Synthesis Links

Sound On Sound

Selected articles from the Sound On Sound magazine (archived 2015):

• Jargonbuster (archived): SOS Technical Glossary

• Synth School 1997 (archived): Part01 Part02 Part03 Part04 Part05

• Synth School 1998 (archived): Part06 Part07 Part08 Part09 Part10 Part11 Part12

• Article 1999-04 (archived): 20 Tips on Synth Programming

• Synth Secrets 1999 (archived): 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

• Synth Secrets 2000 (archived): 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

• Synth Secrets 2001 (archived): 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

• Synth Secrets 2002 (archived): 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

• Synth Secrets 2003 (archived): 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56

• Synth Secrets 2004 (archived): 57 58 59 60 61 62 63

• Q&A 2005-12 (archived): Granular Synthesis 101

• Q&A 2006-02 (archived): Synthesis types history

• Q&A 2006-03 (archived): Creating old-sytle synth strings

• Q&A 2006-12 (archived): When to normalise

Miscellaneous Synthesis Links

• Wikipedia: Digital Signal Processing

• Synth Museum: Linear vs. Exponential

• Harmony Central (archived): MIDI Effects Explained

Synthesis Development

• Julius O. Smith Publications

• Music-DSP (http://www.musicdsp.org)

• Guide to Digital Signal Processing (http://www.dspguide.com)

Samples & Instruments

Links to sites with instrument, patch or soundfont collections:

• GM & GS - Free Fluid (R3) General MIDI SoundFont plus Roland Sound Canvas extensions.

• FreePats alsa.opensrc.org - Completely free and open set of instrument samples.

• HammerSound.net - Free and non-free soundfonts.