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Power tools for synthesizer programming : the ultimate reference for sound design / Jim Aikin.

By: Aikin, Jim [author.]Publisher: Milwaukee : Hal Leonard Books, 2015Edition: Second editionDescription: 224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 43790ISBN: 9781480397941 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Synthesizer (Musical instrument) -- Programming | MusicDDC classification: 786.74 AIK LOC classification: MT192Summary: If you make any type of electronic music - dance mixes, hip-hop, jazz fusion, country pop, film soundtracks, or experimental avant-garde - 'Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming' is the book for you. All too often, owner's manuals tell you what button to press, but fail to explain what's actually going on in the instrument or what it means musically and technically. This book gives you the big picture while at the same time providing you with insightful details.

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If you make any type of electronic music - dance mixes, hip-hop, jazz fusion, country pop, film soundtracks, or experimental avant-garde - Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming is the book for you. All too often, owner's manuals tell you what button to press, but fail to explain what's actually going on in the instrument or what it means musically and technically. This is the only book that gives you the big picture while at the same time providing you with insightful details.

Even if you're just grabbing presets to play on the keyboard, you'll get to the music faster thanks to the tips in this book. And when you start editing the presets or designing your own sounds, Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming becomes an essential resource. Chapters on oscillators, filters, envelope generators, LFOs, effects, and digital audio reveal how to get the most out of your instruments.

To supplement the text, dozens of new illustrations have been added, and more than 30 streaming online videos, narrated by the author, walk you through the operational details of numerous software instruments. If you've ever wanted to spend quality time with a synthesizer expert, you'll never have a better opportunity!

Includes Internet access.

