Out now:
Laboratory of Patching
Illustrated Compendium of Modular Synthesis
http://www.rolandkuit.com/e-Books.html

Modular synthesis is one of the most important ways to create sound, with potential applications that include real-time interaction, installations, electro-acoustic pieces, generative music.
Laboratory of Patching is the essential reference to this powerful and flexible architectures, offering students and professionals a collection of tutorials and projects. Laboratory of Patching is the long-awaited guide to the design, architecture, and use of these modules.
In Part One, the first chapters offer an introduction to the basics, including a friendly tutorial for absolute beginners, providing the reader with skills that can serve as a foundation for further learning. Later chapters cover more advanced topics and particular topics in electronic music.
Part Two provides practical applications, philosophical insights and "under the hood" developer's-eye views of modular synthesis and how to expand this.

More than 35 years experience, research, knowledge and concepts squeezed in this 'Little Red Baby'.

Review:
"- Whoever is into modular programming on Clavia synthesizers already knows the name of Roland Kuit for his great contribution to patcher's community. He is one of few Top Programmers around the world, able to push both generations of Nord Modular synths to their limits.-
- As stated before, this is a work of a lifetime and requires a lifetime to fully explore and understand all the experience Roland put into his amazing book. Every synth programmer, beginner or advanced, will benefit from Laboratory of Patching since it is more a compendium of new ideas than a standard "tutorial like" eBook. Perhaps this is the only downside of this work: while Part I contains brief description of what is going on, Part II only contains patches with their titles. Advanced programmers will not suffer from that, since they can easily understand the whole process while programming, but beginners and intermediate users will be scared at first even if, in my opinion, this is a stimulus to experiment and learn new techniques thinking out of all programming conventions. To me, as programmer, Roland Kuit just created a masterpiece and I can feel the love and even a little of humour behind this work. -"
For more:
http://www.progsounds.com/blog/roland-kuit-laboratory-of-pat ching


Laboratory of Patching© combines the upgraded and extended interactive eBooks
SoundLab I© and SoundLab II© bundled as one Big Modular Knowledge Lab with
over 1700 patches.
Equal parts tutorial, demonstration and resource in modular synthesis, sound design and composition.

Enjoy!
Roland Kuit
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A nice review here:

Di Enrico Cosimi

""- Instancabile, Roland Kuit continua a perfezionare la sua opera di tele didattica concentrata sull'impiego del Clavia Nord Modular G2 (o, in assenza dell'ormai quasi introvabile, prestigioso, hardware, della sua versione Demo Editor freeware). Laboratory of Patching riunisce in un unico ebook le versioni aggiornate, estese e ipercorrette dei precedenti Soundlab I © e Soundlab II ©. L'insieme di oltre 1700 patches originali per NMG2 rendono il lavoro assolutamente degno di considerazione per chiunque sia seriamente intenzionato a padroneggiare la nobile e complessa arte della programmazione sonora -
Ci eravamo recentemente occupati di Soundlab II © e, in quell'occasione, ci eravamo resi conto del più importante pregio dell'opera di Kuit: l'originalità del percorso di programmazione. Questa volta, di fronte al lavoro completo e integrato nelle sue diverse parti, l'impatto è praticamente irresistibile e permette un approccio trasversale tanto alle pratiche di programmazione ad alto livello, quanto a quelle più esoteriche - compiute a basso livello attraverso il collegamento di funzioni più semplici (e per questo, fin troppo spesso sottovalutate).-
- Ci eravamo recentemente occupati di Soundlab II © e, in quell'occasione, ci eravamo resi conto del più importante pregio dell'opera di Kuit: l'originalità del percorso di programmazione. Questa volta, di fronte al lavoro completo e integrato nelle sue diverse parti, l'impatto è praticamente irresistibile e permette un approccio trasversale tanto alle pratiche di programmazione ad alto livello, quanto a quelle più esoteriche - compiute a basso livello attraverso il collegamento di funzioni più semplici (e per questo, fin troppo spesso sottovalutate). -" "

http://www.audiocentralmagazine.com/roland-kuit-laboratory-o f-patching/
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Review Laboratory of Patching
by Moogulator on Sequencer.de
http://www.sequencer.de/blog/roland-kuit-laboratory-of-patch ing-electronic-book/14635

