Does anyone have any recommendations as far as reference books for synthesis. I mean, I’m learning a lot by just tweaking. But it’s always nice to have a guide. Also, any tips for practicing/building chops?
http://www.synthesizer-cookbook.com/
Welsh’s Synthesizer Cookbook is pretty good.
Sound On Sound did a Synth Secrects series of articles that is loaded with information.
http://www.em411.com/show/blog/6006
Nice info here too
http://www.xs4all.nl/~rhordijk/G2Pages/
My father is a Classical/Jazz pianist and teacher and reccomends these books:
these are the books my father reccomended:
Complete School of Technic for the Piano (Isidor Phillipp)
The Virtuoso Pianist (C. L. Hanon) T
“The Phillipp has all the scales and arpeggios with fingerings, plus a lot of good exercises. This is one of the best books to help your chops. The Hanon is strictly mechanical exercises designed to strengthen all your fingers equally.”
Heres a link to the Phillipp
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-School-T … 153&sr=1-1
Heres a link to the Hanon
http://www.amazon.com/Virtuoso-Pianist- … 392&sr=1-1
first stop is always google.. did you try that?
Let me chime in too about chop building.
Scales and arpeggio practice is king here.
For books check out
MacFarren’s Scale and Arpeggio Manual (covers all types of scales and arpeggios, major minor, melodic minor, etc. with fingerings for playing parallel, tenths, contrary etc.)
Pischna (It is similar to Hanon but better I think)
Also get a copy of Bachs’s Anna Magdelena book. These are easier tunes from Bach written for his students but they sound good and will help develop independence of the hands and reading. The Well Tempered Clavier is a great followup to the Magdelena book as it has similar benefits but is more challenging.
Peace Out,
AnchovyD
Does anyone have any recommendations as far as reference books for synthesis
Like it says in the User Manual:
“Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming” by Jim Aiken. Includes a CD with dozens of examples.
Highly recommended.
- Greg