Computer Sound Synthesis for the Electronic Musician

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Summary: You want to make ORIGINAL noises in synthisis do you?
Review: An extreamely readable and comprehensive coverage of the audio synthisis domain. No high level maths required. This straight forward and lucid descriptions of each of the major synthisis approaches(and some of the more esoteric ones too) will empower the reader to get a deeper (and better) understanding of their synthisis instrument. The addition of several software synthisis applications makes this worth the price alone. New noises abound. As a MAX MSP user this was exactly what I needed to begin designing new synthisis instruments...great book

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Summary: Complete, clear and well written!
Review: Very good explanation of a number of synthesis techniques, some of which I never heard of before. This book is an excellent source of ideas for creating innovative sounds for my mixes and multimedia works. The CD-ROM features plenty of software for PC and Mac, plus hands-on examples by respected contributors. It is not a book about a particular software or programming language - it is about techinques and methods.