"- same with sequencers and LFOs in the next chapter that introduces a lot of special modules like the DA converter to get very much "shaped" and "organized" random sources which will be valuable for your own sounds! pattern with clock delayed feedback - how does this sound to you? it's still about 10 modules used, get some quantizers, delays, clock dividers and envelopes into the right place here! learn how to tune the chaos and add even more clever logic modules to get even 8stage tuned patterns and learn how and where to put those level modules to get the right trigger to and from those modules to get the trigger series you want - and tune it!-
-if you want to be on top into the G2 to be on the same level of reaktor, MAX/MSP and others but without the need of a computer on stage this may be the best you can buy -"

For people who doesn't like to read, here a little preview in sound:
http://soundcloud.com/roland-kuit/sets/laboratory_of_patchin g

A review of James Maier on Carbon111
http://carbon111.blogspot.nl/2012/09/roland-kuits-awsome-lab oratory-of.html

"Perhaps you remember my earlier post about his Soundlab II book and patch compilation. Suffice to say Roland Kuit has done it again!
This is one of the most thorough and in-depth collection of instructions and tutorials of modular synthesis it has ever been my pleasure to experience. Some of my favourite areas are the investigations of off-the-beaten-track synthesis methods like Additive, Formant, VOSIM, Physical Modelling, Wave Terrain and Granular, just to name a few.
By all means, please check out Roland's page for a complete explanation of what's on offer in this massive cornucopia of information and sound. It's hard to convey the vast amount of information, audio examples and first-hand-experience included in a package like this. It is truly astounding!"

Yeah, looking at the contents, it looks really good. I'm just broke.

EDIT: Maybe you could offer a student price?

Hi Ninja,

Actually there is:
DISCOUNT

SoundLab I and/or SoundLab II users: 15% discount.
College & University students: 10% discount.
Colleges & Universities: 40% by bulk order(10 or more).

If you click the Paypal button, you can choose your discount.
Or organize a KVR group-buy here.

Swedish people in Göteborg area can meet me at:
Sunday 21 October 2012
Lindblad Modular Meet 2012
Göteborgs universitet, Sweden

I do a little presentation here.

After my flamboyant lecture about creating a Boolean Barber's Pole you might want to know how to create this picture in sound:
http://electro-music.com/forum/phpbb-files/6_stage_digital_r oset_958.jpg

Go here:
http://www.rolandkuit.com/Research.html
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I love modular synthesizers. I even made a little one in synthedit.

uToob...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9NsvEo98b0&feature=youtu.be

...but £168.00 for a book is, like what!

Kirsty x

Hi Kirsty,

Thank you for showing your modular synth.
About your question:
Not a book, but The Illustrated Compendium of Modular Synthesis.
And interactive with the G2Demo.
This is a lifetime's experience in modular synthesis.
I hope you will read the reviews, some readers are prepared to pay this for 1 chapter(!!!) only.

Reviews:

http://www.sequencer.de/blog/roland-kuit-laboratory-of-patch ing-electronic-book/14635
http://www.progsounds.com/featured/roland-kuit-laboratory-of -patching
http://carbon111.blogspot.nl/2012/09/roland-kuits-awsome-lab oratory-of.html
http://www.audiocentralmagazine.com/roland-kuit-laboratory-o f-patching/

To name a view.

Roland

Some great sounds and interesting stuff here, will be checking!
I sold my G2 when Clavia neglected it but I'll try the software again because I did enjoy the patching experience and found it easy/fun to realize esoteric concepts even within the limited computational budget of an unexpanded unit. I was mostly experimenting with dynamical systems and live performance environments similar to patches from JLS and Mother Misty on Electro-Music if memory serves correct. Some of those crazy noodles from K.Lex or somebody too.. Ha was a loong time ago but learned a great deal from that - mostly Rob Hordijk.

Maybe you should extend these concepts to Max, PD, Reaktor, Aalto, Euro, Buchla, etc.. I think they would broaden your audience and get some more traction/appreciation in those communities-especially Muff Wigglers would be receptive.

Also, might be better to break up the work into cheaper pieces for people who are interested primarily in Synthesis, Sequencing, Effects, etc..
As previously mentioned it's a big outlay for people who are already addicted to gear and stumbling along with it.

Sorry to offer suggestions without knowing more about it-hope it proves a success.

Unrelated, I like that "Dutch Highway 6" - nice track

Thank you ehdyn,

Yes, you remember them correctly, Lex, Mother Misty, JLS, great patchers.
Tim Kleinert's and my stuff brings modular synthesis to a whole new level. And yes, my books will be for other platforms shortly. But it is an amazing amount of work beside my work as a synth developer for some companies. I've loads of material for new cd's also but no time. This week in Rome giving a Master-Class: http://www.audiocentralmagazine.com/?s=roland+kuit

Cheers,
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