Need an easy to understand guide on synthesis

[Libertine Lush]

Yeah, it has gone on sale before, for 90 USD

That's a good discount. Since I'm already really busy with the instruments I have and the crazy Nov./Dec. sales are nearing, I'll wait till then in hopes of a sale.

[TasmanianAngel]

Luckily I was able to use Educational discount and got it for like 80$

[manducator]

If you want to learn about subtractive synthesis, this is great:

http://www.robpapen.com/dvd-sound-design.html

[Lode_Runner]

+1 on the videos Garryknight recommended - really good intro to synthesis.

[kovacs]

I'm currently enjoying this book: "Refining Sound: A Practical Guide to Synthesis and Synthesizers".

http://www.amazon.com/Refining-Sound-Pr ... nthesizers

It's a cheap way to learn things. I'm halfway through and warmly recommend it. It uses a free plugin called Crystal from Green Oak, and the free runtime from MAX.

[chk071]

As it obviously hasn't been mentioned yet, Howard Scarr's guived to synthesizer programming (for the Access Virus, but applicable to any synthesizer) is a very nice read: http://www.virus.info/api/download/dlid ... %20English

[The Traveler]

Simon Cann did a series on different music synthesis methods. I've read his books on analog, fm and sample-based synthesis. I found them easy enough to understand, inexpensive (there are e-book versions available) and a good groundwork for moving to more complex concepts. You can find a listing here: http://www.amazon.com/Simon-Cann/e/B001 ... ont_book_1

One note: The e-books are Kindle editions but I found it simple to convert them to the non-proprietary .epub format for my reader.

Remember, "one man's meat is another man's poison" so I make these recommendations based on my opinions.

Cheers.