print before it goes to the printing press...

enjoy

harry

On access-music.de you will find the Access-Virus programming tutorial by Howard Scarr which is focused for the virus, but does contain also valueable knowledge for programming other VA type synths
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