Sound Synthesis and Sampling, 2nd Edition

Contents

Series introduction

Preface to first edition

Preface to second edition

Visual map

About this book

BACKGROUND

1  Background

1.1    What is synthesis?

1.2    Beginnings

1.3    Telecoms research

1.4    Tape techniques

1.5    Experimental versus popular musical uses of synthesis

1.6    Electro-acoustic music

1.7    From academic research to commercial production …

1.8    Synthesised classics

1.9    Synthesis in context

1.10  Electronics and acoustics: fundamental principles

1.11  Digital and sampling

1.12  MIDI (Musical instrument digital interface)

1.13  After MIDI

1.14  Questions

Time line

TECHNIQUES

2  Analogue synthesis

2.1    Analogue and digital

2.2    Subtractive synthesis

2.3    Additive synthesis

2.4    Other methods of analogue ...