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With the rise digital recording software and the advent of the ¿one man computer music studio¿ there has been an astronomical rise in the number of people with software instruments, but many of these musicians have no idea how to use the modular synthesizers included with their music software programs. ¿Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard: From Presets to Power User¿ is the first book that explains what a modular synthesizer is, how it works, and how to use software synthesizers to make music. The book takes a highly practical approach to the subject providing a readable guide which opens up the subject to a broad spectrum of readers. It begins by explaining what the basic building blocks of modular synthesis are, and how they interact. Then it continues to specific exercises utilizing software synthesizers that will be readily available to the reader, regardless of platform or digital audio workstation of choice.
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With the rise digital recording software and the advent of the ¿one man computer music studio¿ there has been an astronomical rise in the number of people with software instruments, but many of these musicians have no idea how to use the modular synthesizers included with their music software programs. ¿Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard: From Presets to Power User¿ is the first book that explains what a modular synthesizer is, how it works, and how to use software synthesizers to make music. The book takes a highly practical approach to the subject providing a readable guide which opens up the subject to a broad spectrum of readers. It begins by explaining what the basic building blocks of modular synthesis are, and how they interact. Then it continues to specific exercises utilizing software synthesizers that will be readily available to the reader, regardless of platform or digital audio workstation of choice.
Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard, 1st Edition Reviews
| 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:  Really good book..., Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard: From Presets to Power User (Paperback) The author added lots of historical references until the second chapter. At first I thought it was boring but this actually gave me a very deep fundamental to what I called my eureka on synthesizers. I have used synths before without a whole lot of basis and this brought me a much better point of view. It also describes modern techniques including additive, subtractive and samplers. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand how to design sounds. It's definitely a must have for keyboard players, and on my case was one of the best tech books I have bought in years. Very well written! 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful: Fantastic for all synthesizers, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard, 1st Edition (Kindle Edition) I purchased this book for an in depth understanding of synthesis modules within Reason 5 from properllerhead. While this software isn't used at all in the examples, it's unneccessary - this book gives you the fundamentals to use these modules as well as any vst or dx plugins if you prefer other programs. I've been looking for a book like this which really digs into what everything does on a comprehensive and fundamental level. This book will provide that for you. If you're looking for a path to mastery of synths instead of just turning nobs until you get a cool sound in your DAW of choice this book comes highly recommended. It demystified synths for me and gave me a feeling of having solid, "classical training" in sythesis technology. 5 stars. 10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:  Feasible, By Ivory Tikla "ModulatorAutomator" (Bridgetown,Barbados) - See all my reviews This review is from: Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard: From Presets to Power User (Paperback) This is a good book for those interested in shaping there own tones and patches .It breakdowns the information at hand in a realistic and logical way conjusive to the synthesizer user, whether pro or ameteur. Stuff! Good Synth Players Should Know: An A-Z Guide to Getting Betteris also a good one for Using synths in different applications and provides good examples with different genres of music.However the book in review, Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard: From Presets to Power User is more targeted at teaching users to take the principles applied and try them with different synthesizers that you have available to you as far as shaping and developing sounds is concerned.The author uses software... Read more |
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