Sound Synthesis and Sampling, 3rd Edition

CHAPTER 1

Background

CONTENTS

Context

    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  The ‘Produce, Mix, Record, Reproduce’ sound cycle

    1.8  From academic research to commercial production…

    1.9  Synthesis in context

Technology

1.10 Acoustics and electronics: fundamental principles

1.11 Analogue electronics

1.12 Digital and sampling

1.13 MIDI, transports and protocols

1.14 Computers and software

1.15 Virtualization and integration

1.16 Questions

1.17 Timeline

1.1 What is synthesis?

‘Synthesis’ is defined in the 2003 edition of the Chambers 21st Century Dictionary as ‘building up; putting ...