If you make any type of electronic music - dance mixes, hip-hop, jazz fusion, country pop, film soundtracks, or experimental avant-garde - 'Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming' is the book for you. All too often, owner's manuals tell you what button to press, but fail to explain what's actually going on in the instrument or what it means musically and technically. This book gives you the big picture while at the same time providing you with insightful details.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Foreword (p. xi)
Preface (p. xiii)
Acknowlegments (p. xv)
Chapter 1 The Map And The Territory (p. 1)
Types of Synthesizers (p. 5)
Keyboards (p. 5)
Analog Modular Hardeware (p. 6)
Software (p. 7)
Samplers and Sound Libraries (p. 9)
Beatboxes (p. 9)
DIY Software (p. 9)
Controller Hardware (p. 10)
Hardware vs. Software (p. 10)
What Are the Power Tools? (p. 13)
MIDI (p. 13)
Editor/Librarian Software (p. 14)
Your Ears (p. 15)
Your Sound System (p. 15)
Chapter 2 The Nature of Sound (p. 17)
Sound Waves (p. 18)
Frequency (p. 21)
Amplitude (p. 23)
Transducers (p. 25)
Digital Audio (p. 27)
Sampling Rate (p. 28)
Bit Resolution (p. 30)
Digital Audio Problems (p. 33)
Phase Cancellation (p. 35)
Chapter 3 Operating Systems, Edit Modes, Performance Modes, And Memory (p. 39)
Computer-Based Instruments (p. 39)
Overview (p. 40)
Plug-In Formats (p. 42)
32-Bit vs. 64-Bit OS (p. 43)
Copy Protection (p. 44)
Audio and MIDI Interfaces (p. 45)
iPad Apps (p. 46)
Hardware Instruments (p. 46)
Operating Systems (p. 48)
Preset Memory (p. 49)
Categories (p. 52)
Waveform Memory (p. 53)
Pages, Menus, and Soft Keys (p. 55)
Data Entry (p. 57)
Operational Modes (p. 58)
Performance Modes (p. 59)
Single-Voice Mode (p. 59)
Monophonic vs. Polyphonic (p. 59)
Sequencer Mode (p. 60)
Multitimbral Mode (p. 60)
Effects in Multitimbral Mode (p. 63)
Editing Presets (p. 64)
Program Changes (p. 64)
Chapter 4 Oscillators and Samples (p. 67)
Analog Waveforms (p. 68)
Pulse Width and Wave Morphing (p. 70)
Single-Cycle Digital Waves (p. 71)
Aliasing (p. 73)
Noise (p. 74)
Sound Programming Techniques with Oscillators (p. 75)
Mixing (p. 76)
Detuning (p. 76)
Oscillator Sync (p. 79)
Pitch Modulation (p. 80)
Pitch-Bend (p. 80)
Using a Pitch Envelope (p. 81)
Fractional Scaling (p. 82)
Tuning Tables (p. 82)
Random Pitch (p. 83)
Glide (p. 84)
Sub-Octaves (p. 85)
Sample Playback (p. 85)
Multisampling (p. 87)
Velocity Cross-Switching (p. 89)
Sampled Attacks with Looping (p. 91)
Sample-Playback Modulation (p. 92)
Drum Kit Multisamples (p. 93)
Sampling Your Own Sounds (p. 94)
Wave Sequencing (p. 94)
Chapter 5 Other Types of Synthesis (p. 97)
Audio-Rate Modulation (p. 97)
Frequency Modulation (FM) (p. 98)
Amplitude Modulation (AM) (p. 101)
Additive Synthesis (p. 101)
Granualar Synthesis (p. 103)
Physical Modeling (p. 104)
Chapter 6 Filters (p. 107)
Types of Filters (p. 109)
Formant Filters (p. 112)
Curoff Frequency and Rolloff Slope (p. 113)
Resonance (p. 116)
Overdrive (p. 119)
Filters and Polyphony (p. 119)
Filter Modulation (p. 120)
Keyboard Tracking (p. 121)
Envelope Modulation (p. 122)
Velocity Modulation (p. 122)
Modulaltion in Performance (p. 123)
LFO Modulation (p. 124)
Audio-Rate Modulation (p. 124)
Signal Routing (p. 125)
Chapter 7 Lfos (p. 127)
Waveforms (p. 128)
LFO Amount (p. 131)
Bidirectional and Unidirectional Modulation (p. 132)
LFO Rate (p. 133)
Delay and Ramp-Up (p. 134)
Trigger Modes (p. 135)
Phase (p. 137)
Synchronization (p. 138)
Chapter 8 Envelope Generators (p. 141)
Gates, Triggers, and MIDI (p. 142)
Shapes (p. 144)
Envelopes in Action (p. 147)
Rates vs. Times (p. 149)
More Stages (p. 150)
Inverted Output (p. 151)
Single and Multiple Triggering (p. 152)
Curves (p. 153)
Modulating the Envelope (p. 154)
Envelope Level Modulation (p. 155)
Envelope Time Modulation (p. 156)
Looping Envelopes (p. 157)
X/Y Envelopes (p. 157)
Envelope Followers (p. 158)
Unusual Contour Genetators (p. 158)
Chapter 9 Modulation (p. 161)
Control Rate and Data Resolution (p. 161)
Modulation Signal Rouring (p. 165)
Preset Morphing (p. 168)
Secondary Modulation (p. 168)
Modulation Signal Processing (p. 168)
Velocity Response Curves (p. 170)
MIDI Control Sources (p. 171)
Audio Signals as Control Signals (p. 173)
Chapter 10 Rhythm Generators (p. 175)
Synchronization (p. 175)
Arperggiators (p. 177)
Step Sequencing (p. 179)
Drum Machines (p. 182)
Loop Processors (p. 184)
Chapter 11 Effects Processing (p. 187)
Processors and Algorithms (p. 188)
Signal Routing (p. 190)
Multitimabral Setups and Physical Outputs (p. 194)
External Audio Inputs (p. 195)
Reverb (p. 196)
Convolution Reverb (p. 198)
Delay (p. 199)
Chorus, Flanger, and Phaser (p. 202)
Rotary Speaker (p. 203)
Distortion (p. 204)
Other Distortion Types (p. 206)
Amp and Speaker Simulators (p. 206)
Pitch-Shifting (p. 206)
Filter and Envelope Follower (p. 207)
Equalization (p. 207)
Removing DC Offset (p. 210)
Compressor, Limiter, and Gate (p. 210)
Trance Gate (p. 212)
Vocoder (p. 212)
Ring Modulaltor (p. 214)
Chapter 12 Controllers (p. 215)
Communications Protocols (p. 217)
MIDI (p. 217)
OSC (p. 222)
Control Voltages (p. 222)
Keyboards (p. 223)
Alternative Keyboard Designs (p. 224)
Left-Hand Control (p. 224)
Button and Pad Grids (p. 226)
Touch Surfaces (p. 227)
Other Concepts (p. 228)
Final Thoughts (p. 229)
Appendix: Online Video Tutorials (p. 231)
Index (p. 233)

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